Antoinette Lee Wins District 33 Runoff

Antoinette Lee will represent southeast Nashville's District 33 on the Metro Council after defeating Tim Herndon in Tuesday night's runoff election. Lee won by 115 votes in a race that drew just 1,195 votes. 

Lee writes in a Facebook post:

Thank you District 33!!!! I'm grateful for this opportunity and the faith my neighbors have in me to lead our District. I want to thank all — Jack Byrd, Tim Herndon, Michael Mathew and Martez Coleman for a great campaign. I would like for us to work together. I plan to work hard. I plan to unite our district over the upcoming weeks and get to work on the issues at hand. My focus will be on the issues I outlined in my campaign and more than anything engaging District 33 neighbors. I represent you!

Lee, who works as a field organizer for the Tennessee Education Association,

that education and infrastructure were her priorities, along with changing the perception of the Antioch area in general.