Tony Thurmond, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tony Thurmond

Member of the California State Assembly

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1968

Place of Birth: Monterey, California, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Tony K.
Thurmond (born August 21, 1968) is an American politician who is the 28th and current California State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Thurmond was narrowly elected Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2018 over his opponent, Marshall Tuck.
He was the endorsed candidate of the California Democratic Party and all five 2018 California Teachers of the Year.
A Democrat, he represented the 15th Assembly District from 2014 to 2018.
The district encompasses the northern East Bay.
The district includes the East Bay communities that stretch along the I-80 corridor from Hercules to Oakland, including Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, El Cerrito, Pinole, Richmond, San Pablo, El Sobrante and Kensington. Thurmond was a member of the California Legislative Latino Caucus, California Legislative Black Caucus, and California Legislative Jewish Caucus.
Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2014, he was a member of the Richmond City Council, a Board Member of the West Contra Costa Unified School District, and social services administrator. Thurmond is the second African American to hold the office of Superintendent, and the fourth African American to win statewide office in California following Wilson Riles, Mervyn Dymally and Kamala Harris.