2007 Nashville mayoral election

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. 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.

2007 Nashville mayoral election

August 2, 2007 (first round)
September 11, 2007 (runoff)
Unofficial results
 
Candidate Karl Dean Bob Clement Howard Gentry Jr.
First round 21,777
24.8%
21,035
24.0%
19,564
22.3%
Runoff 51,491
52.1%
47,388
47.9%
Eliminated

 
Candidate Duck Dozier David Briley
First round 15,644
17.8%
9,772
11.1%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Mayor before election

Bill Purcell
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Karl Dean
Democratic

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

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