Jeff Eslick has won the Metro Council race in District 11 by the slimmest of margins — 27 votes.
Conservative wins Metro Council District 11 in a razor-thin margin
Progressives, women win at-large council seats
Delishia Porterfield, Quin Evans-Segall, Burkley Allen and Olivia Hill have won the four remaining at-large Metro Council seats. Hill leads fifth place finisher Chris Cheng by nearly 1400 votes. A navy veteran, she will be the first openly transgender elected official in Nashville history. Porterfield, currently the councilmember for District 29, and Evans-Segall, vice-chair of […]
Nashville’s next mayor will be Freddie O’Connell
Freddie O’Connell is officially moving up from councilmember to the head of Nashville’s Metro government. Voters chose the progressive candidate, O’Connell, as the city’s new mayor in a runoff election on Thursday.
Leaders emerge for at-large Metro Council
Runoff early voting results are in, and Delishia Porterfield, Quin Evans-Segall, Burkley Allen and Olivia Hill are leading the race for the four remaining at-large seats on Nashville’s Metro Council.
Aftyn Behn wins TN House District 51 seat
Aftyn Behn won the open Tennessee House seat in District 51 with 75% of the tally over Republican David C. Hooven and one independent. All were running for the first time for a seat has been held by Democrats since at least 1970. Behn, the Democrat, has organized lobbying days and protests at the statehouse […]
Freddie O’Connell leads in Nashville mayor’s race as early voting totals are released
With polls officially closed and the early voting totals starting to roll in, Freddie O’Connell has emerged as the leader in the mayoral race.
Oliver Anthony, complex symbol of viral populism, headlines on Lower Broadway
When Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge holds its birthday bash, what stands out most about the lineup is the inclusion of a certain current songwriter, Oliver Anthony.
Minor voting hiccups across Nashville on Election Day
Nashvillians casting their ballots in today’s election need to do so at their assigned precinct. That’s different from early voting, and that can cause some confusion. Poll official Adam Kemper said the rule impacted voters at the Hermitage Branch Library today. “Probably 75% of the people that have come here today have really ended up […]
Guests on This Is Nashville discuss what they want to see in the next Nashville mayor
In the next few hours, we’ll learn who will be Nashville’s next mayor. And even before today, more than 68,000 people cast early ballots. Whoever wins between Freddie O’Connell and Alice Rolli will face clear demands from local citizens after recent challenges that put Nashville in the national spotlight and at odds with the Republican-controlled […]
Nashville voters take their convictions to the ballot box
As polls opened at 7 a.m. today in Nashville, early bird voters brought strong opinions to their balloting for mayor and seven remaining seats on the Metro Council. (Some parts of the county are also deciding the House District 51 contest today.) At Eakin Elementary, Lien Nguyen said she’s concerned about political participation in Nashville’s […]
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