Keeda Haynes believes she brings a unique perspective to the race for Tennessee's 5th Congressional District. The primary election, which is slated for Aug. 6, has no Republican in the race so the winner will almost certainly be elected to Congress come November. If elected, the progressive Democrat
Keeda Haynes believes she brings a unique perspective to the race for Tennessee's 5th Congressional District. After spending over three years in prison for a crime she says she didn't commit, she hopes a spot in Washington will allow her to speak for vulnerable constituents -- and make a little history as well.
"I have a unique perspective that a lot of people don't have. ... I've been a defendant and defender," Haynes told ABC News."I really saw just how this war on drugs really decimated Black and brown, low-income communities." Haynes, who is from Franklin and later moved to the state's capital of Nashville, was the second of five children. She graduated from Tennessee State University with a degree in criminal justice and psychology. But just two weeks after graduating college, she had to turn down a position as a legal assistant because she had to report to federal prison.
Her historic run comes as a record number of Black women are running for Congress across the U.S. In 2019, a record number of Black women were serving in state legislative offices, according to The Center of American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. In the last two years Black women saw the largest gain in representation at the state legislative level since 1994.
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