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| candidate5 = [[Heidi Campbell (politician)|Heidi Campbell]]
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| 2data5 = ''Eliminated''
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The '''2023 Nashville mayoral election''' will take place on August 3, 2023, with a runoff on September 14 if necessary. It will select the next [[mayor of Nashville|mayor]] of [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. Incumbent mayor [[John Cooper (Tennessee politician)|John Cooper]] is not seeking re-election to a second term in office. While mayoral elections in Nashville are officially nonpartisan, Cooper is a member of the [[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].<ref name = "signals">{{cite web| url=https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/04/15/cooper-election-meeting.html | title=Exclusive: Mayor Cooper signals re-election bid to influential group in private session | date=15 April 2022}}</ref>
The '''2023 Nashville mayoral election''' took place on August 3, 2023, with a runoff scheduled for September 14 because no candidate surpassed 50% of the vote in the general election. It will select the next [[mayor of Nashville|mayor]] of [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. Incumbent mayor [[John Cooper (Tennessee politician)|John Cooper]] did not seeking re-election to a second term in office. While mayoral elections in Nashville are officially nonpartisan, Cooper is a member of the [[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].<ref name = "signals">{{cite web| url=https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/04/15/cooper-election-meeting.html | title=Exclusive: Mayor Cooper signals re-election bid to influential group in private session | date=15 April 2022}}</ref>

A wide field of candidates ran to succeed Cooper, with Democratic metro councilor Freddie O'Connell and Republican political consultant Alice Rolli advancing to the runoff. Candidates eliminated in the general election included former city official Matt Wiltshire, state senators [[Heidi Campbell (politician)|Heidi Campbell]] and [[Jeff Yarbro]], and at-large metro councilor Sharon Hurt.


==Candidates==
==Candidates==

Revision as of 14:38, 4 August 2023

2023 Nashville mayoral election
← 2019 August 3, 2023 (first round)
September 14, 2023 (runoff)		 2023 →
 
Candidate Freddie O'Connell Alice Rolli Matt Wiltshire
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 27,470
27.2% 		20,458
20.2% 		17,186
17.0%
Runoff TBD TBD Eliminated
 
Candidate Jeff Yarbro Heidi Campbell Sharon Hurt
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 12,343
12.2% 		8,330
8.2% 		6,100
6.0%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated
Incumbent Mayor

John Cooper
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The 2023 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 3, 2023, with a runoff scheduled for September 14 because no candidate surpassed 50% of the vote in the general election. It will select the next mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Incumbent mayor John Cooper did not seeking re-election to a second term in office. While mayoral elections in Nashville are officially nonpartisan, Cooper is a member of the Democratic Party.[1]

A wide field of candidates ran to succeed Cooper, with Democratic metro councilor Freddie O'Connell and Republican political consultant Alice Rolli advancing to the runoff. Candidates eliminated in the general election included former city official Matt Wiltshire, state senators Heidi Campbell and Jeff Yarbro, and at-large metro councilor Sharon Hurt.

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Candidate Experience Party Affiliation Announced Ref

Freddie O'Connell 		Metro councilor from the 19th district since 2015 Democratic[2] April 28, 2022

Website 		[3]

Alice Rolli 		Former aide to governor Bill Haslam and U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander Republican[2] February 24, 2023

Website 		[4]

Eliminated in first round

Candidate Experience Party Affiliation Announced Ref

Natisha Brooks 		Educator
Candidate for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in 2022 		Republican[5] February 20, 2023

Website 		[5]

Fran Bush 		Former member of the Metropolitan Nashville
Public Schools Board (2018–2022) 		Independent[2] February 17, 2023

Website 		[6]

Heidi Campbell 		State senator from the 20th district since 2021
Nominee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in 2022 		Democratic[7] April 5, 2023

Website 		[7]

Bernie Cox 		Business owner
Candidate for mayor in 2019 		Republican[2]
Website 		[2]

Sharon Hurt 		At-Large metro councilor since 2015 Democratic[2] December 5, 2022

Website 		[8]

Stephanie
Johnson 		Business owner Independent May 1, 2023

Website 		[9]

Vivian Wilhoite 		Davidson County Property Assessor since 2016 Democratic[10] May 2, 2023

Website 		[11]

Matt Wiltshire 		Former Nashville Metropolitan Development
and Housing Agency chief strategy officer 		Democratic[2] July 13, 2022

Website 		[12]

Jeff Yarbro 		Former Minority Leader of the Tennessee Senate (2019–2023)
State senator from the 21st district since 2015 		Democratic[2] February 17, 2023

Website 		[13]

Withdrew after the filing deadline

Candidate Experience Party Announced Withdrew Ref

Jim Gingrich 		Former AllianceBernstein chief operating officer Democratic[2] February 8, 2023

Website 		July 17, 2023 [14][15]

Withdrew before the filing deadline

  • Gilbert Ramirez, business owner and former police officer[9] (running for Metro Council at-large)[16]
  • Lorenzo Short, Jr. real estate broker[9][17]

Disqualified

  • William Domann, musician[18]
  • Zerit Teklay, author[18]

Declined

Endorsements

John Cooper (not running)
Labor unions
Heidi Campbell
State senators
State representatives
Local officials
Organizations
Labor unions
Individuals
Sharon Hurt
US Representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Freddie O'Connell
State legislators
Metro councilors
  • Erin Evans, District 12 (2019–present)[27]
  • Jacob Kleinfelter, District 34 (1995–1999)[24]
  • Kristine Lalonde, District 18, (2007–2011)[24]
  • Bob Mendes, at-large (2015–present)[27]
  • Sean Parker, District 5 (2019–present)[27]
  • Dave Rosenberg, District 35 (2015–present)[27]
  • Sandra Sepulveda, District 30 (2019–present)[27]
  • Charlie Tygard, at-large (2007–2015) and District 35 (2002–2007) (co-endorsement with Hurt and Wiltshire)[24]
  • Lynn Williams, District 34 (1999–2007)[24]
Local officials
Organizations
Labor unions
Alice Rolli
Local officials
Vivian Wilhoite
State officials
Local officials
Organziations
Labor unions
Matt Wiltshire
State legislators
Metro councilors
  • George Armistead, at-large (1987–1999)[23]
  • Phil Claiborne, District 15 (2007–2015)[23]
  • Stewart Clifton, District 18 (1987–1999)[23]
  • Jacobia Dowell, District 32 (2011–2019)[23]
  • Jamie Isabell, District 2 (2003–2007)[23]
  • Sean McGuire, District 25 (2007–2015)[23]
  • Robert Nash, District 27 (2019–present)[23]
  • Doug Pardue, District 10 (2011–2019)[23]
  • Phil Ponder, District 12 (1995–2003)[23]
  • Bill Pridemore, District 9 (2011–2019)[23]
  • John Rutherford, District 31 (2019–present)[23]
  • Carter Todd, District 34 (2007–2015)[23]
  • Charlie Tygard, at-large (2007–2015) and District 35 (2002–2007)[23] (co-endorsement with Hurt and O'Connell)[24]
  • Nancy VanReece, District 8 (2015–present)[23]
  • Chris Whitson, District 23 (2003–2005)[23]
Local officials
Organizations
Jeff Yarbro
U.S. Representatives
State legislators
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  • Larry Hagar, District 11 (2015–present)[24]
Organizations
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Polling

First round polling

Graph of polling for the first round as of August 2, 2023
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Fran
Bush 		Heidi
Campbell 		Jim
Gingrich 		Sharon
Hurt 		Freddie
O'Connell 		Alice
Rolli 		Vivian
Wilhoite 		Matt
Wiltshire 		Jeff
Yarbro 		Other/
Undecided
VictoryPhones (R)[a] July 25-27, 2023 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 0.8% 5.9% – 3.6% 25.4% 18.8% 3.4% 14.6% 13.1% 14.5%
GBAO Strategies (D)[b] July 17–19, 2023 500 (LV) ± 4.4% – 8% – 6% 21% 13% 4% 10% 12% 25%
July 17 Gingrich withdraws from the race
Music City Research[c] July 5–6, 2023 502 (LV) ± 4.2% – 7% 4% 3% 20% 13% 3% 15% 6% 30%
Public Policy Polling (D)[d] June 2–4, 2023 400 (LV) ± 4.2% – 8% 3% 7% 10% 4% – 8% 9% 51%[e]
VictoryPhones (R)[a] May 2–4, 2023 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 2% 21.9% 4.2% 6.7% 15.6% 4% 3.2% 6.6% 17% 18.8%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Hal
Cato 		John
Cooper 		Matt
Wiltshire 		Undecided
Impact Research[f] April 6–11, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 38% 28% 13% 21%

Results

First round

2023 Nashville mayoral election results (first round)[36]
Candidate Votes %
Freddie O'Connell 27,470 27.2
Alice Rolli 20,458 20.2
Matthew Wiltshire 17,186 17.0
Jeff Yarbro 12,343 12.2
Heidi Campbell 8,330 8.2
Sharon Hurt 6,100 6.0
Vivian Willhoite 4,754 4.7
Jim Gingrich 1,668 1.6
Natisha Brooks 1,455 1.4
Stephanie Johnson 577 0.6
Fran Bush 503 0.5
Bernie Cox 321 0.3
Total votes 101,245 100

Second round

2023 Nashville mayoral election results (runoff)
Candidate Votes %
Freddie O'Connell
Alice Rolli
Write-in
Total votes TBD 100

Notes

  1. ^ a b Poll was conducted for Tennesseans for Student Success
  2. ^ Poll was conducted for TN Laborers PAC
  3. ^ Poll was conducted for Harpeth Strategies
  4. ^ Poll was conducted for NAIOP Nashville
  5. ^ "Not sure" with 45%; "Someone else" with 6%
  6. ^ This poll was conducted for Hal Cato

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Plazas, David (June 22, 2023). "Struggling to pick a Nashville mayoral candidate? This scorecard might help". The Tennessean. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  3. ^ Stephenson, Cassandra (April 28, 2022). "Council member Freddie O'Connell announces 2023 bid for Nashville mayor". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  4. ^ Elliott, Stephen (February 24, 2023). "Republican Strategist Alice Rolli Running for Mayor". Nashville Scene. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Stephenson, Cassandra (February 20, 2023). "Natisha Brooks enters race for Nashville mayor". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  6. ^ Wegner, Rachel (February 18, 2023). "Former Nashville school board member Fran Bush announces run for mayor". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Stephenson, Cassandra (April 10, 2023). "Tennessee state Sen. Heidi Campbell announces campaign for Nashville mayor". The Tennessean. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  8. ^ Stephenson, Cassandra (December 5, 2022). "At-large Nashville Council member Sharon Hurt announces mayoral campaign". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  9. ^ a b c Abrams, Cynthia (April 18, 2023). "Nashville's mayoral race: Who's in? Who's out?". WPLN-FM Nashville Public Radio. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  10. ^ "Donate to Vivan Wilhoite for Mayor". ActBlue. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  11. ^ a b Rau, Nate (May 2, 2023). "Vivian Wilhoite jumps into Nashville mayor's race". Axios. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  12. ^ Stephenson, Cassandra (July 13, 2022). "Economic development and housing veteran Matt Wiltshire announces bid for Nashville mayor". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  13. ^ Rau, Nate (February 17, 2023). "Scoop: Tennessee state Sen. Jeff Yarbro enters Nashville mayor's race". Axios. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  14. ^ Fiscus, Kirsten (February 8, 2023). "Retired AllianceBernstein chief operating officer Jim Gingrich announces run for Nashville mayor". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  15. ^ Elliott, Stephen (2023-07-17). "Jim Gingrich suspends mayoral campaign". Nashville Post. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
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  19. ^ a b "Potential Candidates Bow Out of Mayoral Race". 14 February 2023.
  20. ^ "Hal Cato declines to enter 2023 Nashville mayoral race". The Tennessean.
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Official campaign websites
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