User:Daniel Bush/Bill Purcell

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Bill Purcell is the fifth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, elected first on September 9, 1999 and reelected to a second term in 2003.[1][2]

In 1986, Purcell was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives, where he served for five terms, and later became House Majority Leader.[2]

In 1999, Purcell took office as the fifth mayor of Metropolitan Nashville. Purcell was reelected to a second term in 2003 with a record-setting 84.8 percent of the vote.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Nashville.gov - Mayor's Office". Retrieved on September 16, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Associated Press. "Purcell wins runoff election to become Nashville mayor", The Oak Ridger Online, September 10, 1999. 
Preceded by
Phil Bredesen		 Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
1999 – present		 Incumbent
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