The Knox County Election Commission doors swing open tomorrow December 20, 2021 at 8 am. The difference tomorrow versus any other Monday is that petitions for ALL the local (county) offices up in 2022 are available for the Republican and Democrat Primaries on May 3, 2022.
Qualifying Petitions are due at NOON on February 17, 2022. The withdrawal deadline is NOON at February 24. Early Voting is April 13 – 28.
Knox County Offices on the Ballot with the known candidates are. I will update if other candidates come out to challenge or run.
Judge Division I – Jerome Melson
Judge Division II – Bill Ailor
Judge Division III – Deborah Stevens
Judge Division IV – Greg McMillan
Chancellor Division I – John Weaver
Chancellor Division II – Clarence Eddie Pridemore, Jr with Challengers Deno Cole and Richard Armstrong
Chancellor Division III – Christopher Heagerty
Judge Division I – Steven Sword
Judge Division II – Kyle Hixson
Judge Division III – Scott Green
District Attorney General – Charme Allen
District 3 – Gina Oster, James Corcoran (Incumbent Randy Smith is term limited)
District 7 – Rhonda Lee, Charles Severance (Incumbent Charles Busler is term limited)
Seat 10 – Christine Cruz, Incumbent Larsen Jay
Seat 11 – Devin Driscoll, Kim Frazier (incumbent Justin Biggs is NOT seeking re-election) Democrat Vivian Underwood Shipe.
Trustee – at Large Commissioner Justin Biggs (incumbent Ed Shouse is term limited)
Knox County General Sessions Court
Judge Division One – Chuck Cerny
Judge Division Two – Judd Davis, Sharon Frankenberg Democrat Sarah Keith (Retired Judge Geoff Emery left on 12/31/2021)
Judge Division Three – Patricia Hall Long
Judge Division Four – Andrew Jackson, VI
Judge Division Five – Incumbent Judge Tony Stansberry, Challenger Steve Weiner
Judge – Tim Irwin
Sheriff – Former Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones and Current Sheriff Tom Spangler
Circuit Court Clerk – Charles Susano
Criminal Court Clerk – Mike Hammond
Register of Deeds – Nick McBride
Knox County School Board are now Partisan (once again from the 1990’s)
Board of Education, District 1 – Evetty Satterfield
Board of Education, District 4 – (Virginia Babb is not seeking re-election)
Board of Education, District 6 – Betsy Henderson
Board of Education, District 7 – Sherri Garrett, Steve Tripplett, Cameron Ward (Patti Bounds is not seeking re-election)
Board of Education, District 9 – Kristi Kristy and Phil King
Since Farragut went nonpartisan. is the filing deadline later?