Rollin Horton recall, Nashville, Tennessee (2025)
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An effort to recall District 20 Nashville Metro Council Member Rollin Horton is underway in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]
Recall supporters
Recall organizers cited the following reasons for Horton's recall on their website:[2]
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We, the undersigned registered and qualified voters of Metropolitan Council District 20, pursuant to Article 15, Section 15.07 of the Metropolitan Charter, hereby demand a RECALL ELECTION for the removal of Council Member ROLLIN HORTON and the election of a successor to that office. Removal is sought for the following reason(s):
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Recall opponents
Speaking to WKRN News 2, Horton said, "The petition alleges lack of adequate public notice and engagement for The Nations Neighborhood Plan, which is something that our neighborhood worked on collaboratively for over two years by almost 30 different community meetings, with churches, with neighborhood associations, with HOAs, with local businesses and others." Horton said, "So I was surprised to learn of the recall petition."[4]
Horton also said, "The use of a recall petition to fight policy differences is inappropriate; it’s meant to be used to combat serious allegations of misconduct."[4]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Tennessee
No specific grounds are required for recall in Tennessee. The number of petition signatures required to put a recall on the ballot as well as the amount of time allowed to circulate petitions varies by office type.[5][6][7]
The deadline to submit signatures is November 3, 2025.[1]
Recall context
- See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report
Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.
The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2024 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.
See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Recall campaigns in Tennessee
- Political recall efforts, 2025
- City council recalls
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nashville Post, "Petition seeks to remove Councilmember Rollin Horton from office," accessed October 6, 2025
- ↑ Voices for District 20, "Letter to Metro," accessed October 6, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 WKRN News 2, "Petition to recall Metro councilmember over The Nations rezoning," accessed October 6, 2025
- ↑ Tennessee Code, "Title 2. Elections § 2-5-151," accessed October 17, 2023
- ↑ Tennessee Code, "Title 6. Cities and Towns § 6-31-301," accessed October 17, 2023
- ↑ Tennessee Code, "Title 6. Cities and Towns § 6-31-306," accessed October 17, 2023
