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Jim Roberts (Tennessee)
Jim Roberts was a 2015 candidate for District 23 of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee. The general election took place on August 6, 2015.
In 2014, Roberts was a candidate for the Davidson County Chancery Court (Twentieth Judicial District) in Nashville, Tennessee.[1][2]
Biography
Roberts is from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He received a bachelor's degree in finance and marketing from the University of Virginia, and a J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School in 1995. He worked in the District Attorney's Office in Nashville and in private practice before starting his own law firm in 1998.[3]
Campaign themes
2015
Roberts' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[4]
Development
- Excerpt: "The "Nashville Next" plan provides little or no protection to our neighborhoods, and gives people from outside our District, and the Metro Planning Commission, the absolute power to decide what development we will have in our community. The residents of West Meade and Belle Meade should always have the final say as to development in our neighborhoods. One of my first acts will be to sponsor legislation making the Nashville Next plan non-binding and return "local control" over planning and development to the residents."
Transportation
- Excerpt: "I am the only Distict [sic] #23 candidate who actively fought agaisnt [sic] the AMP and stood up publicily [sic] to state my opposition to this wasteful and diasterous [sic] project."
Metro council size
- Excerpt: "By reducing the number of Districts, Metro will have to place more people into each District. Combined with the projected influx of new residents, Districts could double in size in less than a decade to nearly 30,000+ residents."
Elections
2015
The city of Nashville, Tennessee, held nonpartisan elections for mayor and metro council on August 6, 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 District 23, Mina Johnson and Jim Roberts advanced to the runoff election, defeating Timothy Lee.[5] Johnson defeated Roberts in the runoff election.[6] Incumbent Emily Evans was term-limited.[7]
| Nashville City Council District 23 Runoff Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Mina Johnson |
58.9% | 3,381 | |
| Jim Roberts | 40.6% | 2,327 | |
| Write-in | 0.5% | 30 | |
| Total Votes | 5,738 | ||
| Source: City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official runoff election results," accessed October 2, 2015 | |||
| Nashville City Council District 23 General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Mina Johnson |
42.6% | 2,162 | |
| Jim Roberts |
30.5% | 1,551 | |
| Write-in | 14.2% | 719 | |
| Timothy Lee | 12.8% | 648 | |
| Total Votes | 5,080 | ||
| Source: City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed September 15, 2015 | |||
2014
See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
Roberts ran for election to the Davidson County Chancery 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 38.9 percent of the vote. He competed against incumbent Judge Carol L. McCoy.
[1][8][2]
Personal
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Roberts has a wife, Kate, and three children.[3]
Recent news
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See also
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Nashville, Tennessee municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
- Tennessee Chancery Courts
- Davidson County, Tennessee
- Judicial selection in Tennessee
External links
- City of Nashville Election Commission - 2015 Candidate Petition List
- Tennessee State Courts, "Trial Court Judges"
- Official campaign website
- Jim Roberts on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Tennessean.com, "List of candidates in May primary races," February 21, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Go Vote TN, "August 7, 2014 Unofficial Election Results," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jim Roberts campaign website, "About," accessed July 30, 2015
- ↑ Jim Roberts campaign website, "Issues," accessed July 30, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ TN.gov, "Tennessee Secretary of State Unofficial Election Results Davidson County Elections," May 6, 2014 (dead link)
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