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Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 14, 2021

Jeff Preptit, an attorney in the Nashville Public Defender's office, has filed to run for the open state House District 59 seat, the Nashville Post reports. That seat is currently uncontested and held by retiring Democratic Rep. Jason Potts. Preptit is the son of Haitian refugees and received his law degree from Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law. “For my entire adult life, I have been committed to serving my community and seeking to make it a better place by serving as a public defender,” Peptit told the Post. “I am exploring a run for House District 59 to continue to help cultivate an institutional structure that supports all Tennesseans and works to extend opportunity to every corner of our community and state."