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2015 Nashville mayoral election

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Turnout	28.39% (first round) 8.68 pp 29.63% (runoff) 1.24 pp
Candidate Megan Barry David Fox Bill Freeman Party Democratic Republican Democratic First round 24,553 23.53% 23,754 22.77% 22,308 21.38% Runoff 60,519 54.79% 49,694 44.99% Eliminated   Candidate Howard Gentry Jr. Charles Robert Bone Linda Eskind Rebrovick Party Democratic Democratic Republican First round 12,110 11.61% 10,962 10.51% 5,827 5.59% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated
First round results by precinct Runoff results by precinctFirst-round results by precinct Barry:      <10%      10–20%      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60% Fox:      <10%      10–20%      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Freeman:      <10%      10–20%      20–30%      30–40% Gentry:      <10%      10–20%      20–30%      40–50%      70–80% Bone:      <10%      No data Runoff results by precinct Barry:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Fox:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      No data
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 next mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Karl Dean was term limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office. Since there was no candidate that received a majority of votes in the initial round of the election, a runoff election was held. In the runoff election, Democratic candidate Megan Barry was elected with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Republican Candidate David Fox.

All Nashville municipal elections are required to be non-partisan, but each candidate was affiliated with a political party.

Candidates

Advanced to the runoff

• Megan Barry, Metropolitan Councilmember
• David Fox, former chairman of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Board

Eliminated in the first round

• 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
• Bobby Bones, National Radio Personality
• Charles Robert Bone, attorney and businessman
• Howard Gentry, Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk, former Vice Mayor and candidate for Mayor in 2007
• Jeremy Kane, charter school founder
• Linda Eskind Rebrovick, businesswoman

Potential

• Stuart Brunson, former Deputy Governor of Tennessee
• Butch Eley, businessman
• Frank Garrison, businessman
• Jason Holleman, Metropolitan Councilmember
• Ronnie Steine, Metropolitan Councilmember and former Vice Mayor
• Carter Todd, Metropolitan Councilmember
• Mike Turner, state representative

Declined

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

Results

First round

Runoff

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

Democrat Megan Barry defeated Republican David Fox by a 9.8% margin.

See also

• 2015 Knoxville mayoral election
• 2015 Memphis mayoral election

References

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9. Bobby Bones campaign image
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12. ^ "Torry Johnson: I won't run for mayor". The Tennessean. May 21, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
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16. "Linda Rebrovick joins Nashville mayor's race". The Tennessean. September 2, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
17. "Linda Rebrovick to use Eskind name in mayor's race". The Tennessean. January 13, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
18. "Who's behind that phone poll about the 2015 mayoral race?". Nashville Scene. April 18, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
19. "Council's Carter Todd not ruling out '15 mayoral run". The Tennessean. December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
20. "#MayoralChatter: Mike Turner Undecided On Run — But He Likes His Chances". Nashville Scene. April 18, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
21. ^ "Sheriff Daron Hall won't run for mayor in 2015". The Tennessean. September 25, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
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23. "August 6 Election Results (Unofficial)". Davidson County Election Commission. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
24. "2015 Nashville mayoral runoff". Retrieved May 6, 2016.

• 2015 Tennessee elections
• 2015 United States mayoral elections
• Mayoral elections in Nashville, Tennessee
• August 2015 events in the United States