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James Hurst is originally from Monroeville, New Jersey. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a law degree from The California School of Law, and studied physics at The University of Texas at Austin. He currently lives in Fairburn, Georgia. 

James currently works as a designer at DesignForce, an Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) consultancy firm. He previously work as a software engineer at Nokomis, Inc., Canyon AeroConnect, Guided Therapeutics Inc., Abbott Diabetes Care, Teledyne BlueView, Ricoh-EWS, and OverWatch Technologies, LLC. He has also worked as a designer at Bloomberg and a software developer at X-Rite.

James's campaign for Fairburn city council member is his first run for public office. 

As of March 11, 2026, James W. Hurst did not have a website or any information online.

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James Hurst is originally from Monroeville, New Jersey. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a law degree from The California School of Law, and studied physics at The University of Texas at Austin. He currently live in Fairburn, Georgia. 

As of March 11, 2026, James W. Hurst’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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