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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Sep 15, 2023

The runoff elections for Nashville mayor, Metro Council seats and state representative concluded yesterday. The Tennessean reports that Freddie O’Connell, a former two-term downtown Metro Council member, is Metro Nashville’s 10th mayor. O’Connell clinched 63.8% of the 114,226 votes cast to defeat Alice Rolli, a former political strategist and campaign manager for Sen. Lamar Alexander. Axios Nashville published an in-depth look at O’Connell’s path to mayor. Delishia Porterfield, Quin Evans-Segall, Burkley Allen and Olivia Hill join Zulfat Suara on Metro Council, marking the first all-female slate of at-large council members; Hill is the first transgender person to serve on the council, according to the Nashville Scene. WPLN reports that Democrat Aftyn Behn won the special election to complete Bill Beck’s term representing Tennessee House District 51 with 75% of the vote over Republican David Hooven and Independent Annabelle Lee. The Davidson County Election Commission has the full breakdown of the races.