John Cooper Wiki Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

Cooper ran for mayor of Nashville in the 2019 Nashville mayoral election. In the election’s first round, Cooper led all candidates with 35% of the vote, advancing to a runoff election against David Briley, who received 25%. Cooper defeated Briley in the runoff election, receiving 69% of the vote. He is the first candidate to defeat an incumbent mayor of Nashville in an election since its consolidation in 1963. Cooper was sworn into office on September 28.

Cooper has stated that “Nashville cannot and will not be a sanctuary city.” In October 2019, Cooper reversed an executive order implemented by former mayor David Briley in his last few weeks in office that reportedly discouraged local cooperation with federal immigration authorities and encouraged the repeal of state laws described as “anti-sanctuary” laws.

Cooper ran for an at-large seat on the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County in 2015. He was elected, receiving the most votes of the candidates running for the five available at-large seats.

Cooper earned his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, and his Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University in 1985. He worked in finance for Shearson Lehman Brothers on Wall Street, before returning to Nashville to work in real estate development in Williamson County, Tennessee.

In 1980, Cooper worked on the congressional campaign of Buddy Roemer and the campaign of Jane Eskind for the Tennessee Public Service Commission. Roemer hired Cooper, then 23 years old, as his chief of staff. In 1982, Cooper returned to Nashville to help his brother, Jim, run for the United States House of Representatives in Tennessee’s 4th congressional district .

John Cooper (born October 15, 1956) is an American politician who is the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. A Democrat, he served as a councilman at-large on the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County from 2015 until 2019. He is the brother of U.S. Representative Jim Cooper, who represents Tennessee’s 5th congressional district, which is based in Nashville.