| Election Name: | 2007 Nashville mayoral election |
| Type: | mayoral |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Nashville, Tennessee.png |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2003 Nashville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2003 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Nashville mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Election Date: | August 2, 2007 (first round) September 11, 2007 (runoff) |
| 1Blank: | First round |
| 2Blank: | Runoff |
| Image1: | File:Karl Dean 2007 (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Karl Dean |
| Color1: | c0c0c0 |
| 1Data1: | 21,777 24.8% |
| 2Data1: | 51,491 52.1% |
| Candidate2: | Bob Clement |
| Color2: | c0c0c0 |
| 1Data2: | 21,035 24.0% |
| 2Data2: | 47,388 47.9% |
| Image3: | 3x4.svg |
| Candidate3: | Howard Gentry Jr. |
| Color3: | c0c0c0 |
| 1Data3: | 19,564 22.3% |
| 2Data3: | Eliminated |
| Candidate4: | Duck Dozier |
| Color4: | c0c0c0 |
| 1Data4: | 15,644 17.8% |
| 2Data4: | Eliminated |
| Candidate5: | David Briley |
| Color5: | c0c0c0 |
| 1Data5: | 9,772 11.1% |
| 2Data5: | Eliminated |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Bill Purcell |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Karl Dean |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Image1 Size: | x150px |
The 2007 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 2, 2007, to elect the next mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Bill Purcell was term limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office.[1] Since there was no candidate that received a majority of votes in the initial round of the election, a runoff election was held. In the runoff election, Democratic candidate Karl Dean was elected with 52.1% of the vote, narrowly defeating Democrat Bob Clement.[2] [3] [4]
All Nashville municipal elections are required to be non-partisan, but each candidate was affiliated with a political party.