2007 Nashville mayoral election

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2007 Nashville mayoral election
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 2003August 2, 2007 (first round)
September 11, 2007 (runoff)
Unofficial results
2011  
  Karl Dean 2007 (cropped).jpg Bob Clement.jpg 3x4.svg
Candidate Karl Dean Bob Clement Howard Gentry Jr.
First round21,777
24.8%
21,035
24.0%
19,564
22.3%
Runoff51,491
52.1%
47,388
47.9%
Eliminated

 
CandidateDuck Dozier David Briley
First round15,644
17.8%
9,772
11.1%
RunoffEliminatedEliminated

Mayor before election

Bill Purcell
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Karl Dean
Democratic

The 2007 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 2, 2007, to elect the next mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Bill Purcell was term limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office. [1] 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 Karl Dean was elected with 52.1% of the vote, narrowly defeating Democrat Bob Clement. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

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

Candidates

Advanced to the runoff

Eliminated in the first round

First round

Election Results (Very unofficial)
August 2, 2007 [10]
CandidateVotes %
Karl Dean 21,77724.81%
Bob Clement 21,03523.96%
Howard Gentry Jr.19,56422.28%
Duck Bozier15,64417.82%
David Briley 9,77211.13%
Total votes87,792 100.00%

Runoff

Nashville Mayoral Runoff Election, September 11, 2007 [11]
CandidateVotes %
Karl Dean 51,49152.07%
Bob Clement 47,38847.93%
Total votes98,879 100.00%

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