Tonya Hancock
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2019 - Present
2027
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Tonya Hancock is a member of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee, representing District 9. She assumed office on September 28, 2019. Her current term ends in 2027.
Hancock ran for re-election to the Nashville Metro Council to represent District 9 in Tennessee. She won in the general election on August 3, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2023)
General election
General election for Nashville Metro Council District 9
Incumbent Tonya Hancock defeated Stephanie Montenegro in the general election for Nashville Metro Council District 9 on August 3, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tonya Hancock (Nonpartisan) | 50.9 | 941 | |
| Stephanie Montenegro (Nonpartisan) | 49.0 | 906 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 1,848 | |||
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Endorsements
Hancock received the following endorsements.
2019
See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2019)
General election
General election for Nashville Metro Council District 9
Tonya Hancock defeated Thomas George and David McMurry in the general election for Nashville Metro Council District 9 on August 1, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tonya Hancock (Nonpartisan) | 58.8 | 1,144 | |
| Thomas George (Nonpartisan) | 22.2 | 431 | ||
| David McMurry (Nonpartisan) | 18.8 | 366 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 1,944 | |||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tonya Hancock did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tonya Hancock completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hancock's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
Improve Public Education Clean and Safe Neighborhoods Parks and Open Spaces
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
Prioritizing budget items versus making cuts over all.
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
Diane Nash, a TN trailblazer for social change. Janice Holder, the first female Chief Justice on the TN Supreme Court. Dolly Parton, who has positively impacted the lives of so many children in Tennessee and across the world with her Imagination Library.
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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| Preceded by Bill Pridemore |
Nashville Metro Council District 9 2019-Present |
Succeeded by - |
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