Former DeKalb Superintendent Michael Thurmond may run for CEO

Former DeKalb schools Superintendent Michael Thurmond is considering a run to become the county's CEO.

Thurmond told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday that citizens are urging him to run, but he hasn’t made a decision.

Thurmond, an attorney, is a former state labor commissioner and state House member.

Interim DeKalb CEO Lee May is also weighing a run for a full-year term in the May 24 Democratic primary.

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Mark Niesse

Mark Niesse covers voting rights and elections for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He also reports on the Georgia House of Representatives and government. He has been a reporter at the AJC since 2013 following a decade at The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Ala.

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