Yolanda Hockett
Yolanda Hockett ran for election for an at-large seat of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee. Hockett lost in the general election on August 3, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2023)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Nashville Metro Council At large (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general runoff election for Nashville Metro Council At large on September 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Delishia Porterfield (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 49,588 |
| ✔ |  | Quin Evans-Segall (Nonpartisan)  | 13.8 | 47,774 |
| ✔ |  | Burkley Allen (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 45,317 |
| ✔ |  | Olivia Hill (Nonpartisan) | 12.9 | 44,443 |
 | Chris Cheng (Nonpartisan) | 12.3 | 42,644 | |
 | Howard Jones (Nonpartisan) | 11.5 | 39,632 | |
 | Jeff Syracuse (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 37,035 | |
 | Russ Pulley (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 36,507 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 2,516 | ||
| Total votes: 345,456 | |||
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General election
General election for Nashville Metro Council At large (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Nashville Metro Council At large on August 3, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Zulfat Suara (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 40,575 |
| ✔ | | Delishia Porterfield (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 34,481 |
| ✔ | | Burkley Allen (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 30,314 |
| ✔ | | Olivia Hill (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 25,802 |
| ✔ | | Howard Jones (Nonpartisan) | 6.7 | 25,327 |
| ✔ | | Quin Evans-Segall (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 22,644 |
| ✔ | | Russ Pulley (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 22,386 |
| ✔ | | Chris Cheng (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 22,000 |
| ✔ | | Jeff Syracuse (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 20,643 |
| Marcia Masulla (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 20,275 | ||
| Yolanda Hockett (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 19,799 | ||
 | Arnold Hayes (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 16,288 | |
| Chris Crofton (Nonpartisan) | 3.4 | 12,936 | ||
| Ronnie Greer Sr. (Nonpartisan) | 3.0 | 11,349 | ||
| Tony Chapman (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 10,290 | ||
 | Stephen Downs (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 9,998 | |
| Deloris Vandivort (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 9,005 | ||
| Gilbert Ramirez (Nonpartisan) | 2.1 | 7,924 | ||
| Indrani Ray (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 6,257 | ||
| Jonathan Williamson (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 5,797 | ||
| Brian Hellwig (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 5,115 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,447 | ||
| Total votes: 380,652 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Deborah Hickey (Nonpartisan)
- Tim Horne (Nonpartisan)
- Charles Townsend Sr. (Nonpartisan)
Note: Because Zulfat Suara received more than 10% of the vote in the general election, she won the election and did not need to advance to the general runoff. Four seats were elected in the general runoff election.[1]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hockett in this election.
2019
See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Nashville Metro Council District 2
Kyonzté Toombs defeated incumbent DeCosta Hastings in the general runoff election for Nashville Metro Council District 2 on September 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kyonzté Toombs (Nonpartisan) | 52.5 | 1,349 |
 | DeCosta Hastings (Nonpartisan) | 47.4 | 1,219 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 2,571 | |||
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General election
General election for Nashville Metro Council District 2
Incumbent DeCosta Hastings and Kyonzté Toombs advanced to a runoff. They defeated Yolanda Hockett and Andre Southall in the general election for Nashville Metro Council District 2 on August 1, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | DeCosta Hastings (Nonpartisan) | 38.7 | 1,049 |
| ✔ | | Kyonzté Toombs (Nonpartisan) | 30.8 | 835 |
| Yolanda Hockett (Nonpartisan) | 27.7 | 751 | ||
| Andre Southall (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 71 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 2,709 | |||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Yolanda Hockett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Yolanda Hockett did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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