The Knox County Election Commission will begin issuing petitions to individuals seeking to run for offices in the May 3, 2022, Knox County Primary Elections on Monday, December 20, 2021 at 8 a.m.

 

TIMEFRAME

 

Beginning December 20, petitions can be obtained between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays at:

 

Knox County Election Commission

Main office

300 Main Street, Room 229

Knoxville, TN 37902

 

or at satellite office:

 

Knox County Election Commission

West office

109 Lovell Heights Road

Knoxville, TN 37922

 

PLEASE NOTE: The Knox County Election Commission will be closed on the following days:

 

• Friday, December 24 (Christmas)
• Monday, December 27 (Christmas)
• Friday, December 31 (New Year’s Day)

The qualifying deadline to return a petition for a race on the May 3, 2022 ballot is Thursday, February 17, 2022 at NOON.

 

For a complete 2022 election schedule, please visit: https://knoxcounty.org/election/upcoming_election.php

 

OFFICES ON THE BALLOT – QUALIFICATIONS

 

The offices on the Republican and Democratic ballots (in the order they will appear) are:

 

• Circuit Court Judge Division I, 6^th Judicial District
• Circuit Court Judge Division II, 6^th Judicial District
• Circuit Court Judge Division III, 6^th Judicial District
• Circuit Court Judge Division IV, 6^th Judicial District
• Chancellor Division I, 6^th Judicial District
• Chancellor Division II, 6^th Judicial District
• Chancellor Division III, 6^th Judicial District
• Criminal Court Judge Division I, 6^th Judicial District
• Criminal Court Judge Division II, 6^th Judicial District
• Criminal Court Judge Division III, 6^th Judicial District
• District Attorney General, 6^th Judicial District
• Public Defender, 6^th Judicial District
• County Mayor
• County Commission, District 3
• County Commission, District 7
• County Commission, Seat 10
• County Commission, Seat 11
• Trustee
• General Sessions Court Judge, Division One
• General Sessions Court Judge, Division Two
• General Sessions Court Judge, Division Three
• General Sessions Court Judge, Division Four
• General Sessions Court Judge, Division Five
• Juvenile Court Judge
• Sheriff
• Circuit Court Clerk
• Criminal Court Clerk
• County Clerk
• Register of Deeds
• Board of Education, District 1
• Board of Education, District 4
• Board of Education, District 6
• Board of Education, District 7
• Board of Education, District 9

 

For a list of qualifications for offices on the ballot, please visit: https://knoxcounty.org/election/pdfs/QualificationsforOffice.pdf

 

Candidate(s) running for any of the above offices as an Independent will adhere to the same timelines as partisan candidates, but their name(s) would only appear on the County General ballot on August 4, 2022.

 

For more information, please call 865-215-2480.