The proposal could help Republicans in left-leaning areas.
The proposal could help Republicans win elections in left-leaning areas, like Davidson County. If there were eight candidates and six or seven were Democrats, they would divide the vote among themselves and a top GOP candidate might immediately get in.
But if there were a runoff, the GOP candidate would then have to go up against the top left-leaning candidate and probably get clobbered. Metro elections are nonpartisan, but only Democrats hold countywide elected offices. In the first-ever partisan school board races last year,Two right-leaning candidates confirmed to Axios they are pondering a run. Alice Rolli, the former campaign manager for Sen. Lamar Alexander and economic development staffer for then-Gov. Bill Haslam's administration, says she's thinking of a run.
Golden says the vast majority of elections in Tennessee do not have runoffs, but local governments are currently able to require a runoff under their charters.State Sen. Jeff Yarbro, a Nashville Democrat, tells Axios "the citizens of local governments should lead the way in how they elect their own leaders, and it would be irresponsible for the legislature to change the rules for upcoming elections.
Editor’s note: This story was corrected to show Carol Swain finished second in the 2018 mayoral election.
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