The Davidson County Republican Party (GOP Nashville) elected new leadership during a meeting held at the Millennium Maxwell House in Nashville earlier this month.
Among GOP Nashville’s new Executive Committee members include Chairman Jason Weakley, First Vice Chair Annalisa Young, Second Vice Chair Spencer Anastasio, Treasurer Johnny Ellis, Vice Treasurer Wendy Rampy, and Communications Secretary Diana DeVille.
Weakley, who succeeds Lonnie Spivak in chairing GOP Nashville, said he sought the position to lead the county party because Nashville is his hometown and he doesn’t want to “see this city turned into another Baltimore or Detroit.”
“The socialist experiments of the Democrats are not working, and voters are telling us they want change, and I believe we can deliver if we all work hard and grow the grassroots of our party out – build a bigger tent,” Weakley said in a statement.
Noting the current energy in the Republican Party fueled by President Donald Trump’s executive actions since assuming office on January 20, Weakley said he and the new executive members of GOP Nashville will be working to “capitalize on the momentum” and build a “grassroots machine that can win locally.”
“It will require a lot of sweat and sacrifice, but it is possible when we first believe that it can be done,” Weakley added.
Weakley and the new executive members are elected to a two-year term.
The reorganization of GOP Nashville comes as attention will begin to turn to the 2026 midterm elections in Tennessee which will see candidates for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. Representatives, Tennessee House of Representatives, and Tennessee Senate (odd numbered districts) begin to campaign.
In Nashville, Democratic Tennessee State Senators Charlane Oliver (D-Nashville) and Jeff Yarbro (D-Nashville) are both up for reelection next year in addition to all members representing Music City in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Tennessee U.S. Representatives Andy Ogles (R-TN-05), John Rose (R-TN-06), and Mark Green (R-TN-07), all of whose districts include parts of Nashville, are also up for reelection in 2026.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
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