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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 26, 2022

Former public defender and congressional candidate Keeda Haynes won’t be running for the state Senate after all, the Nashville Post reports. Haynes withdrew from the open District 19 race yesterday and did not respond to a request for comment. She had joined the race earlier this month when Sen. Brenda Gilmore, D-Nashville, announced her retirement and tapped Haynes as her chosen successor. That move triggered an extension in the filing deadline due to the state’s anti-skullduggery law. Since then, two more Democrats have entered the race: Charlane Oliver and Jerry Maynard.