2015 Nashville mayoral election

The 2015 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 6, 2015, to elect the next mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Karl Dean was term limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office.^[2] Since there was no candidate that received a majority of votes in the initial round of the election, a runoff election was held. In the runoff election, Democratic candidate Megan Barry was elected with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Republican Candidate David Fox.^[3][4]

2015 Nashville mayoral election

← 2011 August 6, 2015 (first round) September 10, 2015 (runoff) Officially nonpartisan 2018 (special) →
Turnout	28.39% (first round) 8.68 pp 29.63% (runoff) 1.24 pp[1]
Candidate Megan Barry David Fox Bill Freeman Party Democratic Republican Democratic First round 24,553 23.53% 23,754 22.77% 22,308 21.38% Runoff 60,519 54.79% 49,694 44.99% Eliminated   Candidate Howard Gentry Jr. Charles Robert Bone Linda Eskind Rebrovick Party Democratic Democratic Republican First round 12,110 11.61% 10,962 10.51% 5,827 5.59% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated
Barry:      <10%      10–20%      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60% Fox:      <10%      10–20%      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Freeman:      <10%      10–20%      20–30%      30–40% Gentry:      <10%      10–20%      20–30%      40–50%      70–80% Bone:      <10%      No data First round results by precinct Barry:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Fox:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      No data Runoff results by precinct
Mayor before election Karl Dean Democratic Elected mayor Megan Barry Democratic

All Nashville municipal elections are required to be non-partisan, but each candidate was affiliated with a political party.

Candidates

Advanced to the runoff

• Megan Barry, Metropolitan Councilmember^[5]
• David Fox, former chairman of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Board^[6][7]

Eliminated in the first round

• Bill Freeman, real estate executive, former treasurer of the Tennessee Democratic Party and former director of Development for the Nashville Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency^[8]
• Bobby Bones, National Radio Personality^[9]
• Charles Robert Bone, attorney and businessman^[10]
• Howard Gentry, Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk, former Vice Mayor and candidate for Mayor in 2007^{[11][12][13][14]}
• Jeremy Kane, charter school founder^[15]
• Linda Eskind Rebrovick, businesswoman^[16][17]

Potential

• Stuart Brunson, former Deputy Governor of Tennessee^[12]
• Butch Eley, businessman^[11]
• Frank Garrison, businessman^[18]
• Jason Holleman, Metropolitan Councilmember^[11]
• Ronnie Steine, Metropolitan Councilmember and former Vice Mayor^[11]
• Carter Todd, Metropolitan Councilmember^[19]
• Mike Turner, state representative^[20]

Declined

• Daron Hall, Davidson County Sheriff^[21]
• Torry Johnson, Davidson County District Attorney^[12]
• Jerry Maynard, Metropolitan Councilmember^[22]
• Diane Neighbors, Vice Mayor of Nashville and former Metropolitan Councilmember^[21]
• Bill Purcell, former Mayor^[11]
• Ralph Schulz, President and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce^[11]
• Jeff Yarbro, state senator^[11]

Results

First round

Election Results
August 6, 2015^[23]

Candidate		Votes	%
Megan Barry		24,553	23.53%
David A. Fox		23,754	22.77%
Bill Freeman		22,308	21.38%
Howard Gentry Jr.		12,110	11.61%
Charles Robert Bone		10,962	10.51%
Linda Eskind Rebrovick		5,827	5.59%
Jeremy Kane		4,767	4.57%
Write-in		62	0.06%
Total votes		104,343	100.00%

Runoff

No candidates received the required majority for the election. Therefore, a runoff election took place on September 10, 2015, between the two candidates receiving the most votes, Megan Barry and David Fox.

Democrat Megan Barry defeated Republican David Fox by a 9.8% margin.

2015 Nashville mayoral election results (runoff)^[24]

Candidate		Votes	%
Megan Barry		60,519	54.79
David A. Fox		49,694	44.99
Write-in		241	0.22
Total votes		110,454	100.00

See also

• 2015 Knoxville mayoral election
• 2015 Memphis mayoral election