Brian Zacharias
Candidate for Mayor, City of Clarksville
Background
- Campaign website
- brianzacharias.com
Clarksville City Council member for Ward 1 and mayor pro tem, and a middle school teacher. He retired from a 22-year Army career as a signals intelligence collector and Arabic linguist.
Documented positions
Taxes & budget
Proposes cutting duplicate city and county administration
Says residents should not pay more taxes and that the city's budget problem is structural.
ReportWhere do they stand? Mayor of Clarksville candidates on streets, taxes, floodingNews coverage · Clarksville Now · Sep 27, 2026 · clarksvillenow.com
“I will work with the county to cut duplicate administration and put responsibility and funding where it belongs.”
Housing
Supports easing rules for small homes and townhomes
ReportWhere do they stand? Mayor of Clarksville candidates on streets, taxes, floodingNews coverage · Clarksville Now · Sep 27, 2026 · clarksvillenow.com
“remove the obstacles that make small homes, townhomes, and mixed-use projects harder to build than another large-lot subdivision”
Economy & jobs
Supports tying city incentives to wages and benefits
ReportWhere do they stand? Mayor of Clarksville candidates on streets, taxes, floodingNews coverage · Clarksville Now · Sep 27, 2026 · clarksvillenow.com
“we should only hand out city incentives to companies that commit to wages and benefits worth the public money”
Roads & infrastructure
Supports more in-house street work by city crews
ReportWhere do they stand? Mayor of Clarksville candidates on streets, taxes, floodingNews coverage · Clarksville Now · Sep 27, 2026 · clarksvillenow.com
“I will also build on what the Street Department has started doing in-house by buying equipment and hiring crews to do more of it”
Environment & parks
Supports a funded stormwater division under Gas and Water
ReportWhere do they stand? Mayor of Clarksville candidates on streets, taxes, floodingNews coverage · Clarksville Now · Sep 27, 2026 · clarksvillenow.com
“A stormwater division under Gas and Water makes sense structurally, but only if we fund and staff it.”
Other issues in this race
Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Brian Zacharias on them.
- Public safetyNo documented position found.
- EducationNo documented position found.
All sources (5)
- Qualified Candidates, November 3, 2026 - State General and City of Clarksville
Election filing · Montgomery County Election Commission · montgomerytn.gov
- State General and City of Clarksville, November 3, 2026: Official Sample Ballot
Election filing · Montgomery County Election Commission · montgomerytn.gov
- City Council (members by ward)
Government record · City of Clarksville · clarksvilletn.gov
- About Brian — Brian Zacharias for Clarksville
Campaign website · Brian Zacharias for Clarksville · brianzacharias.com
- Where do they stand? Mayor of Clarksville candidates on streets, taxes, flooding
News coverage · Clarksville Now · Sep 27, 2026 · clarksvillenow.com
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