Russ Pulley
Russ Pulley was a member of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee, representing District 25. Pulley assumed office in 2015. Pulley left office on September 1, 2023.
Pulley ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee. Pulley lost in the general runoff election on September 14, 2023.
Biography
Pulley is from Virginia. His early career experience includes working at the fire department in Chesapeake, Va., the police department in Virginia Beach and as a state trooper. He then worked as an FBI agent for 18 years, and an investigator for the U.S. Department of Labor for 11 years.[1]
Biography
Pulley is the father of two sons.
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2023)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Nashville Metro Council At large (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general runoff election for Nashville Metro Council At large on September 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Delishia Porterfield (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 49,588 |
| ✔ |  | Quin Evans-Segall (Nonpartisan)  | 13.8 | 47,774 |
| ✔ |  | Burkley Allen (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 45,317 |
| ✔ |  | Olivia Hill (Nonpartisan) | 12.9 | 44,443 |
 | Chris Cheng (Nonpartisan) | 12.3 | 42,644 | |
 | Howard Jones (Nonpartisan) | 11.5 | 39,632 | |
 | Jeff Syracuse (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 37,035 | |
 | Russ Pulley (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 36,507 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 2,516 | ||
| Total votes: 345,456 | |||
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General election
General election for Nashville Metro Council At large (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Nashville Metro Council At large on August 3, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Zulfat Suara (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 40,575 |
| ✔ | | Delishia Porterfield (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 34,481 |
| ✔ | | Burkley Allen (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 30,314 |
| ✔ | | Olivia Hill (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 25,802 |
| ✔ | | Howard Jones (Nonpartisan) | 6.7 | 25,327 |
| ✔ | | Quin Evans-Segall (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 22,644 |
| ✔ | | Russ Pulley (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 22,386 |
| ✔ | | Chris Cheng (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 22,000 |
| ✔ | | Jeff Syracuse (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 20,643 |
| Marcia Masulla (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 20,275 | ||
| Yolanda Hockett (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 19,799 | ||
 | Arnold Hayes (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 16,288 | |
| Chris Crofton (Nonpartisan) | 3.4 | 12,936 | ||
| Ronnie Greer Sr. (Nonpartisan) | 3.0 | 11,349 | ||
| Tony Chapman (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 10,290 | ||
 | Stephen Downs (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 9,998 | |
| Deloris Vandivort (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 9,005 | ||
| Gilbert Ramirez (Nonpartisan) | 2.1 | 7,924 | ||
| Indrani Ray (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 6,257 | ||
| Jonathan Williamson (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 5,797 | ||
| Brian Hellwig (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 5,115 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,447 | ||
| Total votes: 380,652 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Deborah Hickey (Nonpartisan)
- Tim Horne (Nonpartisan)
- Charles Townsend Sr. (Nonpartisan)
Note: Because Zulfat Suara received more than 10% of the vote in the general election, she won the election and did not need to advance to the general runoff. Four seats were elected in the general runoff election.[2]
Endorsements
Pulley received the following endorsements.
2019
See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2019)
General election
General election for Nashville Metro Council District 25
Incumbent Russ Pulley won election in the general election for Nashville Metro Council District 25 on August 1, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Russ Pulley (Nonpartisan) | 97.0 | 3,685 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.0 | 114 | ||
| Total votes: 3,799 | |||
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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 25, Russ Pulley was unopposed.[3][4] Incumbent Sean McGuire was term-limited.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Russ Pulley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Russ Pulley did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Pulley's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[5]
Education
- Excerpt: "Our children attending Hillsboro High School, one of the centerpieces of our community, are in need of a new facility."
Transportation
- Excerpt: "We need traffic relief, we need responsible public transit options, and we need a district that promotes pedestrian traffic with improved sidewalks and bike routes."
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Russ Pulley for Metro Council, "Meet Russ," accessed July 31, 2015
- ↑ The Tennessean, "Nashville election results: Zulfat Suara wins At-large Council seat, runoff set for remaining seats," August 3, 2023
- ↑ City of Nashville, "Davidson County Election Commission," accessed December 4, 2014
- ↑ City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed September 15, 2015
- ↑ Russ Pulley for Metro Council, accessed July 31, 2015
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Nashville Metro Council District 25 2015-2023 |
Succeeded by Jeff Preptit |
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