Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners · 2025 year in review
Damon Rawls
District 1 · Jan 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025 As of the meeting of August 31, 2026 — the newest published record.
Excludes 13 motions not yet published.
698
Votes cast →
100%
Attendance
5
Dissents (no on adopted)
10
Motions made
60
Seconded
Topics Damon Rawls voted on most
| Topic | Votes | Aye | No | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 106 | 106 (100%) | 0 (0%) | See votes → |
| Zoning & land use | 94 | 94 (100%) | 0 (0%) | See votes → |
| Contracts & purchasing | 93 | 93 (100%) | 0 (0%) | See votes → |
| Roads & infrastructure | 88 | 88 (100%) | 0 (0%) | See votes → |
| Intergovernmental & resolutions | 58 | 55 (95%) | 3 (5%) | See votes → |
| Personnel & appointments | 44 | 43 (98%) | 1 (2%) | See votes → |
| Parks & community | 33 | 33 (100%) | 0 (0%) | See votes → |
| Public safety | 33 | 31 (94%) | 2 (6%) | See votes → |
Raw counts are always shown; a percentage appears only once a topic reaches 10 votes.
Biggest split votes
The most divided decisions Damon Rawls cast a vote on — the closest winning margins — with how they voted. Each links to its full roll call.
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RZ-25-3-102 Approve rezoning from A Agricultural to PR Planned Residential (2 units/acre) for Mesana Investments
Damon Rawls voted Aye · roll call 5–5 (margin 0) · Mar 24, 2025
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R-25-9-101-SS Appoint Commissioners to Standing Committees: Beer, Insolvency, Legislative Affairs, and Rules
Damon Rawls voted Aye · roll call 5–5 (margin 0) · Sep 2, 2025
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4-O-24-RZ Substitute motion to deny: Deny rezoning for William Dale Rhoton at 611 W Governor John Sevier Hwy.
Damon Rawls voted Aye · roll call 6–5 (margin 1) · Jan 22, 2025
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R-25-9-101-SS Appoint Commissioners to Standing Committees: Beer, Insolvency, Legislative Affairs, and Rules
Damon Rawls voted Aye · roll call 6–5 (margin 1) · Sep 2, 2025
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RZ-25-3-103 Approve rezoning from A Agricultural to PR Planned Residential (3 units/acre) for Mesana Investments
Damon Rawls voted Aye · roll call 6–5 (margin 1) · Mar 24, 2025
How these are counted
Every figure is a deterministic count over Damon Rawls’s published roll-call votes on the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners between Jan 1, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025. Nothing here is a composite score, a grade, or a ranking.
- Votes cast counts the motions in this window on which Damon Rawls appears in the roll call. Attendance = votes recorded present (not absent or recused) ÷ votes cast; shown as a percentage only at or above 10 votes, otherwise as the raw fraction.
- Dissents = “No” votes on motions the body adopted anyway.
- Topics voted on most attributes each vote to every neutral topic its agenda items carry (primary and secondary), procedural excluded; a topic percentage appears only at or above 10 votes.
- Biggest split votes are decided (adopted or failed) contested motions Damon Rawls cast an aye or no on, ordered by the smallest winning margin first.
See Damon Rawls’s full record and term patterns, or the general methodology page.