CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Two-term incumbent Mayor Kim McMillan confirmed her decision to run for re-election Friday, July 6.
She will be on the ballot in the Nov. 6, 2018 City of Clarksville election. All offices on the ballot are: Governor, US Senate, US House of Representatives, TN House of Representatives (Districts 67, 68 & 74), City of Clarksville Mayor, City Council (wards 1, 2, 6, 7, 10 & 11).
The qualifying deadline for the city election is Thursday, Aug. 16. Other candidates have picked up papers at the election commission, but so far only McMillan and former councilman Bill Summers have officially confirmed their plans to campaign.
More information amount upcoming elections can be found here.
Kim McMillan’s Bio:
Mayor Kim McMillan was sworn in as Mayor of Clarksville in January 2011, the first woman to serve as Mayor of any Tennessee city with a population over 100,000. She was re-elected in 2014 to a second term. As Mayor, her priorities are transparency in government, public safety, good roads, strong economic development, and improving Clarksville’s exceptional quality of life.
During her tenure, the City has opened two new fire stations and a new police precinct headquarters to improve fire and police protection for citizens and businesses.
Mayor McMillan has advocated better health for all Clarksvillians, and her Mayor’s Fitness Council led to the City
being designed a Healthier Tennessee Community by the Governors Health Foundation. She continuously encourages the City’s award-winning Parks and Recreation Department to offer healthy programs and fitness activities for residents of all ages.
Earlier this year, the Mayor McMillan advanced a priority project — the Clarksville Family Athletic Complex — with City Council approval to purchase more than 300 acres near Exit 8. The athletic complex, which is currently in the engineering and design phase, will include soccer fields, a baseball stadium and other facilities for youth leagues and tournaments and for sports tourism-related development.
Mayor McMillan has championed collaboration with the Tennessee Department of Transportation to maximize investment and improvement of Clarksville’s major thoroughfares. Under her leadership, the Clarksville Street Department is designing new city-owned connector roads, including the Northeast Connector and the Professional Parkway Extension. She also has worked with the Clarksville Transit System to increase public transportation opportunities, and has championed commuter bus routes to and from Nashville. She currently is serving her third term as chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority, which serves Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
Prior to becoming Mayor, McMillan served in the Tennessee House of Representatives for 12 years and was elected twice by her colleagues as House Majority Leader, becoming the first woman in Tennessee to serve in the position in either chamber of the General Assembly.
In 2007, at the request of Gov. Phil Bredesen, McMillan became the Senior Policy Adviser to the Governor. She later served in administration and on the faculty of Austin Peay State University.
Mayor McMillan graduated as valedictorian from South-Young High School in Knoxville and then received her bachelor’s degree and law degree, both with honors, from the University of Tennessee. In law school, McMillan served as Executive Editor of The Tennessee Law Review.
She has been married to native Clarksvillian Larry McMillan for more than 25 years. They have two grown children, Katie and Ryan, who both attended the University of Tennessee.