Delishia Porterfield
2023 - Present
2027
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Delishia Porterfield is an at-large member of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee. She assumed office on September 30, 2023. Her current term ends in 2027.
Porterfield ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee. She won in the general runoff election on September 14, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2023)
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 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Delishia Porterfield (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 49,588 |
| ✔ |  | Quin Evans-Segall (Nonpartisan)  | 13.8 | 47,774 |
| ✔ |  | Burkley Allen (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 45,317 |
| ✔ |  | Olivia Hill (Nonpartisan) | 12.9 | 44,443 |
 | Chris Cheng (Nonpartisan) | 12.3 | 42,644 | |
 | Howard Jones (Nonpartisan) | 11.5 | 39,632 | |
 | Jeff Syracuse (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 37,035 | |
 | Russ Pulley (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 36,507 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 2,516 | ||
| Total votes: 345,456 | |||
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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 3, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Zulfat Suara (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 40,575 |
| ✔ | | Delishia Porterfield (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 34,481 |
| ✔ | | Burkley Allen (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 30,314 |
| ✔ | | Olivia Hill (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 25,802 |
| ✔ | | Howard Jones (Nonpartisan) | 6.7 | 25,327 |
| ✔ | | Quin Evans-Segall (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 22,644 |
| ✔ | | Russ Pulley (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 22,386 |
| ✔ | | Chris Cheng (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 22,000 |
| ✔ | | Jeff Syracuse (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 20,643 |
| Marcia Masulla (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 20,275 | ||
| Yolanda Hockett (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 19,799 | ||
 | Arnold Hayes (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 16,288 | |
| Chris Crofton (Nonpartisan) | 3.4 | 12,936 | ||
| Ronnie Greer Sr. (Nonpartisan) | 3.0 | 11,349 | ||
| Tony Chapman (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 10,290 | ||
 | Stephen Downs (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 9,998 | |
| Deloris Vandivort (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 9,005 | ||
| Gilbert Ramirez (Nonpartisan) | 2.1 | 7,924 | ||
| Indrani Ray (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 6,257 | ||
| Jonathan Williamson (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 5,797 | ||
| Brian Hellwig (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 5,115 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,447 | ||
| Total votes: 380,652 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Deborah Hickey (Nonpartisan)
- Tim Horne (Nonpartisan)
- Charles Townsend Sr. (Nonpartisan)
Note: Because Zulfat Suara received more than 10% of the vote in the general election, she won the election and did not need to advance to the general runoff. Four seats were elected in the general runoff election.[1]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Porterfield in this election.
2022
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 52
Justin Jones won election in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 52 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Justin Jones (D) | 100.0 | 8,596 |
| Total votes: 8,596 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 52
Justin Jones defeated Delishia Porterfield in the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 52 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Justin Jones | 53.2 | 1,956 |
| Delishia Porterfield | 46.8 | 1,718 | |
| Total votes: 3,674 | |||
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2019
See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2019)
General election
General election for Nashville Metro Council District 29
Incumbent Delishia Porterfield defeated Constance Smith-Burwell in the general election for Nashville Metro Council District 29 on August 1, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Delishia Porterfield (Nonpartisan) | 76.3 | 1,776 |
| Constance Smith-Burwell (Nonpartisan) | 23.2 | 541 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 2,329 | |||
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See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2019)
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for Nashville Metro Council District 29
Delishia Porterfield defeated Nicola La Mattina in the special general runoff election for Nashville Metro Council District 29 on March 19, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Delishia Porterfield (Nonpartisan) | 51.1 | 561 |
| Nicola La Mattina (Nonpartisan) | 48.9 | 536 | ||
| Total votes: 1,097 | |||
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General election
Special general election for Nashville Metro Council District 29
Delishia Porterfield and Nicola La Mattina advanced to a runoff. They defeated Constance Smith-Burwell and Vicky Tataryn in the special general election for Nashville Metro Council District 29 on February 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Delishia Porterfield (Nonpartisan) | 44.1 | 402 |
| ✔ | Nicola La Mattina (Nonpartisan) | 41.3 | 376 | |
| Constance Smith-Burwell (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 74 | ||
 | Vicky Tataryn (Nonpartisan) | 6.4 | 58 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 911 | |||
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Campaign themes
2023
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2022
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2019
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See also
2023 Elections
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Nashville Metro Council At large 2023-Present |
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Nashville Metro Council District 29 2019-2023 |
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