ATLANTA — Another Democrat has entered the contest to succeed term-limited Gov. Brian Kemp in Georgia’s highest elected office, a candidate with a history of winning statewide, albeit a while ago.

Michael Thurmond, who has held a wide variety of local and state elected positions, announced his bid for the governor’s office Wednesday.

He said he will be running on “a record of competence and service to the people in the state.”

Several Democrats are running for governor, but the biggest names are former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and current state Sen. Jason Esteves, who is also from Atlanta and was previously an elected school board member there.

Unlike them, Thurmond, 72, has appeared on ballots across the state.

His political fortunes rose from a foundation as a state repres

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