Indya Kincannon
Indya Kincannon (born March 30, 1971) is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 69th mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee.Business owner Eddie Mannis received 36.64% of the vote and also advanced to the November regular election.[8] Kincannon's secretive hiring process of the new police chief, employing an outside private search firm to avoid state open records laws, drew criticism, including from former longtime Knoxville mayor Victor Ashe.[11] The Knoxville News Sentinel sued the city in July 2022 to reveal the hidden process, including applicants' names, demographics, and résumés, as well as schedules and documents from Police Chief Advisory Committee meetings.[12] In December 2022, a judge ruled that the city of Knoxville could not block Knox News from asking officials questions under oath about how they conducted their search for a police chief.