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Election map: 2023 Nashville mayor race looks like 2020 Presidential election – Tennessee Lookout

Nashville’s mayoral runoff election turned into a classic Democrat versus Republican race despite being classified nonpartisan. The August general election effectively served as a 12-person party primary, producing a known Republican in Alice Rolli and a more liberal candidate in Metro Council member Freddie O’Connell. O’Connell then fully…

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A bloody clipboard and biodiesel car: The story behind Freddie O’Connell’s rise to Nashville mayor – Tennessee Lookout

Nashville Mayor-elect Freddie O’Connell addressing supporters on Aug. 3 2023. (Photo: John Partipilo) It didn’t take long for Nashville mayor-elect Freddie O’Connell to learn that even the best-laid plans can go astray.  O’Connell, a former chair of Metro Nashville Transit Authority, scored his first electoral victory to the…

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