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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 29, 2022

Community organizer and Equity Alliance founder Charlane Oliver announced her candidacy this week to represent Nashville’s District 19 in the state Senate, Main Street Nashville reports. Oliver co-founded the Equity Alliance in 2017 as a nonprofit advocacy organization aimed at building independent Black political and economic power. Sen. Brenda Gilmore, D-Nashville, who has held the seat for 17 years, is retiring this year. Former Metro Councilmember Jerry Maynard also is in the running for the seat. Nashville advocate and former public defender Keeda Haynes had previously filed a petition for the seat but has since withdrawn.