13 Facts About Mike Thurmond

Michael L Thurmond was born on January 5,1953 and is an American author, attorney and politician.

Mike Thurmond was the Democratic Party's nominee for United States Senate in 2010.

Mike Thurmond was one of the last Democrats to win statewide in Georgia until 2020, when Joe Biden won the state in the 2020 presidential election.

Mike Thurmond was raised as a sharecropper's son in Clarke County, Georgia.

Mike Thurmond completed the Political Executives program at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Mike Thurmond created the innovative Work First program, which helped over 90,000 welfare-dependent Georgia families move from dependence into the workforce.

In 1997, Mike Thurmond became a distinguished lecturer at the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institute of Government.

Mike Thurmond won overwhelmingly in the Democratic Primary, and went on to win by a significant margin over his Republican opponent in the November 2016 General Election.

Mike Thurmond is the recipient of two honorary doctorate degrees from Clark Atlanta University and LaGrange College.

Mike Thurmond has served as a motivational speaker to state school board associations in nine Southern states on issues regarding leadership, diversity, and public education advocacy in the 21st century.

Mike Thurmond presently serves on the Board of Curators of the Georgia Historical Society.

Mike Thurmond lost the general election to Isakson and was succeeded as Commissioner of Labor by former state representative Mark Butler, a member of the Republican Party.

Mike Thurmond is married to Zola Fletcher Thurmond, and they have one daughter, Mikaya Thurmond.