Four out of five at-large seats on the Nashville Metro Council were on the ballot in a nonpartisan runoff election held on September 12. Eight of the 15 general election candidates had advanced to the runoff; after the vote totals were certified, the four seats were ultimately won by three incumbents and one challenger.
Incumbents Burkley Allen, Sharon Hurt, and Steve Glover were re-elected to new four-year terms. Hurt received 15.3%, Allen received 13.2%, and Glover received 13.1% of the vote. Challenger Zulfat Suara was also elected to the council with 13.0% of the vote. The four runoff candidates who lost were incumbent Fabian Bedne (11.3%) and challengers Sheri Weiner (12.6%), Howard Jones (11.5%), and Gary Moore (9.6%). The fifth at-large seat was previously won in the August general election by incumbent Bob Mendes.
Races for city council seats in Districts 2, 7, 13, 16, 21, 23, 26, and 30 also advanced to a runoff on September 12. The Nashville Metro Council has 35 district seats and five at-large seats. It also includes Vice Mayor Jim Shulman, who won re-election in the August general election with 80.5% of the vote.
Nashville is the largest city in Tennessee and the 25th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
Additional reading:
https://ballotpedia.org/Nashville_Tennessee
https://ballotpedia.org/Tennessee_elections,_2019
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_municipal_elections,_2019
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