Well, the results are in for
Knoxville's primary elections
seats for City Council are up for
grabs and districts 1234 and six.
The top two finishers in each
race will continue on to the
general election in November.
About 10,000 people voted.
Roughly 90,000 people were
eligible to vote in this election.
Well, District 6 encompasses most
of these Knoxville and downtown.
The incumbent, Gwen McKenzie,
took 52% of the votes,
but it was a close call for the
two others fighting to move on.
10 news reporter Grace King joins
us with their reaction, Vice
Mayor Gwen McKenzie won more
than half the primary vote.
Amazing, a fabulous.
I'm so grateful for everyone
in the 6th district that came
out and supported Team Gwynn.
She says she's the right candidate
because she's all about teamwork.
I'm that candidate.
Bring folks together and I think that
we're moving forward together so we
can make not only the 6th district,
but the entire city.
A better place to Leo
Challenger Garrett Holts never.
Lee won that second spot
on the November ballot.
I can't tell you how grateful I
am to be in this position. Yeah,
I think the people that have helped me.
He's also looking to tackle the
city's issues through collaboration
myself alone. I can't fix all these
issues or I can't promise as I'm
coming to the table ready to work hard
and bring the people together at the
table that can solve these issues.
To district one,
incumbent Tommy Smith finished on
top with more than 53% of the vote,
and it will be Elizabeth Murphy
joining him on the November ballot.
10 news reporter Malik Jackson has details
on both candidates who are advancing.
It feels wonderful, mostly because I
feel like what I've tried to do for the
past year and a half is help people.
And it turns out that that's popular
and incumbent set for November.
He will go one on one against
Elizabeth Murphy.
She says the number one issue facing
District one is safety that more
support for cops in the city is key.
She believes the current administration
isn't doing a good enough job.
She says that is one of the
ways to bring in new development
and more people to Knoxville.
While Smith says addressing
poverty and increased use of
natural resource space is vital,
decreasing
poverty, we've had three years of sustained
poverty decrease across the city.
The second is, I think there ever
will dyrness in our parks and
greenways or not just unique to
the first district.
You're not unique to Knoxville,
our natural resources,
or second, did not.
Two candidates, two visions
forward but one city that will
decide who sits and represents.
District one in Knoxville Malik Jackson.
District four stretches from the
northern edge of downtown to Fountain
City along the east side of Broadway.
Lauren Rider and Jim clan heiress were
only separated by 6% of the votes.
Reporter Mary Klingler has a
closer look at the race and the
candidates moving forward. The
unofficial results are in for
district four with the highest voter
turn out among all district races.
Incumbent Lauren Rider will face off
against challenger Jim Clean Air as in
the general election November 2nd out
of the 3687 votes counted rider LED with
48% and clean areas followed with 42%
really excited about tonight's results
and we are ready to just double down
triple down and move on and get our
message out to the rest of the city, which
she says. Is to keep working on real
solutions to community problems.
She'll go up against clean air as
a local business and restaurant
owner. So excited to be part of this
first time running for political
office and now looking forward to two
solid months of working hard to earn
your votes in the general election.
On November 2nd.
Something to note out of all districts.
This one raised the most
money for their campaign,
both left with more than 30 grand
on hand going into the general
election in Knoxville.
I'm Mary klingler.
Now here's a look at upcoming election dates.
The city of Knoxville will hold
its regular election November 2nd.
The Knox County primary.
It's May 3rd of next year and state and
federal elections are November 8th, 2022.