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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1983 Knoxville mayoral election

← 1979 September 27, 1983 1987 →

Candidate Kyle Testerman Arthur M. "Smiley" Blanchard Popular vote 19,403 7,448 Percentage 62.75% 24.09%   Candidate Lowell W. Ramsey Popular vote 2,619 Percentage 8.47%

Mayor before election Randy Tyree Democratic Elected Mayor Kyle Testerman Republican

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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.

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1987 Knoxville mayoral election

← 1983 September 29, 1987 (first round) November 3, 1987 (runoff) 1991 →

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

Mayor before election Kyle Testerman Republican Elected Mayor Victor Ashe Republican

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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.

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1991 Knoxville mayoral election

← 1987 September 24, 1991 1995 →

Candidate Victor Ashe C. Robertson Popular vote 11,609 3,684 Percentage 72.20% 22.91%

Mayor before election Victor Ashe Republican Elected Mayor Victor Ashe Republican

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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.

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1995 Knoxville mayoral election

← 1991 September 26, 1995 1999 →

Candidate Victor Ashe Ivan Harmon Popular vote 12,417 6,659 Percentage 63.70% 34.16%

Mayor before election Victor Ashe Republican Elected Mayor Victor Ashe Republican

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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.

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1999 Knoxville mayoral election

← 1995 September 28, 1999 2003 →

Candidate Victor Ashe Randy Tyree Danny Mayfield Popular vote 10,248 5,613 2,145 Percentage 55.99% 30.67% 11.72%

Mayor before election Victor Ashe Republican Elected Mayor Victor Ashe Republican

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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.

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2003 Knoxville mayoral election

← 1999 September 30, 2003 2007 →

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

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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.

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2007 Knoxville mayoral election

← 2003 September 25, 2007 2011 →

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

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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.

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2011 Knoxville mayoral election

← 2007 September 27, 2011 (first round) November 8, 2011 (runoff) 2015 →

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

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

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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).

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2015 Knoxville mayoral election

← 2011 September 29, 2015 2019 →

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

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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.

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2019 Knoxville mayoral election

← 2015 August 27, 2019 (first round) November 5, 2019 (runoff) 2023 →

Candidate Indya Kincannon Eddie Mannis First round 5,568 28.31% 7,005 36.64% Runoff 13,291 52.41% 12,069 47.59%   Candidate Marshall Stair First round 5,158 26.87% Runoff Eliminated

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

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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]

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2023 Knoxville mayoral election

← 2019 August 29, 2023 2027 →

Candidate Indya Kincannon Jeff Talman Popular vote 9,431 4,808 Percentage 57.52% 29.32%   Candidate Constance Every R. C. Lawhorn Popular vote 1,328 830 Percentage 8.10% 5.06%

Mayor before election Indya Kincannon Democratic Elected Mayor Indya Kincannon Democratic

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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]

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