The city of Knoxville will see sweeping leadership changes during the November election.
Five of the nine seats on city council will soon need to be filled. The council members representing the first, second, third, fourth and sixth districts are all term-limited, and therefore cannot run for re-election.
This means citizens will soon elect five first-time members during the general election in November.
A record-breaking 30 people are running in the various districts in the Aug. 29 primary. After the primary, only the top two candidates from each of the districts will move on to the Nov. 7 general election.
Thirteen people filed for the District 6 seat, thought to be a record.
More than 75,000 people are eligible to vote in this month's primary. Election officials anticipate less than 10 percent turnout.
In order to inform Knoxville residents of the choices in the upcoming primary and election, WBIR 10News and Fox 43 News at 6:30 anchor John Becker have reached out to each of the candidates for roundtable interviews, starting with District 1. The interviews are formatted to last approximately two and a half minutes and ask open-ended questions to find out how a candidate intends to serve their respective district if they were elected.
The city of Knoxville have hosted several "Go Vote! Knoxville" information sessions ahead of the election to allow people to meet with the candidates in their district from 5:30 to 7 p.m. So far, the 1st through 4th and 6th districts have held their meet and greets. The 5th district will be the last to meet on September 7 at the Christenberry Community Center.
Below are interviews with candidates in the order they are listed on the city of Knoxville's election information page. More interviews will be added to the page through the summer as candidates come forward for interviews.
District One
Greg Knox
Website: www.knox.vote
Facebook: www.facebook.com/KnoxVote
Rebecca Parr
Website: www.voterebeccaparr.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/voterebeccaparr/
Stephanie Welch
Website: www.Vote4Welch.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SWelch1st
Twitter: @SWelch1st
Andrew Wilson
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Wilson4knoxdistrict1
Website: www.wilsonforknoxville.com
District Two
Brandon Bruce
Website: www.BrandonBruce.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BrandonBruceKnoxville
Twitter: @Brandon_Bruce
Wayne Christensen
Website: www.ChristensenForCityCouncil.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/VoteChristensen
Twitter: @WayneFor2nd
Andrew Roberto
Website: http://AndrewJRoberto.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ElectRoberto
David Williams
District Three
James Edward Corcoran
Website: www.CorcoranForCouncil.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/JamesCorcoranForKnox
De'Ossie Deon Dingus, Sr.
Jody Mullins
Seema Singh Perez
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Seema3rdDistrict
District Four
Dan Davis
Jack Knoxville
(Yet to be interviewed)
Website: www.jackknoxville.com
Amelia (Amy) Parker
Lauren Rider
Website: www.VoteLaurenRider.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/VoteLaurenRider
Harry Tindell
District Six
Joyce Brown
Facebook: www.facebook.com/JoyceBrownCC
John A. Butler
Maurice L. Clark, Sr.
Michael Covington
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ElectCovington
Charles Frazier
David Gillette
Facebook: www.facebook.com/6District4Gillette
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DGillette33
Zimbabwe U. Matavou
Gwen McKenzie
Website: www.votegwenmckenzie.com
Jennifer Montgomery
Website: www.VoteJMO.com
Damon Rawls
Website: www.ElectDamon.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ElectDamonRawls
Kennie Riffey
Shawnee Rios
Facebook: www.facebook.com/VoteShawnee
Brandy Slaybaugh
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BrandySlaybaugh