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]