Thurman is a board member of the Kandiyohi County Republican Party and the co-chair of the CD 7 Young Republicans Club in Minnesota.
He comes from a family of politicians. His great uncle was the mayor of Elizabethtown, Ky., and his grandfather ran for United States representative in Kentucky.
His first personal encounter with politics was being the videographer for the city council meetings in Centerville.
In 2002, he campaigned for Republican Mark Nuaimi, mayor of Fontana, Calif. He attended the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., and actively campaigned for the Republican party in the 2008 election.
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Thurman currently lives in Willmar, Minn., and is a frequent speaker, activist and commentator on faith and politics.