Results for the City of Knoxville’s Primary Election are in, there are five seats up for re-election in November, and the following city council candidates will appear on November’s general election ballot.
Karyn Adams and Becky Jones move on in the City Council District 1 race, Nathan Honeycutt and Melody Watts move on in the City Council District 2 race, Doug Lloyd and Frank Ramey move on in the City Council District 3 race, Matthew DeBardelaben and Jeff Talman move on in the City Council District 4 race and Denzel Grant and Stan Johnson move on in the City Council District 6 race.
This is the first Knoxville City Council election to be impacted by a 2023 state law requiring the same pool of voters to be used for both primary and general elections.
Low voter turnout in the Knoxville City Council 2025 primary election was attributed to multiple factors, including general apathy toward local elections, a newly implemented voting process, and voter confusion. Only 9,515 voters out of 82,848 cast ballots on August 26, which is less than 12% voter turnout. The Knox County Administrator of Elections, Chris Davis, referred to early turnout numbers as “pathetic”.
The General Election will be November 4, 2025. Early voting for the General Election will run October 15th – October 30th.
