2015 Nashville mayoral election

The 2015 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 6, 2015, to elect the next mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Karl Dean 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 Megan Barry was elected with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Republican Candidate David Fox.

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

Advanced to the runoff

 * Megan Barry, Metropolitan Councilmember
 * David Fox, former Chairman of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Board

Eliminated in the first round

 * Bill Freeman, real estate executive, former treasurer of the Tennessee Democratic Party and former Director of Development for the Nashville Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency
 * Bobby Bones, National Radio Personality
 * Charles Robert Bone, attorney and businessman
 * Howard Gentry, Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk, former Vice Mayor and candidate for Mayor in 2007
 * Jeremy Kane, charter school founder
 * Linda Eskind Rebrovick, businesswoman

Potential

 * Stuart Brunson, former Deputy Governor of Tennessee
 * Butch Eley, businessman
 * Frank Garrison, businessman
 * Jason Holleman, Metropolitan Councilmember
 * Ronnie Steine, Metropolitan Councilmember and former Vice Mayor
 * Carter Todd, Metropolitan Councilmember
 * Mike Turner, state representative

Declined

 * Daron Hall, Davidson County Sheriff
 * Torry Johnson, Davidson County District Attorney
 * Jerry Maynard, Metropolitan Councilmember
 * Diane Neighbors, Vice Mayor of Nashville and former Metropolitan Councilmember
 * Bill Purcell, former Mayor
 * Ralph Schulz, President and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
 * Jeff Yarbro, state senator

Runoff
No candidates received the required majority for the election. Therefore, a runoff election took place on September 10, 2015, between the two candidates receiving the most votes, Megan Barry and David Fox.

Democrat Megan Barry defeated Republican David Fox by a 9.8% margin.