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Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 24, 2022

Former House Speaker Beth Harwell has announced she will run for the Republican nomination in Tennessee’s redrawn 5th Congressional District, Nashville Scene reports. Harwell, a Nashville native, was elected in 1988 to represent parts of southwest Davidson County in the state House and was elected speaker in 2011. She left the House in 2018 and made an unsuccessful bid for governor. Harwell currently servces on the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority and is a former chair of the Tennessee Republican Party. She joins a crowded Republican primary, which includes educational consultant Natisha Brooks, businessman Baxter Lee, former U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus, music video producer Robby Starbuck, and attorney and retired brigadier general Kurt Winstead.