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The 2018 Knox County Mayoral Election was a mayoral election held on August 2, 2018 to elect the Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, United States. The election consisted of professional wrestler Glenn Jacobs (known as Kane) representing the Republican Party and Linda Haney representing the Democratic Party to determine the new mayor of Knox County after incumbant Mayor Tim Burchett decided not to run for another term in order to stand for election to Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. Jacobs won the election with 51,804 votes to Haney's 26,224.

Republican Primary
For the Republican primary. Glen Jacobs announced he was standing. He was joined by Knox County Commissioners Brad Anders and Bob Thomas in contesting the Republican primary. On the election night, a computer problem delayed the announcement of the results. When they came through, it was announced that Jacobs won the primary by 17 votes over Anders.

General election
During his campaign, Jacobs recieved backing from fellow WWE wrestlers including his kayfabe brother The Undertaker.

Aftermath
Before giving his victory speech, Jacobs walked to the podium using his former WWE entrance music "Slow Chemical".