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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 20, 2023

At-Large Metro Councilmember Bob Mendes said today that he will not enter the race to be Nashville’s next mayor. Mendes had publicly considered a campaign after Mayor John Cooper announced he would not seek reelection. Mendes, a two-term councilmember who has taken a prominent role in debates about the city’s finances, wrote on his website that a mayoral bid “is not the best way for our family to serve Nashville at this time.” Read more in the Nashville Post.