Knoxville sales tax increase and city council election results for 2025

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Knoxville voters head to the polls Nov. 4 to select five new city council representatives and decide whether to increase the city’s sales tax to pay for affordable housing, greenways, street paving and sidewalks.
Check back after the polls close at 8 p.m. with updated numbers as they are posted by election officials!
These totals reflect absentee and early voting ballots plus all 52 precincts reporting. Here are the Knoxville election results:
Knoxville sales tax increase results
Shall the two and one-quarter percent (2.25%) local option sales tax rate currently levied throughout Knox County be increased to two and three-quarters percent (2.75%) in the City of Knoxville?
For: 9,546
Against: 15,284
Knoxville City Council election results
District 1
Karyn Adams: 1,933
Becky Jones: 948
District 2
Nathan Honeycutt: 3,662
Melody Watts: 2,289
District 3
Doug Lloyd: 2,147
Frank Ramey: 1,928
District 4
Matthew DeBardelaben: 3,530
Jeff Talman: 2,556
District 6
Denzel Grant: 1,685
Stan Johnson: 1,095
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