User:Serpentinite/Bill Purcell

Bill Purcell is the fifth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, elected first on September 9, 1999 and reelected to a second term in 2003.

In 1986, Purcell was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives, where he served for five terms, and later became House Majority Leader.

In 1999, Purcell took office as the fifth mayor of Metropolitan Nashville. Purcell was reelected to a second term in 2003 with a record-setting 84.8 percent of the vote.