Q’s for the Who’s Whos

Power Poll

The Tennessee Power Poll aims to chart elite opinion in the state’s big four cities. What’s it worth, and to whom?

Knox 2018: Knox County

Glenn Jacobs' swearing-in.

In Knox County politics, the stage was set for this year to be mostly an encore performance, with lots of familiar faces in slightly different roles.

Knox 2018: City of Knoxville

World's Fair Park

Knoxville’s city government is in a period of relative calm before next year’s election. Mayor Madeline Rogero is finishing her second term in office, which ends in December 2019. Potential successors are lining up to run, and thanks to term limits four new Council members will be elected next year as well.