David Briley

David Briley
Briley in 2018
8th Mayor of Metropolitan Nashville
In office
March 6, 2018 – September 28, 2019
Acting: March 6, 2018 – May 24, 2018
Preceded byMegan Barry
Succeeded byJohn Cooper
Vice Mayor of Nashville
In office
September 25, 2015 – May 24, 2018
Preceded byDiane Neighbors
Succeeded byJim Shulman
Personal details
Born
Clifton David Briley

(1964-01-08) January 8, 1964 (age 60)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJodie Bell
Children1
EducationGeorgetown 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.

  1. ^ "John Cooper sworn in as Nashville mayor, pledges to make city that 'works for everyone'". The Tennessean.
  2. ^ "David Briley says he's ready to go to work after being sworn in as acting mayor". WKRN. March 6, 2018. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Jeong, Yihyun (September 12, 2019). "John Cooper wins Nashville mayoral race, defeats incumbent Mayor David Briley in landslide". Tennessean. Gannett. Retrieved September 13, 2019.