KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — More than a dozen new Knox County leaders will be sworn in on Tuesday after the August election wrapped up and plenty of new people claimed seats in the county's local government.
Seven commissioners are expected to join the swearing-in ceremony, as well as four school board members. A new property assessor and a new county law director will also be sworn in after the county's August election. The ceremony to swear in the new leaders is set to be held at the Tennessee Theatre on Tuesday morning.
A list of Knox County's leaders and their seats is available below.
- Knox County Commission District 1: Damon L. Rawis (D)
- Knox County Commission District 2: Courtney Durrett (D)
- Knox County Commission District 4: Shane Jackson (D)
- Knox County Commission District 5: Angela Russell (R)
- Knox County Commission District 6: Terry Hill (R)
- Knox County Commission District 8: Adam Thompson (R)
- Knox County Commission District 9: Andy Fox (R)
- Knox County Board of Education District 2: Anne Templeton (D)
- Knox County Board of Education District 3: Patricia Fontenot-Ridley (D)
- Knox County Board of Education District 5: Lauren Morgan (R)
- Knox County Board of Education District 8: Travis Wright ($)
- Knox County Law Director: David Buuck
- Knox County Assessor of Property: Phil Ballard (R)