2025 City of Knoxville Regular Election:
Statistics and Important Information at the Halfway Point of Early Voting
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) – At the halfway mark (seven days of fourteen) of early voting for the 2025 City of Knoxville Regular Election, a total of 4,461 early votes have been cast, with an additional 651 votes cast by absentee ballots and in nursing homes.
***There are, as of Thursday, October 23, 2025 a total of 97,856 registered voters that are eligible to vote in this City of Knoxville election.
EARLY VOTES CAST AT THE MIDWAY POINT COMPARED TO RECENT CITY REGULAR ELECTIONS
- November 2025 – 4,461 (total votes cast in the election – TBD)
- November 2023 – 2,501 (total votes cast in the election – 15,700)
- November 2021 – 4,151 (total votes cast in the election – 21,752)
- November 2019 – 4,569 (total votes cast in the election – 25,614 – Mayor was on this ballot)
- November 2017 – 1,740 (total votes cast in the election – 11,739)
EARLY VOTES CAST THUS FAR BY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT (Totals include absentee ballots)
- District 1 636 (out of 12,123 registered voters in District 1)
- District 2 1,401 (out of 20,133 registered voters in District 2)
- District 3 863 (out of 17,686 registered voters in District 3)
- District 4 1,184 (out of 19,753 registered voters in District 4)
- District 5 452 (out of 14,479 registered voters in District 5)
- District 6 576 (out of 13,682 registered voters in District 6)
FIRST-TIME VOTERS THUS FAR: 61
VOTERS CAST THUS FAR BY AGE RANGE:
Ages 18 – 29 138
Ages 30 – 44 474
Ages 45 – 54 447
Ages 55 + 4,053
VOTERS CAST THUS FAR BY GENDER:
Female 1,979
Male 1,738
Unknown** 1,395
**(Gender is not a required field on the national voter registration form)
ABSENTEE BALLOT DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING
The deadline to request an absentee ballot is Saturday, October 25. Anyone wishing to vote absentee can call the Election Commission at 865-215-2480 or can download an absentee request at www.knoxvotes.org
RISE AND SHINE ON SATURDAY WITH THE ELECTION COMMISSION
If 10 AM is too late for you, early voting at the City County Building in downtown Knoxville opens at 8 AM on Saturday, October 25 – early birds can take advantage of early hours!
PRE-PRIMARY CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES
All candidates on the ballot have a Pre-General Campaign Financial Disclosure due on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. It will cover the period from October 1 to October 25, 2025.
These reports are posted upon receipt by the Election Commission at: https://knoxcounty.org/election/candidate_info/index.php
For more information, visit www.knoxvotes.org
