Mayoral elections in Knoxville are held every four years to elect the mayor of 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.
| Election Name: | 1983 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | File:Flag of Knoxville, Tennessee.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1979 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1979 |
| Next Election: | 1987 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
| Election Date: | September 27, 1983 |
| 1Blank: | First-round vote |
| 2Blank: | First-round percentage |
| 3Blank: | Second-round vote |
| 4Blank: | Second-round percentage |
| Candidate1: | Kyle Testerman |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 19,403 |
| Percentage1: | 62.75% |
| Candidate2: | Arthur M. "Smiley" Blanchard |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 7,448 |
| Percentage2: | 24.09% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Randy Tyree |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Kyle Testerman |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,619 |
| Candidate4: | Lowell W. Ramsey |
| Percentage4: | 8.47% |
| Colour4: | c0c0c0 |
The 1983 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 27, 1983, to elect the next mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. It saw the election of former Republican Mayor Kyle Testerman.
| Election Name: | 1987 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | File:Flag of Knoxville, Tennessee.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1983 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1983 |
| Next Election: | 1991 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
| Election Date: | September 29, 1987 (first round) November 3, 1987 (runoff) |
| 1Blank: | First round |
| 2Blank: | Runoff |
| 4Blank: | Second-round percentage |
| Candidate1: | Victor Ashe |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| 1Data1: | 10,765 43.85% |
| 2Data1: | 18,892 54.35% |
| Candidate2: | Randy Tyree |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| 1Data2: | 5,739 23.38% |
| 2Data2: | 15,853 45.61% |
| Candidate4: | Jean Teague |
| Colour4: | c0c0c0 |
| 1Data4: | 5,210 21.22% |
| 2Data4: | Eliminated |
| Candidate5: | Casey C. Jones |
| Colour5: | c0c0c0 |
| 1Data5: | 2,543 10.36% |
| 2Data5: | Eliminated |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Kyle Testerman |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Victor Ashe |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1987 Knoxville mayoral election took place on November 3, 1987, to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections and was officially nonpartisan. It saw the election of Victor Ashe.
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.
| Election Name: | 1991 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | File:Flag of Knoxville, Tennessee.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1987 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1987 |
| Next Election: | 1995 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
| Election Date: | September 24, 1991 |
| 1Blank: | First-round vote |
| 2Blank: | First-round percentage |
| 3Blank: | Second-round vote |
| 4Blank: | Second-round percentage |
| Candidate1: | Victor Ashe |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 11,609 |
| Percentage1: | 72.20% |
| Candidate2: | C. Robertson |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,684 |
| Percentage2: | 22.91% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Victor Ashe |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Victor Ashe |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1991 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 24, 1991, to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. It saw the re-election of Republican Mayor Victor Ashe.
| Election Name: | 1995 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | File:Flag of Knoxville, Tennessee.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1991 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1991 |
| Next Election: | 1999 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Election Date: | September 26, 1995 |
| 1Blank: | First-round vote |
| 2Blank: | First-round percentage |
| 3Blank: | Second-round vote |
| 4Blank: | Second-round percentage |
| Candidate1: | Victor Ashe |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 12,417 |
| Percentage1: | 63.70% |
| Candidate2: | Ivan Harmon |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,659 |
| Percentage2: | 34.16% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Victor Ashe |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Victor Ashe |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1995 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 26, 1995, to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. It saw the re-election of Republican Mayor Victor Ashe.
| Election Name: | 1999 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | File:Flag of Knoxville, Tennessee.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1995 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1995 |
| Next Election: | 2003 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
| Election Date: | September 28, 1999 |
| 1Blank: | First-round vote |
| 2Blank: | First-round percentage |
| 3Blank: | Second-round vote |
| 4Blank: | Second-round percentage |
| Candidate1: | Victor Ashe |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 10,248 |
| Percentage1: | 55.99% |
| Candidate2: | Randy Tyree |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 5,613 |
| Percentage2: | 30.67% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Victor Ashe |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Victor Ashe |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,145 |
| Candidate4: | Danny Mayfield |
| Percentage4: | 11.72% |
| Colour4: | c0c0c0 |
The 1999 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 29, 1999, to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. It saw the re-election of Republican Mayor Victor Ashe, who defeated former Democratic Mayor Randy Tyree.
| Election Name: | 2003 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | File:Flag of Knoxville, Tennessee.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1999 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1999 |
| Next Election: | 2007 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
| Election Date: | September 30, 2003 |
| 1Blank: | First-round vote |
| 2Blank: | First-round percentage |
| 3Blank: | Second-round vote |
| 4Blank: | Second-round percentage |
| Candidate1: | Bill Haslam |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,730 |
| Percentage1: | 52.64% |
| Candidate2: | Madeline Rogero |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 13,864 |
| Percentage2: | 46.39% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Victor Ashe |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Bill Haslam |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2003 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 30, 2003, to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. Republican candidate Bill Haslam defeated Democratic candidate Madeline Rogero with 52.6% of the vote.
Haslam reached a majority in the initial round of the election, forgoing the need for a runoff to be held.
| Election Name: | 2007 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | File:Flag of Knoxville, Tennessee.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2003 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2003 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Election Date: | September 25, 2007 |
| 1Blank: | First-round vote |
| 2Blank: | First-round percentage |
| 3Blank: | Second-round vote |
| 4Blank: | Second-round percentage |
| Candidate1: | Bill Haslam |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 5,728 |
| Percentage1: | 87.32% |
| Candidate2: | Isa Infante |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 667 |
| Percentage2: | 10.17% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Bill Haslam |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Bill Haslam |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2007 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 25, 2007 to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections; it was officially nonpartisan. It saw the re-election of incumbent Republican Bill Haslam.
Haslam reached a majority in the initial round of the election, forgoing the need for a runoff to be held.
| Election Name: | 2011 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | File:Flag of Knoxville, Tennessee.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2007 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2007 |
| Next Election: | 2015 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
| Election Date: | September 27, 2011 (first round) November 8, 2011 (runoff) |
| 1Blank: | First round |
| 2Blank: | Runoff |
| Candidate1: | Madeline Rogero |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| 1Data1: | 8,242 49.90% |
| 2Data1: | 12,441 58.50% |
| Candidate2: | Mark Padgett |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| 1Data2: | 3,741 22.65% |
| 2Data2: | 8,827 41.50% |
| Candidate4: | Ivan Harmon |
| Colour4: | c0c0c0 |
| 1Data4: | 3,537 22.33% |
| 2Data4: | Eliminated |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Daniel Brown (acting) |
| After Election: | Madeline Rogero |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2011 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 27 and November 8, 2011, to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections and was officially nonpartisan. It saw the election of Democratic candidate Madeline Rogero.
Serving as acting mayor, following the resignation of Republican mayor Bill Haslam to serve as Governor of Tennessee and in the months before the individual elected in this race would take office, was Daniel Brown, who did not seek a full term as mayor.
Since no candidate secured a majority in the first round, a runoff was held between the top two finishers.
The election saw Rogero become the first woman elected mayor of Knoxville. She is also the first woman to be elected mayor in any of the "Big Four" cities of Tennessee (Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga).
| Election Name: | 2015 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | File:Flag of Knoxville, Tennessee.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2011 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2011 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Knoxville mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Election Date: | September 29, 2015 |
| 1Blank: | First-round vote |
| 2Blank: | First-round percentage |
| 3Blank: | Second-round vote |
| 4Blank: | Second-round percentage |
| Candidate1: | Madeline Rogero |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,711 |
| Percentage1: | 98.78% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Madeline Rogero |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Madeline Rogero |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2015 Knoxville mayoral election took place on September 29, 2015 to elect the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Madeline Rogero won re-election with 98.8% of the vote.
Since Rogero reached a majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff was held. This was set to be the case since only two candidates were on the ballot.