Jack Byrd III
Jack Byrd was a candidate for District 33 representative on the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee. Byrd was defeated in the special election on August 15, 2017.
Biography
At the time of his 2017 campaign, Byrd was a partner in a security company. Although races for Nashville Metro Council are officially nonpartisan, Byrd stated that he considers himself to be a conservative Democrat in response to a question asked on his campaign Facebook page about his party affiliation.[1][2]
In May 2017, Byrd was indicted on two felony charges of coercion associated with a dispute with two elected officials from the town of Lynnville, Tennessee. Click here for more information on this incident.
Elections
2017
Antoinette Lee and Tim Herndon defeated Jack Byrd III, Martez Coleman, and Michael Mayhew in the Nashville Metro Council District 33 special election.[3]
| Nashville Metro Council District 33, Special Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Antoinette Lee |
39.04% | 415 |
| Tim Herndon |
37.82% | 402 |
| Jack Byrd III | 12.79% | 136 |
| Martez Coleman | 6.59% | 70 |
| Michael Mayhew | 3.76% | 40 |
| Total Votes | 1,063 | |
| Source: Nashville.gov, "August 15 Election Results," accessed September 14, 2017 | ||
Noteworthy Events
Byrd under indictment for coercion
In May 2017, Byrd was indicted on charges of coercion involving two elected officials in another county. District Attorney Brent Cooper alleged that Byrd secretly recorded a town alderman making negative comments about gay people, confronted the alderman with the recording, and threatened to release it unless he resigned. Cooper also contended that Byrd approached the mayor of the town and threatened to release that same recording unless the mayor agreed to meet with Byrd about reinstating a reserve police officer program that Byrd had worked in. Byrd's attorney stated that the alderman harassed Byrd because he provided security at a gay pride festival and had the reserve program disbanded in part to punish him. Byrd's attorney also stated that Byrd met with the mayor to inform him of the alderman's actions, and to tell him that Byrd was thinking of suing the town. A trial was expected to take place in October 2017.[1]
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tennessean, "Nashville Metro Council candidate runs for office while fighting extortion charges in Giles County," August 10, 2017
- ↑ Friends of Jack Byrd III, Home," accessed August 14, 2017
- ↑ Nashville.gov, "Metropolitan Special Election for Council District 33, Sample Ballot" accessed July 20, 2017
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