Mayoral elections in 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.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.Haslam reached a majority in the initial round of the election, forgoing the need for a runoff to be held.Haslam reached a majority in the initial round of the election, forgoing the need for a runoff to be held.She is also the first woman to be elected mayor in any of the "Big Four" cities of Tennessee (Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga).Incumbent Democratic Mayor Madeline Rogero was ineligible to run for re-election, having served the maximum of two terms.Incumbent Democratic Mayor Indya Kincannon was elected with 57.5% of the vote, defeating Republican[16] Candidate Jeff Talman.
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