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Robert Taylor (Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, Tennessee)
Robert Taylor (Democratic Party) is a member of the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education in Tennessee, representing District 1. He assumed office on September 1, 2024. His current term ends on September 1, 2028.
Taylor (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education to represent District 1 in Tennessee. He won in the general election on August 1, 2024.
Biography
Robert Taylor was born in Washington, D.C. He attended Fisk University. Taylor's career experince includes working as a Rule 31 Mediator.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, Tennessee, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 1
Robert Taylor defeated Demytris Savage-Short in the general election for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 1 on August 1, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Taylor (D) | 85.5 | 6,865 |
Demytris Savage-Short (R)  | 14.4 | 1,154 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 14 | ||
| Total votes: 8,033 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 1
Robert Taylor defeated Latonya Winfrey and Dominique McCord-Cotton in the Democratic primary for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 1 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Taylor | 35.7 | 2,337 |
| Latonya Winfrey | 34.1 | 2,230 | ||
| Dominique McCord-Cotton | 30.1 | 1,974 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 6,549 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 1
Demytris Savage-Short advanced from the Republican primary for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 1 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Demytris Savage-Short | 96.4 | 860 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.6 | 32 | ||
| Total votes: 892 | |||
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Endorsements
Taylor received the following endorsements.
2020
See also: Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, Tennessee, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 1
Incumbent Sharon Dixon Gentry defeated Robert Taylor and Barry Barlow in the general election for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 1 on August 6, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sharon Dixon Gentry (Nonpartisan) | 64.3 | 8,783 |
| Robert Taylor (Nonpartisan) | 28.3 | 3,864 | |
| Barry Barlow (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 958 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 45 | ||
| Total votes: 13,650 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Robert Taylor did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Robert Taylor completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Taylor's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 4, 2020
