Tue
Aug 26 2025
02:16 pm
By: bizgrrl
CITY OF KNOXVILLE PRIMARY ELECTION
Election Day: Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
City of Knoxville elections are held in odd-numbered years.
All terms of office are 4 years. After 2025, our next City election will be 2027.
Offices on the 2025 ballot:
City Council District 1
City Council District 2
City Council District 3
City Council District 4
City Council District 6
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Discussing:
- TVA Credit Union data breach (2 replies)
- Lenoir City working to manage growth (2 replies)
- Southern Living's South's best restaurants (1 reply)
- Mayo Garden Centers closing (1 reply)
- McKay's closing after 40 years (1 reply)
- More boring apartments in Blount County (1 reply)
- Should we be concerned about the U.S. military? (1 reply)
- Pedestrians be careful, drivers (and pedestrians) not attentive (2 replies)
- Local contractors try to protect workers? (1 reply)
- Blackburn steps in to stop ICE in Lebanon (2 replies)
- Any thing wrong with U.S Sec. Health and Human Services? (1 reply)
- Alcoa Electric raising rates too much? (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- Alcoa working to bring Costco to town (BlountViews)
- Alcoa Safe Streets Plan Survey (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- Report on Blount County, TN, No Kings event (BlountViews)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- Lee's Fried Chicken in Alcoa closed (BlountViews)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- Homeland Security repair job awaits Trump’s next pick, Oklahoma’s Mullin (TN Lookout)
- Six more US troops killed in Iran war, in crash of refueling aircraft (TN Lookout)
- Bill extending scenic river protections to most of Duck, Buffalo Rivers moves forward (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty formed legal defense fund in December (TN Lookout)
- GOP cuts in federal food aid scramble passage of long-delayed farm bill (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: Former House staffer’s petition certified in spite of state penalty (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Vandy sends Vols home; Barnes sees silver lining (Knox TN Today)
- Softball sets record with freshman in circle (Knox TN Today)
- Nate Ament returns, Vols knock out Auburn (Knox TN Today)
- Weed Wrangle + Nourish Knoxville/ Zoë Fuller + Slick City ++ (Knox TN Today)
- Dishing It Out: Crockpot Hawaiian Chicken (Knox TN Today)
- Celebrate St. PAWdy’s Day and meet your ‘Lucky Charm’ at Hi-Wire Brewing (Knox TN Today)
- Dining Duo goes to Not Watson’s Kitchen + Bar (Knox TN Today)
- Smoky Night Lights to return March 20 (Knox TN Today)
- HEADLINES: News and events from the World, the USA, Tennessee, Knox & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
- Lower Mount Cammerer Trail is blooming (Knox TN Today)
- Customer wins ‘Groceries for a Year’ (Knox TN Today)
- Climate Reality Flagship Training in Nashville (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Five charged, inmate class paused after marijuana found at Sequoyah High School (WATE)
- Monroe County woman charged after arrest warrant posted on Facebook (WATE)
- Crash in West Knox County damages utility pole, crews working to restore power (WATE)
- Fishing fans, aspiring anglers enjoy Day 1 of Bassmaster Classic (WATE)
- School board reaffirms support for Tellico Plains track project honoring champion runner (WATE)
- Gus's Good Times Deli celebrates 45 years of serving Knoxville (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- From the editor: What news is really worth - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- First Things First: Creating a family culture that lasts - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Tenn. ‘so trashy,’ spring forward compromise, fluoride and more Rants - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Faith Focus: Dear Crabby answers your questions - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Trump turns to California offshore oil to help with Iran war - Axios (Business)
- Trump claims international coalition will send war ships to reopen the strait of Hormuz - Axios (US News)
- Sinema admits a romance with her security guard as she fights ex-wife’s lawsuit - The Seattle Times (US News)
- ‘Sleeper Cells’ and Lone Attackers: Security Experts Brace for More Violence at Home - The New York Times (US News)
- Construction finishes on a major offshore wind farm, the first during Trump’s tenure - AP News (Business)
- How Jeff Bezos Upended The Washington Post - The New York Times (Business)
- Senate Republicans worry they’re losing ground in the midterms - Politico (US News)
- Powerful winter storm to slam Upper Midwest with heavy snow and blizzard conditions - MPR News (US News)
- Trump Blurts New Attack On Media in Midnight Rant Amid Coverage of War - Yahoo (US News)
- There are just four states left with gas under $3 per gallon as prices soar nationwide — one average has already hit $5.20 - New York Post (Business)
- Ray Dalio: I've studied 500 years of history and fear we're entering the most dangerous phase of the 'Big Cycle' - Fortune (Business)
- Panic is slowly gripping the stock market. Expect the selling to pick up next week. - MarketWatch (Business)
- It's not just oil. Here comes Hormuz inflation. - Politico (Business)
- Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount: Reuters - CNBC (Business)
- A truck rammed a Michigan synagogue with more than a hundred children inside. Here’s what we know - CNN (US News)
Local Media
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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Election results (results may
Approx. 82,936 registered voters in these 5 districts.
Approx. 12% (9,778) registered voters voted in this primary election.
Election results (results may not be final):
South Knoxville, District 1,
* Karyn Adams 914 56.66%
*Becky Jones 331 20.52%
Lindsey Jaremko 309 19.16%
Charles Van Morgan 59 3.66%
West Knoxville, District 2,
* Nathan Honeycutt 1,551 79.38%
*Melody Watts 403 20.62%
North West Knoxville, District 3,
* Doug Lloyd 756 41.93%
* Frank Ramey 571 31.67%
Ivan Harmon 292 16.20%
Nicholas Ciparro 184 10.21%
North East Knoxville, District 4,
* Matthew DeBardelaben 1,589 55.77%
*Jeff Talman 1,067 37.45%
Jane George 193 6.77
East Knoxville, District 6,
* Denzel Grant 566 36.31%
* Stan Johnson 488 31.30%
Lawrence Man Williams Jr 281 18.02%
Charles Frazier 130 8.34%
George Cat Dad Raudenbush 94 6.03%