Bo Dorough

Dorough was born in Cordele, Georgia. He graduated from Georgia Southern College in 1983 and from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1986. He began practicing law in Albany in 1987. In 1999, he was elected to the Albany City Commission as a Commissioner for the city's Ward IV. He continued to hold this position until 2008, when he ran for mayor of Albany, losing to incumbent Willie Adams.[1][2] In 2019, he ran for mayor again, and he was one of two candidates, along with incumbent Dorothy Hubbard, who advanced from the November 5 election to a December 3 runoff.[3] Dorough narrowly won the runoff in an outcome described by the Albany Herald as a "stunning upset".[4] Dorough himself was not surprised by his victory, noting that Hubbard had only won 30% of the vote in the first round of voting and saying, "I didn't really see it as a big upset."[5] He was sworn in as mayor on January 13, 2020.[6] Dorough is married to Bonny Blackshear, with whom he has three sons.[1]