State Rep. Yusuf Hakeem, D-Chattanooga, is running for reelection to the Tennessee House of Representatives for District 28.
Hakeem, 75, was born and raised in Chattanooga. He and his wife, Baseemah, recently celebrated 50 years of marriage. They have four children, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Hakeem went to The Howard School, studied electronics at Chattanooga State Community College and economics at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He worked as a service technician for General Electric for 25 years. He served three terms on the Hamilton County Board of Education from 1981 to 1990, served on the Chattanooga City Council from 1990 to 2006, was a member of the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole from 2006 to 2013 and then was reelected to city council from 2013 to 2017.
Hakeem was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 2019 to represent District 28 and has held the seat for six years. Hakeem will face independent Dr. Thomas J. Brooks III in the polls as voters cast ballots in the general election Nov. 5. Early voting in Tennessee begins Wednesday. For more information, visit elect.hamiltontn.gov.
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