David Briley | |
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8th Mayor of Metropolitan Nashville | |
In office March 6, 2018 – September 28, 2019 Acting: March 6, 2018 – May 24, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Megan Barry |
Succeeded by | John Cooper |
Vice Mayor of Nashville | |
In office September 25, 2015 – May 24, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Diane Neighbors |
Succeeded by | Jim Shulman |
Personal details | |
Born | Clifton David Briley January 8, 1964 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Jodie Bell |
Children | 1 |
Education | Georgetown University (BA) Golden Gate University (JD) |
Clifton David Briley (born January 8, 1964) is an American politician. A Democrat, he was the eighth mayor of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County.[1][2] He was elected in 2015 as vice-mayor and was sworn in as acting mayor after Megan Barry's resignation on March 6, 2018. Briley went on to win the May 24 special election for the balance of Barry's term with 55% of the vote over nearly a dozen challengers, avoiding a runoff and making him the official mayor of Nashville. John Cooper defeated Briley in the 2019 Nashville mayoral election.[3] Briley was the first native of both Nashville and Tennessee since Bill Boner in 1991 to be mayor.