2019 Nashville mayoral election
The 2019 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 1, 2019, to elect the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Incumbent David Briley, who succeeded Megan Barry following her resignation and won a special election to fill the remainder of her term, was eligible to run for reelection. In the August election, Briley came in second behind city councilman John Cooper; however, no candidate took more than 50 percent of the vote, forcing a runoff between Cooper and Briley on September 12, 2019. Cooper won the runoff definitively with 69 percent of the vote. 2019 Nashville mayoral election