Indya Kincannon

Indya Kincannon
69th Mayor of Knoxville
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 21, 2019
Preceded byMadeline Rogero
Member of the Knox County Board of Education from the 2nd district
In office
2004–2014
Personal details
Born (1971-03-30) March 30, 1971 (age 53)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBen Barton (m. 1995)[1]
Children2
Alma materHaverford College (BA)
Princeton University (MPA)

Indya Kincannon (born March 30, 1971) is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 69th mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. She won the 2019 mayoral election with more than 52% of the runoff vote over Eddie Mannis.[2] She is Knoxville's second female mayor, after her predecessor, Madeline Rogero. Though elected in a nonpartisan municipal election, Kincannon is affiliated with the Democratic Party.[3]

  1. ^ "Biography of Mayor - City of Knoxville". Knoxvilletn.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  2. ^ "Knoxville mayor election breakdown: Indya Kincannon didn't give up and it paid off". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Everything you need to know about Indya Kincannon". The Daily Beacon. Retrieved 18 April 2020.