2015 Nashville mayoral election

2015 Nashville mayoral election

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Turnout	14.12%
Candidate Megan Barry David A. Fox Bill Freeman Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan First round vote 24,553 23,754 22,308 First round percentage 23.53% 22.77% 21.38% Runoff vote 60,519 49,694 Runoff percentage 55% 45%   Candidate Howard Gentry Jr. Charles Robert Bone Linda Eskind Rebrovick Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan First round vote 12,110 10,962 5,827 First round percentage 11.61% 10.51% 5.59%
Mayor before election Karl Dean Democratic Elected Mayor Megan Barry Democratic

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The 2015 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 6, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. As no candidate won a majority of the vote, a runoff was held on September 10 between the top two candidates.

Nashville elections are officially nonpartisan.

Incumbent Democratic Mayor Karl Dean was term limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office.^[1]

Election results[]

First round[]

Runoff[]

No candidates received the required majority for election, therefore a runoff election took place on September 10, 2015 between the two candidates receiving the most votes, Megan Barry and David Fox.

Candidates[]

Declared[]

• Megan Barry, Metropolitan Councilmember^[4]
• Charles Robert Bone, attorney and businessman^[5]
• Bobby Bones, National Radio Personality^[6]
• David Fox, former Chairman of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Board^[7]
• Bill Freeman, real estate executive, former Treasurer of the Tennessee Democratic Party and former Director of Development for the Nashville Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency^[8]
• Howard Gentry, Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk, former Vice Mayor and candidate for Mayor in 2007^{[1][9][10][11]}
• Jeremy Kane, charter school founder^[12]
• Linda Eskind Rebrovick, businesswoman^[13][14]
• Chad Riden, comedian^[15]

Potential[]

• Stuart Brunson, former Deputy Governor of Tennessee^[9]
• Butch Eley, businessman^[1]
• Frank Garrison, businessman^[16]
• Jason Holleman, Metropolitan Councilmember^[1]
• Ronnie Steine, Metropolitan Councilmember and former Vice Mayor^[1]
• Carter Todd, Metropolitan Councilmember^[17]
• Mike Turner, state representative^[18]

Declined[]

• Daron Hall, Davidson County Sheriff^[19]
• Torry Johnson, Davidson County District Attorney^[9]
• Jerry Maynard, Metropolitan Councilmember^[20]
• Diane Neighbors, Vice Mayor of Nashville and former Metropolitan Councilmember^[19]
• Bill Purcell, former Mayor^[1]
• Ralph Schulz, President and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce^[1]
• Jeff Yarbro, state senator^[1]

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