by | Former DeKalb County CEO and 2026 Georgia gubernatorial candidate Michael Thurmond visited The Atlanta Voice on Monday, Sept. 2, to discuss why he believes he should be the Democratic nominee next November. A former employee at The Athens Voice, a now-closed newspaper that was part of The Voice News Network, Thurmond was hired right out of Paine College to work for The Atlanta Voice’s founder and current publisher’s father, J. Lowell Ware. He calls himself a “newspaper man” and has warm memories of working in the newspaper industry for a Black-owned and operated publication.
Thurmond, however, left the journalism field for local and statewide politics and found success as a Georgia State Representative and Georgia Commissioner of Labor. Now he wants to make a run for the state’s top spot.
“This is beyond party politics,” Thurmond said.
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‘This is beyond party politics’: Michael Thurmond wants to be Georgia’s Next Governor