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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 15, 2021

Jeff Harmon has announced that he is seeking reelection as the 12th Judicial District public defender, the Herald News reports. Harmon began his legal career as an assistant public defender in 1992, and was appointed public defender in 2011. He has since been elected twice to the position, which serves Bledsoe, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Rhea and Sequatchie counties, and has served as president of the 12th Judicial District Bar Association and the Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference. Harmon says he is seeking one final term before retirement.