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Keeda Haynes

June 29, 1978 (age 42 years) https://ballotpedia.org/Keeda_Haynes

The primary will occur on August 6, 2020

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Keeda Haynes (born June 29, 1978) is a lawyer and former public defender who is running for Congress in Tennessee's 5th district.

Biography
Haynes graduated from Tennessee State University but shortly afterwards spent nearly four years in jail for a marijuana-related crime she says she did not commit. After her release in 2006 she decided to become a public defender.

She went to Nashville School of Law while working as a legal assistant, and became an attorney in 2012.

Haynes was an assistant public defender for six-and-a-half years at the Metro Nashville Public Defender’s Office. She also worked at Free Hearts, a nonprofit organization in Tennessee.

2020 race for Congress
In 2020 Haynes ran for the US house seat in Tennessee's 5th District against Rep. Jim Cooper, who had filled the seat for 17 years. If elected, Haynes would be the first Black congresswoman to represent the state, and the third Black representative.