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Early voting reveals close contest for Nashville vice mayor

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2023 Vice mayor candidates Angie Henderson and Jim Shulman pose with Khalil Ekulona.
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Candidates for vice mayor Angie Shulman and Jim Shulman stopped by This is Nashville on July 26 for a chat with Khalil Ekulona.
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The race for vice mayor is off to a tight start. Early voting data shows Nashville’s incumbent Vice Mayor, Jim Shulman, leading challenger Angie Henderson by 726 votes, with Shulman at 50.4% and Henderson claiming 48.9%.

The Vice Mayor presides over Metro Council Meetings, cast tie-breaking votes, assigns council committees and steps in if the mayor resigns.

Shulman, who’s been vice mayor since 2018, wants to keep the vice mayor role largely unchanged. Henderson is the outgoing council member for district 34, and says she’d like to expand the training that’s offered to new council members and serve as a check on the mayor’s power.

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Char Daston

Char Daston is a reporter and newscast writer for WPLN. Char got his start in public radio at WYSO public radio in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he answered questions sent in by listeners for a program called WYSO Curious. He went on to work at St. Louis Public Radio and WBEZ Chicago, where he produced the daily talk show Reset and reported for the education desk. His work has appeared nationally on shows like Morning Edition and The World. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Char attended college and grad school at the University of Chicago, where he wrote his master’s thesis on the politics of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Unable to settle on one creative project, Char enjoys writing poetry, plays and video essays in his spare time. You’ll likely find him rushing to choir rehearsal or seeking out Nashville’s best Thai and Korean food.

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