Nashville,often known as Music City,is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. Located in Middle Tennessee,it had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census. Nashville is the 21st most populous city in the United States,and the fourth most populous city in the southeastern U.S. Located on the Cumberland River,the city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area,and is one of the fastest growing in the nation.
The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
William Paxson Purcell III is an American politician who served as the fifth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County,elected first in 1999 and reelected to a second term in 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On June 24,2008 he was named director of Harvard University's Institute of Politics (IOP) at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Purcell assumed the post on September 1,2008. He was one of three co-chairs of the Harvard University Allston Work Team. He is now in private practice of law in Nashville and an adjunct professor of Public Policy at Vanderbilt University.
Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development is the education school of Vanderbilt University,a private research university in Nashville,Tennessee. Founded in 1875,Peabody had a long history as an independent institution before merging with Vanderbilt University in 1979. The school is located on the Peabody Campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville. The academic and administrative buildings surround the Peabody Esplanade and are southeast of Vanderbilt's main campus.
Thelma M. Harper was an American politician and the first African-American woman state senator in Tennessee and the longest-serving female state senator in Tennessee history. She was also the first African-American woman to serve as the chair of the Senate Government Operations Committee;she held that position during the 102nd,103rd,104th,and 105th General Assemblies,and she also served as vice chair of the Senate State and Local Government Committee during the 97th and 101st General Assemblies and the first senator to serve as chair of the Tennessee Black Caucus.
Cornelia Anne Clark was an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 2005 until her death in 2021.
The Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Vanderbilt University in Nashville,Tennessee,United States. Founded in 1969,Owen offers six degrees:a standard 2-year Master of Business Administration (MBA),an Executive MBA,Master of Finance,Master of Accountancy,Master of Accountancy-Valuation,and Master of Management in Health Care,as well as a variety of joint professional and MBA degree programs. Owen also offers non-degree programs for undergraduates and professionals.
Karl Foster Dean is an American politician who served as the 6th Mayor of Nashville,Tennessee from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as Nashville's Director of Law under Mayor Bill Purcell from 1999 to 2007. In 1990,1994 and 1998,he was elected the city's public defender. Dean,an attorney by occupation,is currently an adjunct professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School.
Ronnie Steine was the fifth vice mayor of Nashville,Tennessee,from 1999 until he resigned in 2002 after he admitted he had twice been arrested for shoplifting. He was also a candidate for Tennessee's 5th congressional district. In September 2007,Steine won an at-large seat in the Metro Council.
Yuri Cunza is an American social entrepreneur,media professional,journalist,visual artist,business leader,and community advocate. Cunza currently serves as President and CEO of the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce,and is founder and editor in chief of the Spanish language newspaper La Noticia and owner of Y&K a media support and consulting services company based in Nashville. In September 2018,Yuri Cunza was selected to serve on the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. The USHCC is the largest Hispanic business organization in the United States. It was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Washington,DC. The chamber promotes the economic growth and development of entrepreneurs and represents the interests of nearly 4.37 million Hispanic owned businesses in the US that contribute in excess of $700 billion to the American economy.
Beth Halteman Harwell is a member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the former Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. She served as State Representative for Nashville and is a former chair of the Tennessee Republican Party. First elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1988,Harwell served as a Republican Minority Whip and Commerce Committee chair before being elected to the Speakership. She is the first woman to serve as Tennessee's Speaker of the House. In 2017,she announced her candidacy for governor of Tennessee in the 2018 election.
Kelly Miller Smith Sr. was a Baptist preacher,author,and prominent activist in the Civil Rights Movement,who was based in Nashville,Tennessee.
James R. "Bo" Mitchell is an American politician. A Democrat,he represents District 50 in the Tennessee House of Representatives and previously served a two-term councilman for District 35 in the Nashville Metro Council.
Ron Travis is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 31st district,encompassing parts of Bledsoe,Roane,Sequatchie and Rhea Counties. He was last elected November 6,2018 and he has been in office for 7 years. His term ends in 2020.
David K. Wilson (1919–2007) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the Chairman of the Cherokee Equity Corporation,a privately held insurance corporation,as well as Genesco,a publicly traded footwear corporation. Additionally,he became one of Tennessee's largest philanthropists,focusing on his alma mater,Vanderbilt University,but also other colleges,schools and museums. He was also a major donor and decision-maker within the Republican Party.
Constance Bumgarner Gee is an American scholar,memoirist,animal rights activist,and advocate of the medical use of cannabis. She was the founder and director of the Arts Policy and Administration Program at Ohio State University,and later an assistant professor at Brown University and tenured associate professor at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of Higher Education:Marijuana at the Mansion,a 2012 memoir about her life as "first lady" of several American research universities. She critiques aspects of university leadership,discussing instances she perceives as inconsistencies between public image and internal practices.
Hurley Calister "Cal" Turner Jr. is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Dollar General,a chain of low-cost variety stores founded by his father,Cal Turner Sr.
John Cooper is an American businessman who was the mayor of Nashville,Tennessee from 2019 to 2023. He served as a councilman at-large on the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County from 2015 until 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the brother of former U.S. representative Jim Cooper,who represented Tennessee's 5th congressional district,which was also based in Nashville. He is also the son of former governor and U.S. Ambassador to Peru Prentice Cooper.
Vincent Dixie is an American businessman,politician,and a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing District 54 since 2019. Dixie is one of 32 freshman members of the 111th Tennessee General Assembly. He succeeded Brenda Gilmore after she was sworn into the Tennessee Senate.
The 2023 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 3,2023,to elect the next mayor of Nashville,Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Mayor John Cooper did not seek re-election to a second term in office. A wide field of candidates ran to succeed Cooper,with Democratic metro councilmember Freddie O'Connell and Republican political consultant Alice Rolli advancing to the runoff because no candidate surpassed 50% of the vote. In the runoff election,Democratic candidate Freddie O'Connell was elected with 63.9% of the vote,defeating Republican Candidate Alice Rolli,becoming the 10th mayor of metro Nashville.
