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Mike Thurmond's Biography

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Full Name:

Michael 'Mike' L. Thurmond

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Zola; 1 Child: Mikaya

Birth Date:

01/05/1953

Home City:

Athens, GA

Religion:

Baptist

JD, University of South Carolina School of Law

John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1991

BA, Philosophy/Religion, Paine College, 1975

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 10, 2012

Labor Commissioner, State of Georgia, 1998-2010

Candidate, United States Senate, 2010

Representative, Georgia General Assembly, 1986-1998

Chair, Martin Luther King, Jr. Georgia State Holiday Commission

Creator, Workfirst Welfare to Work Program, 1994

Experience, Author

Practitioner/Lecturer, University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 1997

Attorney, 1978-1986

Member, Ebenezer Baptist Church West of Athens

Board of Curators, Georgia Historical Society

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