Kane Wins Primary Election for Mayor in Tennessee by Just 17 Votes
Glenn Jacobs, the WWE wrestler known as Kane, has won the Republican primary election for mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.
Jacobs earned a total of 14,633 votes, just 17 more than second place finisher Brad Anders. He will face Democrat Linda Haney in the general election on August 2. In a county that has heavily favored Republicans in the past, he should have a decent chance to win. He’s hoping not to meet the same fate as Terrance Gerin (aka Rhyno), who won the Republican primary for a seat in Michigan’s state legislature but lost the general election.
Jacobs, who works as an insurance agent in addition to his work with WWE, is a libertarian. He ran on a platform of low taxes, improved infrastructure and limited government.
Knox County, which includes the city of Knoxville, is Tennessee’s third-largest county by population. Jacobs and his family live in the town of Halls, just north of Knoxville.
UPDATE: Provisional ballots were counted Thursday and Jacobs’s margin of victory ended up being 23 votes.
