Technology consultant Lena Chipman will attempt to become the second transgender person elected to local office in Tennessee and the first in Memphis.
Chipman announced her candidacy for the Shelby County Commission on Thursday.
If Chipman wins, she will join Nashville Metro Council Member Olivia Hill as the only other transgender elected official in the state.
“Representation is really important,” Chipman said. “One of the things I’ve tried to do is to show up and show that trans people are just like everybody else: I’m a wife, a mom, I’m a tech entrepreneur.”