Buddy Baker
Buddy Baker is a former member of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee, representing District 20 from 2007 to 2015. He was term-limited from running again for District 20, so he ran for an at-large position in 2015. He was defeated in the general election on August 6, 2015.[1]
Biography
Baker's professional experience includes serving as fire captain for the Metro Fire Department for 42 years.[1]
Elections
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.[2] The winners in the runoff election were Cooper, Gilmore, Mendes, Hurt and Shulman.[3] All five at-large incumbents were term-limited.[4]
| 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 | |||
Personal
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Baker was married to the late Audrey Baker, and has one daughter. He is Catholic.[1]
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 City of Nashville, "Baker," accessed January 21, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 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
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