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Adam Dread
Adam Dread ran for election for an at-large seat of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee. Dread lost in the general election on August 1, 2019.
Dread was a 2015 candidate for an at-large seat on the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee. The general election took place on August 6, 2015.
In 2014, Dread was a candidate for the Davidson County General Sessions Court Division IX in Davidson County, Tennessee.[1][2]
Biography
Dread earned a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University, and a J.D. from the Nashville School of Law. His professional experience includes starting the law firm Durham and Dread, PLC in 2006. He served on the Nashville Metro Council from 2002 to 2008.[3][4]
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Nashville Metro Council At large (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general runoff election for Nashville Metro Council At large on September 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sharon Hurt (Nonpartisan) | 15.3 | 40,332 |
| ✔ |  | Burkley Allen (Nonpartisan) | 13.2 | 34,754 |
| ✔ |  | Steve Glover (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 34,408 |
| ✔ |  | Zulfat Suara (Nonpartisan)  | 13.0 | 34,271 |
 | Sheri Weiner (Nonpartisan) | 12.6 | 33,108 | |
 | Howard Jones (Nonpartisan) | 11.5 | 30,201 | |
 | Fabian Bedne (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 29,840 | |
| Gary Moore (Nonpartisan) | 9.6 | 25,264 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 1,414 | ||
| Total votes: 263,592 | |||
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General election
General election for Nashville Metro Council At large (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Nashville Metro Council At large on August 1, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bob Mendes (Nonpartisan) | 10.9 | 37,476 |
| ✔ | | Zulfat Suara (Nonpartisan) | 9.3 | 31,953 |
| ✔ | | Sharon Hurt (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 31,731 |
| ✔ | | Sheri Weiner (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 31,672 |
| ✔ | | Burkley Allen (Nonpartisan) | 8.9 | 30,722 |
| ✔ | | Fabian Bedne (Nonpartisan) | 7.3 | 25,001 |
| ✔ | | Howard Jones (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 24,828 |
| ✔ | | Steve Glover (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 23,929 |
| ✔ | Gary Moore (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 20,843 | |
| Gicola Lane (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 20,243 | ||
 | Adam Dread (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 19,741 | |
| Michael Craddock (Nonpartisan) | 4.7 | 16,130 | ||
| James Dillard (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 14,085 | ||
| Matthew DelRossi (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 8,116 | ||
 | Rueben Dockery (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 5,425 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 1,618 | ||
| Total votes: 343,513 | |||
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Note: Incumbent Bob Mendes was elected outright in the general election on August 1, 2019, and did not advance to the general runoff election. Mendes' eight runners-up advanced to a general runoff election on September 12, 2019.[5]
2015
The city of Nashville, Tennessee, held nonpartisan elections for mayor and metro council on August 6, 2015. A runoff election took place on September 10, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was May 21, 2015. All 41 metro council seats—including the office of vice mayor—were up for election. In the race for five open at-large seats, candidates included Buddy Baker, Jody Ball, Karen Bennett, Al Carota, Erin Coleman, John Cooper, Elizabeth Dachowski, Adam Dread, Robert Duvall, Leroy Johnny Ellis, Erica Gilmore, Ronnie Greer, Sr., Frank Harrison, Jason Holleman, Martin Holsinger, Phillip Joseph Hostettler, Jr., Walter Hunt, Sharon W Hurt, Ken Jakes, James Keeton, John Lasiter, Don Majors, Lonnell Matthews, Jr., Bob Mendes, Sandra Moore and Jim Shulman. Bennett, Coleman, Cooper, Duvall, Gilmore, Holleman, Hurt, Matthews, Mendes and Shulman advanced to the runoff election.[6] The winners in the runoff election were Cooper, Gilmore, Mendes, Hurt and Shulman.[7] All five at-large incumbents were term-limited.[8]
| Nashville City Council At-large Runoff Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 John Cooper |
14.5% | 56,802 | |
| Erica Gilmore |
12.8% | 49,996 | |
| Bob Mendes |
10.5% | 41,160 | |
| Sharon W Hurt |
9.8% | 38,317 | |
| Jim Shulman |
9.6% | 37,676 | |
| Erin Coleman | 8.9% | 34,877 | |
| Karen Bennett | 8.5% | 33,052 | |
| Lonnell Matthews, Jr. | 8.4% | 32,807 | |
| Robert Duvall | 8.2% | 31,925 | |
| Jason Holleman | 8.1% | 31,763 | |
| Write-in | 0.5% | 2,122 | |
| Total Votes | 223,951 | ||
| Source: City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official runoff election results," accessed October 2, 2015 | |||
| Nashville City Council At-large General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Erica Gilmore |
9.6% | 36,675 | |
| John Cooper |
9.2% | 35,080 | |
| Bob Mendes |
6.5% | 24,581 | |
| Jim Shulman |
5.7% | 21,869 | |
| Sharon W Hurt |
5.3% | 20,086 | |
| Robert Duvall |
5% | 18,877 | |
| Lonnell Matthews, Jr. |
4.7% | 18,064 | |
| Karen Bennett |
4.6% | 17,390 | |
| Jason Holleman |
4.4% | 16,612 | |
| Erin Coleman |
4.3% | 16,557 | |
| Don Majors | 4.3% | 16,214 | |
| Adam Dread | 4.2% | 16,146 | |
| Walter Hunt | 4.2% | 16,090 | |
| Sandra Moore | 3.9% | 14,991 | |
| Buddy Baker | 3.3% | 12,695 | |
| Ronnie Greer, Sr. | 3.3% | 12,454 | |
| Ken Jakes | 3.1% | 11,922 | |
| Frank Harrison | 2.5% | 9,659 | |
| John Lasiter | 2.4% | 9,151 | |
| Elizabeth Dachowski | 2.2% | 8,525 | |
| Phillip Joseph Hostettler, Jr. | 2% | 7,738 | |
| Jody Ball | 1.5% | 5,709 | |
| James Keeton | 1.1% | 4,026 | |
| Leroy Johnny Ellis | 1% | 3,880 | |
| Martin Holsinger | 0.6% | 2,245 | |
| Al Carota | 0.6% | 2,097 | |
| Write-in | 0.4% | 1,374 | |
| Total Votes | 138,291 | ||
| Source: City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed September 15, 2015 | |||
2014
See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
Dread ran for election to the Davidson County General Sessions Court.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on May 6, 2014.
General: He was defeated in the general election on August 7, 2014, after receiving 41.0 percent of the vote. He competed against Lynda Jones.
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- City of Nashville Election Commission - 2015 Candidate Petition List
- Adam Dread on Facebook
- Tennessee State Courts, "General Sessions Court Judges"
- Tennessee State Courts, "Tennessee Judicial District Map"
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Tennessean.com, "List of candidates in May primary races," February 21, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nashville Election Commission, "August 7 Election Results (Unofficial)," accessed August 19, 2014
- ↑ Durham and Dread, PLC, "Adam Dread," accessed July 23, 2015
- ↑ LinkedIn.com, "Adam Dread," accessed July 23, 2015
- ↑ The Tennessean, "Bob Mendes wins at-large Nashville Metro Council seat; 8 others head to runoff," August 2, 2019
- ↑ City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed September 15, 2015
- ↑ City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official runoff election results," accessed October 2, 2015
- ↑ City of Nashville, "Davidson County Election Commission," accessed December 4, 2014
- ↑ WKRN.com, "Election Results for May 6, 2014 Primary," May 7, 2014
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