Jonathan Richardson (Tennessee)
Johnathan Richardson was a 2015 candidate for District 1 of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee. The general election took place on August 6, 2015.
Biography
Richardson is from Nashville, Tennessee. Richardson earned a bachelor's degree from Morehouse College, and a J.D. from Indiana at Valparaiso University School of Law. His professional experience includes working as an attorney at his own firm, the Law Office of Jonathan E. Richardson.[1]
Campaign themes
2015
Richardson's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]
Economic development
- Excerpt: "We need more business development in the area. We need to diversify our business profile in North West Nashville. I will talk to banks, businesses, and community associations; credit unions and professionals in our community about economic development and business diversification for Council District #1."
Education
- Excerpt: "We need small class sizes in Metro Council Disrtict #1. Tennessee STAR is the way to go to educate our children. The Tennessee Student Teacher Achievement Ratio project, or Project STAR, was a program that studied and measured the academic achievement of Tennessee early aged school students’ academic achievement in different class room settings, small sized classes, regular sized classes, and larger regular sized classes. Attending a small class in the early years is associated with an increased likelihood in taking college-entrance exams, especially among minority students, and is associated with higher test scores."
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 District 1, candidates included Sylvester Armor, Ruby Baker, Rueben Dockery, Loniel Greene, Jr., Nick Leonardo, Lethia Mann, John H. Montgomery, Jonathan Richardson and Roosevelt Williamson. Leonardo and Green advanced to the runoff election.[2] Greene defeated Leonardo in the runoff election.[3] Incumbent Lonnell Matthews, Jr. was term-limited. He ran for election to an at-large seat.[4]
| Nashville City Council District 1 Runoff Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Loniel Greene, Jr. |
50.4% | 2,064 | |
| Nick Leonardo | 49.5% | 2,027 | |
| Write-in | 0.2% | 8 | |
| Total Votes | 4,099 | ||
| Source: City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official runoff election results," accessed October 2, 2015 | |||
| Nashville City Council District 1 General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nick Leonardo |
32.8% | 1,363 | |
| Loniel Greene, Jr. |
31.4% | 1,307 | |
| Ruby Baker | 13% | 541 | |
| Sylvester Armor | 7.6% | 317 | |
| Roosevelt Williamson | 6.3% | 264 | |
| Rueben Dockery | 4.1% | 170 | |
| John H. Montgomery | 2.4% | 101 | |
| Jonathan Richardson | 2.2% | 91 | |
| Write-in | 0.1% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 3,792 | ||
| Source: City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed September 15, 2015 | |||
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See also
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Nashville, Tennessee municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jonathan Richardson for Metro Council, accessed July 27, 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
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