All Knoxville municipal elections are required to be non-partisan,[1] but candidates can be affiliated with a political party. Knoxville uses a two-round system, where election runoffs are held if no candidate obtains the majority of the vote.
The 1983 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 27, 1983, to elect the next mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. It saw the election of former Republican Mayor Kyle Testerman.
The 1987 Knoxville mayoral election took place on November 3, 1987, to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections and was officially nonpartisan. It saw the election of Victor Ashe.
Since no candidate secured a majority in the first round, a runoff election was held between the top two finishers, with Ashe defeating former mayor Randy Tyree.
The 1991 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 24, 1991, to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. It saw the re-election of Republican Mayor Victor Ashe.
The 1995 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 26, 1995, to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. It saw the re-election of Republican Mayor Victor Ashe.
The 1999 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 29, 1999, to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. It saw the re-election of Republican Mayor Victor Ashe, who defeated former Democratic Mayor Randy Tyree.
The 2003 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 30, 2003, to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. Republican candidate Bill Haslam defeated Democratic candidate Madeline Rogero with 52.6% of the vote.
Haslam reached a majority in the initial round of the election, forgoing the need for a runoff to be held.
The 2007 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 25, 2007 to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections; it was officially nonpartisan. It saw the re-election of incumbent RepublicanBill Haslam.
Haslam reached a majority in the initial round of the election, forgoing the need for a runoff to be held.
The 2011 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 27 and November 8, 2011 to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections and was officially nonpartisan. It saw the election of Democratic candidate Madeline Rogero.
Serving as acting mayor, following the resignation of Republican mayor Bill Haslam to serve as Governor of Tennessee and in the months before the individual elected in this race would take office, was Daniel Brown, who did not seek a full term as mayor.
Since no candidate secured a majority in the first round, a runoff was held between the top two finishers.
The election saw Rogero become the first woman elected mayor of Knoxville. She is also the first woman to be elected mayor in any of the "Big Four" cities of Tennessee (Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga).
The 2015 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 29, 2015 to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Madeline Rogero won re-election with 98.8% of the vote.
Since Rogero reached a majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff was held. This was set to be the case since only two candidates were on the ballot.
The 2019 Knoxville mayoral Election took place on August 27, 2019, and November 5, 2019, to elect the next mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. All Knoxville municipal elections are non-partisan.
Since no candidate met 50% or more of the votes, Republican candidate Eddie Mannis and Democratic candidate Indya Kincannon advanced to the November election. Indya Kincannon won the runoff election with 52.4% of the vote.
Incumbent Democratic Mayor Madeline Rogero was ineligible to run for re-election, having served the maximum of two terms.[13]
Indya Kincannon, former Knox County School Board member (2004–2014), former chair of the Knox County School Board, former city director for Mayor Rogero[14]
Eddie Mannis, former COO and deputy to Mayor Rogero, chairman of the Metropolitan Airport Authority, prominent businessman[14]
Calvin Taylor Skinner, worked in community and leadership development[14]
Marshall Stair, lawyer, at-large member of the Knoxville City Council (2011–2019)[14]
The 2023 Knoxville mayoral election took place on August 29, 2023 to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. All Knoxville municipal elections are non-partisan. Since Kincannon won a majority of the vote in the initial round, no runoff was needed. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Indya Kincannon was elected with 57.5% of the vote, defeating Republican[16] Candidate Jeff Talman.
Indya Kincannon announced her re-election campaign on November 16, 2022.[17] She was sworn in on December 16, 2023.[18]
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Mayoral elections in Knoxville are held every four years to elect the mayor of Knoxville Tennessee All Knoxville municipal elections are required to be non partisan 1 but candidates can be affiliated with a political party Knoxville uses a two round system where election runoffs are held if no candidate obtains the majority of the vote Contents 1 1983 2 1987 2 1 Results 2 1 1 First round 2 1 2 Runoff 3 1991 4 1995 5 1999 6 2003 6 1 Results 7 2007 7 1 Results 8 2011 8 1 Results 8 1 1 First round 8 1 2 Runoff 9 2015 9 1 Results 10 2019 10 1 Candidates 10 2 Results 10 2 1 First round 10 2 2 Runoff 11 2023 11 1 Candidates 11 2 Results 12 See also 13 References1983 edit1983 Knoxville mayoral election nbsp 1979 September 27 1983 1987 nbsp Candidate Kyle Testerman Arthur M Smiley BlanchardPopular vote 19 403 7 448Percentage 62 75 24 09 Candidate Lowell W RamseyPopular vote 2 619Percentage 8 47 Mayor before electionRandy TyreeDemocratic Elected Mayor Kyle TestermanRepublicanThe 1983 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 27 1983 to elect the next mayor of Knoxville Tennessee The election was held concurrently with various other local elections It saw the election of former Republican Mayor Kyle Testerman Results 2 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Kyle Testerman 19 403 62 75Nonpartisan Arthur M Smiley Blanchard 7 448 24 09Nonpartisan Lowell W Ramsey 2 619 8 47Nonpartisan Robert L Bob Cheek 973 3 15Nonpartisan Arnold Joseph Zandi 240 0 78Nonpartisan Karl Paul 185 0 60Nonpartisan Clyde Ledford 53 0 17Nonpartisan unknown candidate 1 0Total votes 30 922 100Republican gain from Democratic1987 edit1987 Knoxville mayoral election nbsp 1983 September 29 1987 first round November 3 1987 runoff 1991 nbsp nbsp Candidate Victor Ashe Randy TyreeFirst round vote 10 765 5 739First round percentage 43 85 23 38 Second round vote 18 892 15 853Second round percentage 54 35 45 61 Candidate Jean Teague Casey C JonesFirst round vote 5 210 2 543First round percentage 21 22 10 36Second round vote Eliminated EliminatedMayor before electionKyle TestermanRepublican Elected Mayor Victor AsheRepublicanThe 1987 Knoxville mayoral election took place on November 3 1987 to elect the mayor of Knoxville Tennessee The election was held concurrently with various other local elections and was officially nonpartisan It saw the election of Victor Ashe Since no candidate secured a majority in the first round a runoff election was held between the top two finishers with Ashe defeating former mayor Randy Tyree Results edit First round edit First round results 3 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Victor Ashe 10 765 43 85Nonpartisan Randy Tyree 5 739 23 38Nonpartisan Jean Teague 5 210 21 22Nonpartisan Casey C Jones 2 543 10 36Nonpartisan Louis E Royal 119 0 49Nonpartisan James T Jim Garland 84 0 34Nonpartisan James Wesley Gilliam 45 0 18Nonpartisan Boyce T McCall 43 0 18Nonpartisan Kyle C Testerman 2 0 01Total votes 24 550Runoff edit Runoff results 4 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Victor Ashe 18 892 54 35Nonpartisan Randy Tyree 15 853 45 61Write in Jean Teague 4 0 01Write in C Howard Bozeman 2 0 01Write in Willie Hambree 1 0 00Write in Harry E Hodge 1 0 00Write in Steve Kidwell 1 0 00Write in Louis A McElroy II 1 0 00Write in Ron Payne 1 0 00Write in E R Shultz 1 0 00Write in Kyle Testerman 1 0 00Write in Robt O Watson 1 0 00Total votes 34 7591991 edit1991 Knoxville mayoral election nbsp 1987 September 24 1991 1995 nbsp Candidate Victor Ashe C RobertsonPopular vote 11 609 3 684Percentage 72 20 22 91 Mayor before electionVictor AsheRepublican Elected Mayor Victor AsheRepublicanThe 1991 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 24 1991 to elect the mayor of Knoxville Tennessee The election was held concurrently with various other local elections It saw the re election of Republican Mayor Victor Ashe Results 5 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Victor Ashe Incumbent 11 609 72 20Nonpartisan C Robertson 3 684 22 91Nonpartisan S Evans 786 4 89Total votes 16 079 1001995 edit1995 Knoxville mayoral election nbsp 1991 September 26 1995 1999 nbsp Candidate Victor Ashe Ivan HarmonPopular vote 12 417 6 659Percentage 63 70 34 16 Mayor before electionVictor AsheRepublican Elected Mayor Victor AsheRepublicanThe 1995 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 26 1995 to elect the mayor of Knoxville Tennessee The election was held concurrently with various other local elections It saw the re election of Republican Mayor Victor Ashe Results 6 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Victor Ashe Incumbent 12 417 63 70Nonpartisan Ivan Harmon 6 659 34 16Nonpartisan G Hamilton 303 1 55Nonpartisan R Watson 113 0 58Total votes 19 492 1001999 edit1999 Knoxville mayoral election nbsp 1995 September 28 1999 2003 nbsp Candidate Victor Ashe Randy Tyree Danny MayfieldPopular vote 10 248 5 613 2 145Percentage 55 99 30 67 11 72 Mayor before electionVictor AsheRepublican Elected Mayor Victor AsheRepublicanThe 1999 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 29 1999 to elect the mayor of Knoxville Tennessee The election was held concurrently with various other local elections It saw the re election of Republican Mayor Victor Ashe who defeated former Democratic Mayor Randy Tyree Results 7 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Victor Ashe Incumbent 10 248 55 99Nonpartisan Randy Tyree 5 613 30 67Nonpartisan Danny Mayfield 2 145 11 72Nonpartisan G Hamilton Sr 114 0 62Nonpartisan J Madden 104 0 57Nonpartisan B McCall 80 0 44Total votes 18 304 1002003 edit2003 Knoxville mayoral election nbsp 1999 September 30 2003 2007 nbsp nbsp Candidate Bill Haslam Madeline RogeroPopular vote 15 730 13 864Percentage 52 64 46 39 Mayor before electionVictor AsheRepublican Elected Mayor Bill HaslamRepublicanThe 2003 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 30 2003 to elect the mayor of Knoxville Tennessee The election was held concurrently with various other local elections Republican candidate Bill Haslam defeated Democratic candidate Madeline Rogero with 52 6 of the vote Haslam reached a majority in the initial round of the election forgoing the need for a runoff to be held Results edit Results 8 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Bill Haslam 15 730 52 64Nonpartisan Madeline Rogero 13 864 46 39Nonpartisan George Alexander Hamilton Sr 166 0 56Nonpartisan Boyce McCall 123 0 41Total votes 29 883 1002007 edit2007 Knoxville mayoral election nbsp 2003 September 25 2007 2011 nbsp nbsp Candidate Bill Haslam Isa InfantePopular vote 5 728 667Percentage 87 32 10 17 Mayor before electionBill HaslamRepublican Elected Mayor Bill HaslamRepublicanThe 2007 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 25 2007 to elect the mayor of Knoxville Tennessee The election was held concurrently with various other local elections it was officially nonpartisan It saw the re election of incumbent Republican Bill Haslam Haslam reached a majority in the initial round of the election forgoing the need for a runoff to be held Results edit Results 9 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Bill Haslam incumbent 5 728 87 32Nonpartisan Isa Infante 667 10 17Nonpartisan Mark Saroff 165 2 52Total votes 6 5602011 edit2011 Knoxville mayoral election nbsp 2007 September 27 2011 first round November 8 2011 runoff 2015 nbsp nbsp Candidate Madeline Rogero Mark PadgettFirst round vote 8 242 3 741First round percentage 49 90 22 65 Second round vote 12 441 8 827Second round percentage 58 50 41 50 nbsp Candidate Ivan HarmonFirst round vote 3 537First round percentage 22 33 Second round percentage EliminatedMayor before electionDaniel Brown acting Elected Mayor Madeline RogeroDemocraticThe 2011 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 27 and November 8 2011 to elect the mayor of Knoxville Tennessee The election was held concurrently with various other local elections and was officially nonpartisan It saw the election of Democratic candidate Madeline Rogero Serving as acting mayor following the resignation of Republican mayor Bill Haslam to serve as Governor of Tennessee and in the months before the individual elected in this race would take office was Daniel Brown who did not seek a full term as mayor Since no candidate secured a majority in the first round a runoff was held between the top two finishers The election saw Rogero become the first woman elected mayor of Knoxville She is also the first woman to be elected mayor in any of the Big Four cities of Tennessee Memphis Nashville Knoxville and Chattanooga Results edit First round edit First round results 10 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Madeline Rogero 8 242 49 90Nonpartisan Mark Padgett 3 741 22 65Nonpartisan Ivan Harmon 3 537 22 33Nonpartisan Joe Hultquist 698 4 23Nonpartisan Bo Bennett 148 0 90Total votes 16 518Runoff edit Runoff results 11 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Madeline Rogero 12 441 58 50Nonpartisan Mark Padgett 8 827 41 50Total votes 21 268Democratic gain from Republican2015 edit2015 Knoxville mayoral election nbsp 2011 September 29 2015 2019 nbsp Candidate Madeline RogeroPopular vote 3 711Percentage 98 78 nbsp Results by precinctRogero lt 90 Mayor before electionMadeline RogeroDemocratic Elected Mayor Madeline RogeroDemocraticThe 2015 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 29 2015 to elect the mayor of Knoxville Tennessee The election was held concurrently with various other local elections Incumbent Democratic Mayor Madeline Rogero won re election with 98 8 of the vote Since Rogero reached a majority in the initial round of the election no runoff was held This was set to be the case since only two candidates were on the ballot Results edit First round results 12 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Madeline Rogero incumbent 3 811 98 78Write in Jack Knoxville 46 1 22Total votes 3 7572019 edit2019 Knoxville mayoral election nbsp 2015 August 27 2019 first round November 6 2019 second round 2023 Candidate Indya Kincannon Eddie MannisFirst round vote 5 568 7 005First round percentage 28 31 36 64 Runoff vote 13 291 12 069Runoff percentage 52 41 47 59 Candidate Marshall StairFirst round vote 5 158First round percentage 26 87 Runoff percentage Eliminated nbsp First round results by precinct nbsp Runoff results by precinctKincannon 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Mannis 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 Stair 20 30 30 40 40 50 Mayor before electionMadeline RogeroDemocratic Elected Mayor Indya KincannonDemocraticThe 2019 Knoxville mayoral Election took place on August 27 2019 and November 5 2019 to elect the next mayor of Knoxville Tennessee The election was held concurrently with various other local elections All Knoxville municipal elections are non partisan Since no candidate met 50 or more of the votes Republican candidate Eddie Mannis and Democratic candidate Indya Kincannon advanced to the November election Indya Kincannon won the runoff election with 52 4 of the vote Incumbent Democratic Mayor Madeline Rogero was ineligible to run for re election having served the maximum of two terms 13 Candidates edit Declared Michael Andrews licensed barber 14 13 Fletcher Burkhardt social media specialist 14 Indya Kincannon former Knox County School Board member 2004 2014 former chair of the Knox County School Board former city director for Mayor Rogero 14 Eddie Mannis former COO and deputy to Mayor Rogero chairman of the Metropolitan Airport Authority prominent businessman 14 Calvin Taylor Skinner worked in community and leadership development 14 Marshall Stair lawyer at large member of the Knoxville City Council 2011 2019 14 Results edit First round edit First round results 15 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Eddie Mannis 7 005 36 64Nonpartisan Indya Kincannon 5 568 28 31Nonpartisan Marshall Stair 5 158 26 87Nonpartisan Fletcher Knoxville Burkhardt 591 3 09Nonpartisan Calvin Taylor Skinner 493 2 58Nonpartisan Michael W Andrews 301 1 57Total votes 19 116Runoff edit In the runoff election Indya Kincannon defeated Eddie Mannis Runoff results Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Indya Kincannon 13 291 52 41Nonpartisan Eddie Mannis 12 069 47 59Total votes 25 360 1002023 edit2023 Knoxville mayoral election nbsp 2019 August 29 2023 2027 Candidate Indya Kincannon Jeff TalmanPopular vote 9 431 4 808Percentage 57 52 29 32 Candidate Constance Every R C LawhornPopular vote 1 328 830Percentage 8 10 5 06 Mayor before electionIndya KincannonDemocratic Elected Mayor Indya KincannonDemocraticThe 2023 Knoxville mayoral election took place on August 29 2023 to elect the mayor of Knoxville Tennessee The election was held concurrently with various other local elections All Knoxville municipal elections are non partisan Since Kincannon won a majority of the vote in the initial round no runoff was needed Incumbent Democratic Mayor Indya Kincannon was elected with 57 5 of the vote defeating Republican 16 Candidate Jeff Talman Indya Kincannon announced her re election campaign on November 16 2022 17 She was sworn in on December 16 2023 18 Candidates edit Declared Indya Kincannon incumbent mayor 17 Jeff Talman mortgage banker and president of the Knoxville Volunteer Rotary Club 19 Constance Every nonprofit founder R C Lawhorn businessman 20 Results edit Results 21 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Indya Kincannon Incumbent 9 431 57 52Nonpartisan Jeff Talman 4 808 29 32Nonpartisan Constance Every 1 328 8 10Nonpartisan R C Lawhorn 830 5 06Total votes 16 397 100See also editElections in Tennessee Political party strength in Tennessee Government of Tennessee Mayoral elections in Chattanooga Tennessee Mayoral elections in Clarksville Tennessee Mayoral elections in Jackson Tennessee Mayoral elections in Murfreesboro TennesseeReferences edit Staff Knox News Your guide to politics and elections in Knoxville Knoxpedia Knoxville News Sentinel Retrieved 2024 01 20 City Election History 1981 Present www knoxvilletn gov Retrieved 2024 01 20 Knox County Election Commission Election Returns Race Totals PDF Knox County Election Commission 16 October 1987 Retrieved 1 November 2019 Knox County Election Commission Election Returns Race Totals PDF Knox County Election Commission 16 November 1987 Retrieved 1 November 2019 City Election History 1981 Present www knoxvilletn gov Retrieved 2024 01 20 City Election History 1981 Present www knoxvilletn gov Retrieved 2024 01 20 City Election History 1981 Present www knoxvilletn gov Retrieved 2024 01 20 Unofficial Tally Results By Election Knox County Retrieved 25 October 2019 Cumulative Report Unofficial Knox County Tennessee CITY OF KNOXVILLE PRIMARY ELECTION September 25 2007 PDF Knox County 25 September 2007 Retrieved 25 October 2019 Cumulative Report Unofficial Knox County Tennessee City of Knoxville Primary and State Senate Special Primary Election September 27 2011 PDF Knox County 4 October 2011 Retrieved 25 October 2019 Cumulative Report Unofficial Knox County Tennessee City of Knoxville Regular and Special State Senate General Election November 08 2011 PDF Knox County 10 November 2011 Retrieved 25 October 2019 Cumulative Report Official Knox County Tennessee Tennessee House 14th District Special General and City of Knoxville Primary Election September 29 2015 PDF Knox County 19 October 2015 Retrieved 25 October 2019 a b OFFICES ON THE 2019 BALLOT knoxvilletn gov Retrieved 2019 08 22 a b c d e f Whetstone Tyler Who will be Knoxville s next mayor We tell you about the candidates Knoxville News Sentinel Retrieved 2019 08 22 Cumulative Report Official Knox County Tennessee CITY OF KNOXVILLE PRIMARY ELECTION August 27 2019 PDF Knox County 17 November 2019 Retrieved 1 November 2019 Home Talman For Mayor Retrieved 2024 01 20 a b Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon announces she is seeking reelection in 2023 WBIR com WBIR November 16 2022 Retrieved November 26 2022 indya kincannon sworn in as mayor Google Search www google com Retrieved 2024 01 20 About Talman For Mayor Retrieved 2023 08 03 About Me R C Lawhorn for Mayor Retrieved 2023 08 03 August 2023 Election Results Knox County Retrieved November 9 2023 Retrieved 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