Mayoral elections in Knoxville

1987 Knoxville mayoral election

Candidate Victor Ashe Randy Tyree First-round vote 10,765 5,739 First-round percentage 43.85% 23.38% Second-round vote 18,892 15,853 Second-round percentage 54.35% 45.61%   Candidate Jean Teague Casey C. Jones First-round vote 5,210 2,543 First-round percentage 21.22 10.36

Mayor before election Kyle Testerman Republican Elected Mayor Victor Ashe Republican

The 1987 Knoxville mayoral election took place on October and November of 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.

2003 Knoxville mayoral election

September 30, 2003

Candidate Bill Haslam Madeline Rogero Popular vote 15,730 13,864 Percentage 52.64% 46.39%

Mayor before election Victor Ashe Republican Elected Mayor Bill Haslam Republican

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; it was officially nonpartisan. It saw the election of Bill Haslam.

Haslam reached a majority in the initial round of the election, forgoing the needed for a runoff to be held.

2007 Knoxville mayoral election

September 25, 2007

Candidate Bill Haslam Isa Infante Popular vote 5,728 667 Percentage 87.32% 10.17%

Mayor before election Bill Haslam Republican Elected Mayor Bill Haslam Republican

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 reelection of incumbent Bill Haslam.

Haslam reached a majority in the initial round of the election, forgoing the needed for a runoff to be held.

2011 Knoxville mayoral election

September 27, 2011 (first round) November 8, 2011 (runoff)

Candidate Madeline Rogero Mark Padgett Ivan Harmon First-round vote 8,242 3,741 3,537 First-round percentage 49.90% 22.65% 22.33% Second-round vote 12,441 8,827 Second-round percentage 58.50% 41.50%

Mayor before election Daniel Brown (acting) Elected Mayor Madeline Rogero Democratic

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 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).

2015 Knoxville mayoral election

September 29, 2015

Candidate Madeline Rogero Popular vote 3,711 Percentage 98.78%

Results by precinct Rogero:      <90%

Mayor before election Madeline Rogero Democratic Elected Mayor Madeline Rogero Democratic

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, and was officially nonpartisan. It saw the reelection of incumbent Madeline Rogero.

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 existed, counting qualified write-in Jack Knoxville, meaning that one of them would obtain a majority in the initial round.

2019 Knoxville mayoral election

August 27, 2019 (first round) November 6, 2019 (second round)

Candidate Indya Kincannon Eddie Mannis Marshall Stair Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan First-round vote 5,568 7,005 5,158 First-round percentage 28.31% 36.64% 26.87% Runoff vote 13,291 12,069 Runoff percentage 52.4% 47.6%

First round results by precinct Runoff results by precinct 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%

Mayor before election Madeline Rogero Democratic Elected Mayor Indya Kincannon Democratic

The 2019 Knoxville mayoral Election took place on August 27, 2019 and November 5, 2019 to elect the next mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. All Knoxville municipal elections are non-partisan.

Since no candidate met 50% or more of the votes, Eddie Mannis and Indya Kincannon advanced to the November election.

Incumbent Mayor Madeline Rogero was ineligible to run for re-election, having served the maximum of two terms.[8]

2023 Knoxville mayoral election

November 7, 2023

Mayor before election Indya Kincannon Democratic Elected Mayor TBD

The 2023 Knoxville mayoral election will be held on August 29, 2023, with any potential runoff scheduled for November 7, 2023. All Knoxville municipal elections are non-partisan.

Incumbent mayor Indya Kincannon announced she was running for re-election on November 16, 2022.[11]