The2018 Nashville mayoral special election took place on May 24, 2018, to elect the nextmayor ofNashville, Tennessee.David Briley, aDemocrat who became interim mayor after the resignation ofMegan Barry, won outright without a runoff election.[2]
Former Mayor Megan Barry resigned on March 6, 2018, forembezzlement on March 6, 2018,[3] so the Davidson CountyElection Commission scheduled an election for August 2, 2018 to coincide with the stateprimary elections,school board elections and the election of several other municipal officials.[4] However, mayoral candidate Ludye Wallace sued on the basis of state law (T.C.A. § 2-14-102[5]) and a 2007 Metropolitan government charter amendment, both requiring an earlier election if the next general metropolitan election was more than twelve months away. TheTennessee Supreme Court agreed with Wallace's argument, unanimously ordering a mayoral election between May 21 and May 25.[6]
Early voting was scheduled from May 4 to May 19.[7] All Nashville municipal elections are required to benon-partisan, but each candidate was affiliated with a political party. If no candidate had won a majority of the vote, a runoff would have been held on June 28 between the top two finishers.[7]
Fourteen candidates nominated for the mayoral election.David Briley was the sole candidate in support ofNashville's transit plan, which was decided in a referendum on May 1.[8][9] Nashville voters overwhelmingly rejected the plan, by about a 2–1 margin.[10]
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