Burkley Allen
2019 - Present
2027
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Burkley Allen is an at-large member of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee. She assumed office on September 28, 2019. Her current term ends in 2027.
Allen ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee. She won in the general runoff election on September 14, 2023.
Allen previously represented District 18 in the metro council from 2011 to 2019.[1]
Biography
Allen received a bachelor's degree in physics from Davidson College in 1980 and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia in 1982. Her professional experience includes working as a senior mechanical engineer at IC Thomasson Associates. Other experience includes serving as vice president of the Sister Cities of Nashville Board of Directors, member of the West End Middle School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and member and president of the Hillsboro-West End Neighborhood board.[1]
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.[2]
Endorsements
2019
See also: City elections in Nashville, Tennessee (2019)
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 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sharon Hurt (Nonpartisan) | 15.3 | 40,332 | |
| ✔ | Burkley Allen (Nonpartisan) | 13.2 | 34,754 | |
| ✔ | Steve Glover (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 34,408 | |
| ✔ | Zulfat Suara (Nonpartisan) | 13.0 | 34,271 | |
| Sheri Weiner (Nonpartisan) | 12.6 | 33,108 | ||
| Howard Jones (Nonpartisan) | 11.5 | 30,201 | ||
| Fabian Bedne (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 29,840 | ||
| Gary Moore (Nonpartisan) | 9.6 | 25,264 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 1,414 | ||
| Total votes: 263,592 | ||||
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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 1, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bob Mendes (Nonpartisan) | 10.9 | 37,476 | |
| ✔ | Zulfat Suara (Nonpartisan) | 9.3 | 31,953 | |
| ✔ | Sharon Hurt (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 31,731 | |
| ✔ | Sheri Weiner (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 31,672 | |
| ✔ | Burkley Allen (Nonpartisan) | 8.9 | 30,722 | |
| ✔ | Fabian Bedne (Nonpartisan) | 7.3 | 25,001 | |
| ✔ | Howard Jones (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 24,828 | |
| ✔ | Steve Glover (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 23,929 | |
| ✔ | Gary Moore (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 20,843 | |
| Gicola Lane (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 20,243 | ||
| Adam Dread (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 19,741 | ||
| Michael Craddock (Nonpartisan) | 4.7 | 16,130 | ||
| James Dillard (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 14,085 | ||
| Matthew DelRossi (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 8,116 | ||
| Rueben Dockery (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 5,425 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 1,618 | ||
| Total votes: 343,513 | ||||
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Note: Incumbent Bob Mendes was elected outright in the general election on August 1, 2019, and did not advance to the general runoff election. Mendes' eight runners-up advanced to a general runoff election on September 12, 2019.[3]
2015
The city of Nashville, Tennessee, held nonpartisan elections for mayor and metro council on August 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was May 21, 2015. All 41 metro council seats—including the office of vice mayor—were up for election. In District 18, incumbent Burkley Allen was unopposed.[4][5]
Campaign themes
2023
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2019
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Personal
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Allen is the mother of three grown children.[1]
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 City of Nashville, "Allen," accessed January 21, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ The Tennessean, "Nashville election results: Zulfat Suara wins At-large Council seat, runoff set for remaining seats," August 3, 2023
- ↑ The Tennessean, "Bob Mendes wins at-large Nashville Metro Council seat; 8 others head to runoff," August 2, 2019
- ↑ City of Nashville, "Davidson County Election Commission," accessed December 4, 2014
- ↑ City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed September 15, 2015
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