Mayor and city council recall, Nashville, Tennessee (2020)

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Nashville Mayor and City Council recall
Officeholders
John Cooper Brandon Taylor Colby Sledge Dave Rosenberg Erin Evans Kyonzte Toombs Russ Bradford Sean Parker
Recall status
Did not go to a vote
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Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2020 Recalls in Tennessee Tennessee recall laws Mayoral recalls City council recalls Recall reports

An effort in Nashville, Tennessee, to recall Mayor John Cooper and councilmembers Brandon Taylor, Colby Sledge, Dave Rosenberg, Erin Evans, Kyonzte Toombs, Russ Bradford, and Sean Parker was initiated in October 2020. Recall organizers failed to submit enough signatures to put the recall election on the ballot.

To read about other recall efforts related to the coronavirus and government responses to the pandemic, click here.

Recall supporters

The recall effort was organized Nashville resident Kimberly Edwards and a group called Nashville Citizens for Fair & Transparent Government, which accused the officials of failing to make budget cuts, unnecessarily keeping schools closed, and targeting businesses with COVID-19 restrictions. Petition language against Cooper read:

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Poor fiscal stewardship - While Nashvillians suffer economic devastation, he refuses to make responsible budget cuts and utilize the unanticipated revenue from sales tax to alleviate the property tax increase. Indifference to children and young families - Despite the evidence and recommendation by pediatricians, he has kept schools closed instead of allowing parents to choose in person or virtual learning. Destruction of businesses and jobs - He has misled citizens about COVID-19 data, using it to target some jobs and businesses while allowing others to flourish, and leaving thousands of Nashvillians unemployed.

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Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing recall in Tennessee

Recall organizers filed for petitions on October 12, 2020. Petitioners were required to submit about 70,000 valid signatures by November 11, 2020, to put the recall election on the ballot. Organizer Ed Smith emailed supporters on October 27, 2020, to let them know that the group was unable to gather enough signatures.

Recalls related to the coronavirus

See also: Recalls related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and government responses to the pandemic

Ballotpedia covered 35 coronavirus-related recall efforts against 94 officials in 2022, accounting for 13% of recalls that year. This is a decrease from both 2020 and 2021. COVID-related recalls accounted for 37% of all recall efforts in both 2020 and 2021. In 2020, there were 87 COVID-related recalls against 89 officials, and in 2021, there were 131 against 214 officials.

The chart below compares coronavirus-related recalls to recalls for all other reasons in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

See also

• Recall campaigns in Tennessee
• Political recall efforts, 2020
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