Mayor of Nashville
Karl Dean announced his mayoral candidacy on December 19, 2006. In the general election on August 2, 2007, he placed first with 24.6% of the vote. This advanced him to a run-off election against Bob Clement. On September 11, 2007 Dean won the run-off election with 52.2% of the vote.
Dean easily won re-election in August 2011 with 79.2% of the vote.
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