An election was held on August 4, 2022, to determine the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with primary elections for various state offices, including the gubernatorial primaries. Incumbent Republican mayor Glenn Jacobs won re-election with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Debbie Helsley.
As mayor, Jacobs branded himself as a libertarian and opposed COVID-19 restrictions like mask mandates.
Jacobs massively underperformed compared to his win in 2018, underperforming the most in the city of Knoxville. Voter turnout was extremely low, with only 18.1% of registered voters turning out. Jacob's massive underperformance and the lower voter turnout is mainly due to the fact that Republican Governor Bill Lee ran unopposed in his primary election and his Democratic challenger had a competitive primary. In 2018, local races saw higher voter turnout because all of the primary elections were contested that year.
Republican primary
Candidates Glenn Jacobs, incumbent mayor and professional wrestler better known as 'Kane'
Democratic primary
Candidates Nominee
Debbie Helsley, communications worker, and labor union leader
Eliminated in primary
Bob Fischer, retired delivery driver and activist Tyler Givens, engineer and contractor
General election
See also 2022 Tennessee elections 2022 Hamilton County, Tennessee, mayoral election 2022 Shelby County, Tennessee, mayoral election
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