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Progressives, women win at-large council seats

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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 Metro government’s Industrial Development Board, emerged as favorites of progressive voters.

Allen, the only incumbent at-large member in the runoff, will serve a second term alongside fellow incumbent Zulfat Suara, the only candidate to clear the 10% threshold in the first round of voting in August.

 

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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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