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Karl Dean (Karl Foster Dean) was born on 20 September, 1955 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Karl Dean's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

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Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 20 September, 1955
Birthday 20 September
Birthplace Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1955

Karl Foster Dean (born September 20, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 6th Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 2007 to 2015.

1963

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.

1978

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1978 and a Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University in 1981.

His campaign message for Mayor of Nashville focused on improving education, public safety and economic development saying "it's all connected."

During Dean's first year in office, he reworked the arrangement between Metro and the Nashville Predators in order to keep the team in Nashville.

1990

In 1990, 1994 and 1998, he was elected the city's public defender.

Dean, an attorney by occupation, is currently an adjunct professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School.

1999

A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Nashville's Director of Law under Mayor Bill Purcell from 1999 to 2007.

2003

In January 2003, he said a proposed law to ban job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was not unconstitutional.

2004

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, Dean said that a health-care benefit wouldn't legally fall under a pension benefit, and therefore wouldn't be against the Charter.

When asked if an amendment to the Metropolitan Charter requiring raises in the maximum property tax rates approved by the Metro Council to also be approved by Metro voters, Dean believed that a court was likely to find that provision of the Metro Charter invalid.

He claimed this is because the Tennessee General Assembly has not authorized the charter of the consolidated government to restrict the authority of a legislative body to levy an ad valorem tax on property.

2005

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."

2006

Dean announced his mayoral candidacy on December 19, 2006.

His campaign message focused on improving education, public safety, and economic development saying "it's all connected."

2007

The platform for his campaign stated that there are "three pitches you have to hit every day: public education, economic opportunity development and public safety.” In the general election on August 2, 2007, he placed first with 24.6% of the vote. This advanced him to a run-off election against Bob Clement. On September 11, 2007 Dean won the run-off election with 52.2% of the vote.

2010

During Dean's first term, he faced two major challenges: the Great Recession and the 2010 Tennessee floods.

During his two terms in office, Dean transformed Downtown Nashville by adding a new minor league baseball stadium, a riverfront amphitheater and park and a new convention center dubbed Music City Center.

Dean was friendly towards business and often used tax incentives to lure companies to Nashville.

He is also involved in conservationist efforts of historical areas such as Music Row through his involvement with Music Industry Coalition.

He helped preserve historic sites such as RCA Studio A.

2011

Dean easily won re-election in August 2011 with 79.2% of the vote.

2015

Dean left office on September 25, 2015.

He was succeeded by Megan Barry, the first woman to be Mayor of Nashville.

During Dean's two terms, the budget for Metro Nashville schools increased by $218 million (37 percent) and Nashville schools saw increased graduation rates, reduced dropout rates, and improved test scores.

He created the Limitless Libraries program, which connects Nashville Public Libraries to Metro Nashville Schools, part of a greater push to enable opportunities for under-served schools in the city.

Dean also improved school choice by recruiting charter schools to the city and augmented teaching talent by partnering with Teach for America.

As a part of this partnership, summer academies were created.

Dean's tenure as mayor marked sales taxes revenue increased by over $100 million (36 percent), indicative of the growth of Nashville as a major city.

One of the marquee projects of Dean's mayoral career was overseeing the creation of Music City Center, a massive convention center that has generated over $735 million in revenue for the city.

Other projects included the construction of Ascend Amphitheater and First Tennessee Park, public venues that bring in millions of dollars of revenue to the city and have been instrumental in the expansion of downtown Nashville.

Finally, Dean incentivized businesses to relocate to Nashville, including Bridgestone Americas and HCA.

Dean led Nashville during the Great Recession.

At that time, the city experiencing 7 years of GDP growth and an increase of $35 billion (45 percent) in that time.

Nashville has had one of the most successful recoveries from the recession.

By the end of Dean's mayoral term, Nashville had added the third highest percentage employment since its lowest point in the recession out of all cities in the US, adding over 144,300 jobs (19.3 percent employment growth).

With public safety as one of Dean's primary campaign promises, Dean increased the size of the Nashville police force by 13.5 percent.

2017

In 2017, Dean declared his candidacy for Governor of Tennessee in the 2018 election.

2018

In the first three months of the campaign, Dean raised $1.2 million and spent $200,000; he went on to win the Democratic nomination on August 2, 2018 and advanced to the general election.

Dean lost the election to businessman Bill Lee.