Karl Dean Democratic Megan Barry Democratic The 2015 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 6, 2015, to elect the next mayor of Nashville, Tennessee.
In the runoff election, Democratic candidate Megan Barry was elected with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Republican Candidate David Fox.
[3][4] All Nashville municipal elections are required to be non-partisan, but each candidate was affiliated with a political party.
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.