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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.
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Nonpartisan | Kyle Testerman | 19,403 | 62.75 | ||
Nonpartisan | Arthur M. "Smiley" Blanchard | 7,448 | 24.09 | ||
Nonpartisan | Lowell W. Ramsey | 2,619 | 8.47 | ||
Nonpartisan | Robert L. "Bob" Cheek | 973 | 3.15 | ||
Nonpartisan | Arnold Joseph Zandi | 240 | 0.78 | ||
Nonpartisan | Karl Paul | 185 | 0.60 | ||
Nonpartisan | Clyde Ledford | 53 | 0.17 | ||
Nonpartisan | unknown candidate | 1 | 0 | ||
Total votes | 30,922 | 100 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Victor Ashe | 10,765 | 43.85 | |
Nonpartisan | Randy Tyree | 5,739 | 23.38 | |
Nonpartisan | Jean Teague | 5,210 | 21.22 | |
Nonpartisan | Casey C. Jones | 2,543 | 10.36 | |
Nonpartisan | Louis E. Royal | 119 | 0.49 | |
Nonpartisan | James T. "Jim" Garland | 84 | 0.34 | |
Nonpartisan | James Wesley Gilliam | 45 | 0.18 | |
Nonpartisan | Boyce T. McCall | 43 | 0.18 | |
Nonpartisan | Kyle C. Testerman | 2 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 24,550 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Victor Ashe | 18,892 | 54.35 | |
Nonpartisan | Randy Tyree | 15,853 | 45.61 | |
Write-in | Jean Teague | 4 | 0.01 | |
Write-in | C. Howard Bozeman | 2 | 0.01 | |
Write-in | Willie Hambree | 1 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | Harry E. Hodge | 1 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | Steve Kidwell | 1 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | Louis A. McElroy II | 1 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | Ron Payne | 1 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | E. R. Shultz | 1 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | Kyle Testerman | 1 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | Robt O. Watson | 1 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 34,759 |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Victor Ashe (Incumbent) | 11,609 | 72.20 | |
Nonpartisan | C. Robertson | 3,684 | 22.91 | |
Nonpartisan | S. Evans | 786 | 4.89 | |
Total votes | 16,079 | 100 |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Victor Ashe (Incumbent) | 12,417 | 63.70 | |
Nonpartisan | Ivan Harmon | 6,659 | 34.16 | |
Nonpartisan | G. Hamilton | 303 | 1.55 | |
Nonpartisan | R. Watson | 113 | 0.58 | |
Total votes | 19,492 | 100 |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Victor Ashe (Incumbent) | 10,248 | 55.99 | |
Nonpartisan | Randy Tyree | 5,613 | 30.67 | |
Nonpartisan | Danny Mayfield | 2,145 | 11.72 | |
Nonpartisan | G. Hamilton Sr. | 114 | 0.62 | |
Nonpartisan | J. Madden | 104 | 0.57 | |
Nonpartisan | B. McCall | 80 | 0.44 | |
Total votes | 18,304 | 100 |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Bill Haslam | 15,730 | 52.64 | |
Nonpartisan | Madeline Rogero | 13,864 | 46.39 | |
Nonpartisan | George Alexander Hamilton, Sr. | 166 | 0.56 | |
Nonpartisan | Boyce McCall | 123 | 0.41 | |
Total votes | 29,883 | 100 |
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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 Republican Bill Haslam.
Haslam reached a majority in the initial round of the election, forgoing the need for a runoff to be held.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Bill Haslam (incumbent) | 5,728 | 87.32 | |
Nonpartisan | Isa Infante | 667 | 10.17 | |
Nonpartisan | Mark Saroff | 165 | 2.52 | |
Total votes | 6,560 |
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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).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Madeline Rogero | 8,242 | 49.90 | |
Nonpartisan | Mark Padgett | 3,741 | 22.65 | |
Nonpartisan | Ivan Harmon | 3,537 | 22.33 | |
Nonpartisan | Joe Hultquist | 698 | 4.23 | |
Nonpartisan | Bo Bennett | 148 | 0.90 | |
Total votes | 16,518 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Nonpartisan | Madeline Rogero | 12,441 | 58.50 | ||
Nonpartisan | Mark Padgett | 8,827 | 41.50 | ||
Total votes | 21,268 | ||||
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Madeline Rogero (incumbent) | 3,811 | 98.78 | |
Write-in | Jack Knoxville | 46 | 1.22 | |
Total votes | 3,757 |
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Kincannon: 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% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Declared
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Eddie Mannis | 7,005 | 36.64 | |
Nonpartisan | Indya Kincannon | 5,568 | 28.31 | |
Nonpartisan | Marshall Stair | 5,158 | 26.87 | |
Nonpartisan | Fletcher "Knoxville" Burkhardt | 591 | 3.09 | |
Nonpartisan | Calvin Taylor Skinner | 493 | 2.58 | |
Nonpartisan | Michael W. Andrews | 301 | 1.57 | |
Total votes | 19,116 |
In the runoff election, Indya Kincannon defeated Eddie Mannis.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Indya Kincannon | 13,291 | 52.41 | |
Nonpartisan | Eddie Mannis | 12,069 | 47.59 | |
Total votes | 25,360 | 100 |
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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]
Declared
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Indya Kincannon (Incumbent) | 9,431 | 57.52 | |
Nonpartisan | Jeff Talman | 4,808 | 29.32 | |
Nonpartisan | Constance Every | 1,328 | 8.10 | |
Nonpartisan | R.C. Lawhorn | 830 | 5.06 | |
Total votes | 16,397 | 100 |
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