Rahul Bali tweeted out earlier today that State Senator Bruce Thompson has filed a declaration of intent to run for Georgia Labor Commissioner.
ELECTION 2022 UPDATE: Georgia State Senator Bruce Thompson tells me he has filed his Declaration of Intent to run for the Republican nomination for Georgia Labor Commissioner. #gapol #gagop #GPBLawmakers pic.twitter.com/9C6DjtuTjA
— Rahul Bali (@rahulbali) March 30, 2021
The scuttlebutt is that Senator Thompson had been planning on running for Labor Commissioner regardless of incumbent Commissioner Mark Butler’s decision to run for re-election or not.