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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 7, 2024

The 2026 election for Knox County mayor has narrowed with Knox County Criminal Court Clerk Mike Hammond withdrawing from the race for the Republican nomination. Knox News reports that he instead will seek reelection as court clerk. That decision leaves Knox County Commissioner Larsen Jay, a Republican, as the only mayoral candidate so far. Hammond said he wants to focus be on his present role, where he says his team has “made wide-ranging improvements to benefit the court system and [the] citizens." Hammond, who served as a Knox County Commissioner from 2004-2014, was diagnosed in August with early-stage prostate cancer, which he says is treatable.