Karl Dean
| Karl Dean | |
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| 68th Mayor of Nashville | |
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In office September 21, 2007 – September 25, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Purcell |
| Succeeded by | Megan Barry |
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| Born |
Karl Foster Dean September 20, 1955 Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Davis |
| Children | Rascoe, Frances, and Wallen |
| Alma mater |
Columbia University (B.A.) Vanderbilt University (J.D.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Karl Foster Dean (born September 20, 1955) is an American attorney and politician from the state of Tennessee. He served as the sixth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. He was sworn in on September 21, 2007. From 1999 to January 9, 2007, Karl Dean served as Nashville's Director of Law under Mayor Bill Purcell. In 1990, 1994, and 1998, he was elected the city's public defender. Karl Dean is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from Columbia University in 1978 and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1981.
Although elections in Nashville are nonpartisan, Dean, like nearly all elected officials in the city, is known to be a Democrat.
In March 2005, Karl Dean wrote that Mayor Bill Purcell could seek a third term, despite a 1994 referendum on "any elected office authorized or created by the [Metro] charter." This was because the 1963 charter states that there is a three-term limit for mayors, the 1994 amendment took place against a backdrop of a push for congressional term limits, and local public discussion focused on the Metro Council. In January 2003, he said a proposed law to ban job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was not unconstitutional.
When Metro Council members' health-care benefits came under scrutiny in September 2004, because the Metro Charter does not allow pension benefits for Council members, Karl Dean said that a health-care benefit wouldn't legally fall under a pension benefit, and therefore wouldn't be against the Charter.
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