Municipal Elections In Nashville, Tennessee (2017)

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2017 Nashville elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: July 6, 2017
General election: August 15, 2017
Runoff election: September 19, 2017
Election stats
Offices up: City Council
Total seats up: 1
Election type: Nonpartisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2017
The city of Nashville, Tennessee, held a special election for the District 33 seat on the Nashville Metro Council on August 15, 2017. Antoinette Lee and Tim Herndon advanced to a runoff election on September 19, 2017. Lee defeated Herndon in the runoff to win election to this seat.[1][2]


This seat became vacant after former councilman Sam Coleman was appointed to become a district judge by the Metro Council on May 16, 2017. The winner of this election is serving the remainder of Coleman's term, which expired in 2019. The filing deadline to run in this election was July 6, 2017.[3][4]


According to section 15.03 of the city charter, a special election was necessary to fill this vacancy since at the time of Coleman's resignation there was more than 12 months until the next general city election in August 2019. The city's charter also states that if no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in a special election, a runoff election is to be held five weeks later.[5]

Elections[edit]

Special election runoff[edit]

Tim Herndon
Antoinette Lee[1]

Antoinette Lee defeated Tim Herndon in the runoff election for Nashville Metro Council District 33.

Nashville Metro Council District 33, Special Election Runoff, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Antoinette Lee 54.81% 655
Tim Herndon 45.19% 540
Total Votes 1,195
Source: Nashville.gov, "September 19 Election Results (Unofficial)," accessed September 19, 2017

Special election[edit]

Jack Byrd III
Martez Coleman
Tim Herndon
Antoinette Lee
Michael Mayhew

Early voting for this election took place at the main office of the Davidson County Election Commission in Nashville from July 26, 2017, through August 10, 2017. A total of 360 early votes were cast during this period. The most recent regular election for this seat was on August 6, 2015. During that contest, there were a total of 1,251 early votes, which represented 51 percent of the 2,435 total votes cast. The total number of registered voters in District 33 for this special election is 11,267.[6][7]

Antoinette Lee and Tim Herndon defeated Jack Byrd III, Martez Coleman, and Michael Mayhew in the Nashville Metro Council District 33 special election.[8]

Nashville Metro Council District 33, Special Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Antoinette Lee 39.04% 415
Green check mark transparent.png Tim Herndon 37.82% 402
Jack Byrd III 12.79% 136
Martez Coleman 6.59% 70
Michael Mayhew 3.76% 40
Total Votes 1,063
Source: Nashville.gov, "August 15 Election Results," accessed September 14, 2017

Past elections[edit]

2015[edit]

District 33[edit]

Note: Incumbent Robert Duvall was term-limited. He ran for election to an at-large seat.

Nashville City Council District 33 General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSam Coleman 71% 1,730
Jimmy Gafford 28.7% 699
Write-in 0.2% 6
Total Votes 2,435
Source: City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed September 15, 2015


Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

This special election did not coincide with any other elections.


About the city[edit]

See also: Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is a city in Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. In 1962, the governments of the city of Nashville and Davidson County merged to form the Nashville-Davidson Metro Government. As of 2013, the population of Nashville was 634,464.[9][10]

City government[edit]

See also: Mayor-council government

The city of Nashville uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.

Demographics[edit]

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic data for Nashville, Tennessee (2015)
 NashvilleTennessee
Total population:634,5126,595,056
Land area (square miles):47541,235
Race and ethnicity[11]
White:61.7%77.8%
Black/African American:28.1%16.8%
Asian:3.3%1.6%
Native American:0.3%0.3%
Pacific Islander:0.1%0.1%
Two or more:2.5%2%
Hispanic/Latino:10.2%4.9%
Education
High school graduation rate:87.1%85.5%
College graduation rate:36.7%24.9%
Income
Median household income:$47,621$45,219
Persons below poverty level:18.6%21.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)

Recent news[edit]

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Nashville special election. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

Municipal elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2017) - Google News

See also[edit]

Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee Municipal government Other local coverage
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Footnotes[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nashville.gov, "August 15 Election Results (Unofficial)," accessed August 15, 2017
  2. Nashville.gov, "September 19 Election Results (Unofficial)," accessed September 19, 2017
  3. Tennessean, "Metro Council picks Sam Coleman to replace former Nashville judge Casey Moreland," May 16, 2017
  4. Nashville.gov, "Metropolitan Special Election for Council District 33," accessed July 19, 2017
  5. Charter of the metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson county, Tennessee, "Sec. 15.03. Special elections," accessed July 16, 2017
  6. Nashville.gov, "Davidson County Election Commission, Early Voting (In Person)," accessed August 14, 2017
  7. Nashville.gov, "Davidson County Election Commission, August 6 Election Results (Unofficial)," accessed August 14, 2017
  8. Nashville.gov, "Metropolitan Special Election for Council District 33, Sample Ballot" accessed July 20, 2017
  9. City of Nashville, "Government," accessed September 22, 2014
  10. U.S. Census, "State and County Quick Facts," accessed September 22, 2014
  11. Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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