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Leaders emerge for at-large Metro Council

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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.

Close behind is Chris Cheng — with Howard Jones, Russ Pulley and Jeff Syracuse behind.

In the first round of voting this August, only incumbent Zulfat Suara cleared the 10% threshold to automatically win a seat. In the runoff, the top eight at-large candidates after Suara competed for the remaining four seats.

Porterfield, currently the councilmember for District 29, and Evans-Segall, vice-chair of Metro government’s Industrial Development Board, emerged as progressive favorites.

Allen is the only incumbent at-large councilmember in the runoff.

If elected, Olivia Hill would be the first openly transgender elected official in Nashville’s history.

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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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