Freddie O’Connell and Alice Rolli advanced from a field of 12 candidates in the nonpartisan general election for mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, on Aug. 3, 2023. The two will compete in a Sept. 14, 2023, runoff election. Although the election is officially nonpartisan, both candidates have political affiliations. O’Connell, who has represented District 19 on the Nashville Metro Council since 2015, is a Democrat. Rolli, a former political strategist and owner of Worldstrides, is a Republican.
O’Connell received 27.1 percent of the vote and Rolli received 20.2 percent. Matthew Wiltshire, an economic development and housing executive who previously worked at Nashville’s Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency, finished third with 17.0 percent.
Incumbent Mayor John Cooper (D) did not seek re-election, making him the first full-term Nashville mayor to not seek re-election since 1991.
