Knox County School District, Tennessee, elections (2024)

• Related content:
• Tennessee
  • Knox County School District, Tennessee
  • Tennessee school board elections, 2024
  • Tennessee elections, 2024
  • Public policy in Tennessee
  • Endorsers in Tennessee
  • Fact checks in Tennessee
• Local elections
  • Municipal governments
  • Local courts
  • School boards
  • Local ballot measures
  • Recalls
• State elections
  • State executives
  • State legislatures
  • State courts
  • State ballot measures
• Federal elections

2026 → ← 2022
Knox County School District elections
Primary date
March 5, 2024
General election date
August 1, 2024
Enrollment ('22-'23)
60,609 students

Four seats on the Knox County School District school board in Tennessee were up for general election on August 1, 2024. A primary was scheduled for March 5, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was December 14, 2023.

Elections

Click on the tabs below to show more information about those topics.

Candidates and results

District 2

General election

General election for Knox County Schools school board, District 2

Anne Templeton defeated incumbent Jennifer Owen and Pat Polis in the general election for Knox County Schools school board, District 2 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Anne Templeton (D)	50.4	3,181
		Jennifer Owen (Independent)	29.5	1,861
	Submit photo	Pat Polis (Independent)	19.7	1,241
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	29

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,312
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Knox County Schools school board, District 2

Anne Templeton advanced from the Democratic primary for Knox County Schools school board, District 2 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Anne Templeton	98.4	1,870
		Other/Write-in votes	1.6	30

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,900
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

District 3

General election

General election for Knox County Schools school board, District 3

Patricia Fontenot-Ridley defeated Angie Goethert in the general election for Knox County Schools school board, District 3 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Patricia Fontenot-Ridley (D)	52.5	2,708
	Submit photo	Angie Goethert (R)	47.4	2,445
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	5

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,158
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Knox County Schools school board, District 3

Patricia Fontenot-Ridley advanced from the Democratic primary for Knox County Schools school board, District 3 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Patricia Fontenot-Ridley	99.2	1,169
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	9

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,178
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Knox County Schools school board, District 3

Angie Goethert defeated Robert Daspit in the Republican primary for Knox County Schools school board, District 3 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Angie Goethert	52.6	1,879
	Submit photo	Robert Daspit	46.7	1,667
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	27

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,573
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

District 5

General election

General election for Knox County Schools school board, District 5

Lauren Morgan defeated Terrye Whitaker in the general election for Knox County Schools school board, District 5 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lauren Morgan (R)	62.7	4,583
	Submit photo	Terrye Whitaker (D)	37.2	2,723
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	5

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,311
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Knox County Schools school board, District 5

Terrye Whitaker advanced from the Democratic primary for Knox County Schools school board, District 5 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Terrye Whitaker	99.6	1,088
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	4

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,092
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Knox County Schools school board, District 5

Lauren Morgan advanced from the Republican primary for Knox County Schools school board, District 5 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lauren Morgan	98.6	5,491
		Other/Write-in votes	1.4	78

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,569
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

District 8

General election

General election for Knox County Schools school board, District 8

Travis Wright won election in the general election for Knox County Schools school board, District 8 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Travis Wright (R)	94.5	4,803
		Other/Write-in votes	5.5	279

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,082
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Knox County Schools school board, District 8

Travis Wright defeated Tommy Lakins in the Republican primary for Knox County Schools school board, District 8 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Travis Wright	59.2	4,203
	Submit photo	Tommy Lakins	40.5	2,873
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	23

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,099
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Tennessee elections, 2024

What's on your ballot?

Find out using Ballotpedia’s Sample Ballot Tool

August 1, 2024

• United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2024
• Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
• Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
• Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
• Tennessee State Senate elections, 2024
• Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2024
• Tennessee Supreme Court elections, 2024
• Tennessee intermediate appellate court elections, 2024

November 5, 2024

• United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2024
• Tennessee's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
• Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
• Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
• Tennessee State Senate elections, 2024
• Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2024

What was at stake?

Report a story for this election

Ballotpedia researches issues in school board elections across the United States, but information availability is a challenge for us in many school districts. Please contact us about the issues that impact your local school district. Note that not all submissions may meet Ballotpedia's coverage requirements for inclusion.

Candidate survey

Ballotpedia invites school board candidates to participate in its annual survey.
Click here to view or fill out the survey.

About the district

See also: Knox County School District, Tennessee

The Knox County School District is located in Knox County, Tennessee. The district served 60,609 students during the 2022-2023 school year.

See also

Knox County School District	Tennessee	School Boards
Knox County School District, Tennessee, elections (2022) List of school districts in Tennessee	Tennessee school board elections, 2024 Public education in Tennessee Local ballot measures, Tennessee	School board elections, 2024 School board elections, 2023 School board election data analysis, 2024 School board election data analysis, 2023

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Knox County School District

Footnotes

Ballotpedia

About

Overview • What people are saying • Support Ballotpedia • Contact • Contribute • Job opportunities

---

Executive: Leslie Graves, Founder and CEO • Gwen Beattie, Chief Operating Officer

Communications: Alison Graves, Director of Communications • Carley Allensworth • Abigail Campbell • Frank Festa • Sarah Groat • Nathaniel Harwood • Dillon Redmond • Erica Shumaker
External Relations: Geoff Pallay, Director of External Relations • Ken Carbullido, Vice President of Election Product and Technology Strategy • Ashley Fleming • Thomas Mardik • Hannah Nelson
Operations: Meghann Olshefski, Director of Operations • Amanda Herbert • Mandy Morris • Caroline Presnell • Kelly Rindfleisch
Tech: Matt Latourelle, Director of Technology Operations • Ryan Burch • Kirsten Corrao • Beth Dellea • Travis Eden • Tate Kamish • Margaret Kearney • Eric Lotto • Joseph Sanchez • Mary Susmitha

Contributors: Scott Rasmussen

---

Editorial Content

Josh Altic, Director of Content • Daniel Anderson, Associate Director of Elections & Data • Cory Eucalitto, Associate Director of Features • Ryan Byrne, Managing Editor of Ballot Measures • Mandy McConnell, Managing Editor of News • Doug Kronaizl, Managing Editor of Local Expansion • Abbey Smith, Managing Editor of Elections • Janie Valentine, Managing Editor of Law • Joel Williams. Managing Editor of Events • Andrew Bahl • Jaclyn Beran • Marielle Bricker • Joseph Brusgard • Emma Burlingame • Kelly Coyle • Jon Dunn • Thomas Ellis • Nicole Fisher • Joseph Greaney • Thomas Grobben • Brianna Hosea • Molly Kehoe • Tyler King • Glorie Martinez • Norm Leahy, Senior Editor • Nathan Maxwell • Jimmy McAllister • Brandon McCauley • Ellie Mikus • Ellen Morrissey • Mackenzie Murphy • Kaley Platek • Samantha Post • Adam Powell • Annelise Reinwald • Ethan Rice • Spencer Richardson • Victoria Rose • Briana Ryan • Myj Saintyl • Maddy Salucka • Emma Soukup • Alexis Thacker • Mina Vogel • Samuel Wonacott • Trenton Woodcox