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spanone

(135,844 posts)
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 10:34 PM Sep 2015

Megan Barry just won the mayoral election in Nashville, TN.

our first female mayor.



David Fox concedes, Megan Barry elected mayor of Nashville

Megan Barry has been elected mayor in Nashville’s runoff election.

Just before 9 p.m., David Fox took the stage in front of a crowd of supporters to concede. Fox congratulated Barry and thanked his supporters and staff.

“I don’t have any regrets,” Fox said. “We left them all on the field.”

As Barry addressed cheering supporters at the Nashville Farmer's Market, she called the night historic.

"This one is going in the history books," Barry said. "You elected the first woman mayor."




Read more: http://www.wsmv.com/story/30005452/polls-closed-in-nashville-runoff-election#ixzz3lOSVktDT


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Megan Barry just won the mayoral election in Nashville, TN. (Original Post) spanone Sep 2015 OP
Good for you, and Nashville! Let's hope that the rest of our State can keep the course! n/t Ghost in the Machine Sep 2015 #1
K&R Sissyk Sep 2015 #2
we're an oasis in a dreadfully red state spanone Sep 2015 #3
I know. Sissyk Sep 2015 #4
howdy neighbor! spanone Sep 2015 #5
Barry's opponent, (repub, naturally,) pulled every dirty trick imaginable in this race. Archae Sep 2015 #6
he called her anti-Christian spanone Sep 2015 #7
Yup. Archae Sep 2015 #8
he's a turd. this is one of his ads that helped him lose. spanone Sep 2015 #9
Besides, most Furrys are liberal! Archae Sep 2015 #10
Excellent! progressoid Sep 2015 #11
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2015 #12

Archae

(46,333 posts)
6. Barry's opponent, (repub, naturally,) pulled every dirty trick imaginable in this race.
Fri Sep 11, 2015, 12:12 AM
Sep 2015

Including wild accusations about Barry being an "atheist' and "anti-God."

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