District 19 Metro Councilmember Freddie O'Connell will be unopposed for re-election this year. The Davidson County Election Commission voted unanimously to throw his only challenger off the ballot.

O'Connell told the Scene last month that he would likely challenge Joshua Parant's qualifications based on his residency. Parant had sprung up as a potential challenger in District 19 — which includes downtown and part of North Nashville — just before the May 16 qualifying deadline.

Attorney Jamie Hollin wrote a letter to the commission that was delivered yesterday on behalf of the O'Connell campaign. In it, Hollin laid out the case that Parant had not resided in District 19 for six months, as required by the Metro Charter. The commission agreed and voted 5-0 to remove Parant from the ballot.

We've reached out to Parant to offer him the chance to respond to the commission's ruling and we'll update if we hear back.

O'Connell reacted on Twitter:

Today our bipartisan, majority-GOP Davidson County Election Commission defended both the Metro Charter as well as the voters of District 19.



Our Charter provides that we elect residents, as it should be.



I’m pleased that we have avoided a dishonest conversation this election. https://t.co/juL0lTDxul — Freddie #StayHome O’Connell (@freddieoconnell) June 7, 2019

Update (6/10):

Parant's response, via email: