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Justin Biggs

Republican · At-Large Seat 11 · Sep 1, 2018 – Aug 31, 2022

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Justin Biggs has cast 1,304 published votes on the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners, attending 89.2% of recorded roll calls, with 46 motions made and 6 dissents (a “no” on an adopted item).

On the issues

Attendance

1163 of 1304

recorded votes he or she was present for

present means neither absent nor recused

141

recorded votes marked absent or recused

Counted from roll calls, not a sign-in sheet — a member who was present but recorded no vote is indistinguishable here from one who was absent.

When the board disagrees

56 contested decisions · how these are counted

56

contested decisions he or she cast a yes or no on

a decision is contested when at least one member voted the other way

6

of those, voted no on something adopted anyway

46 / 162

motions moved / seconded

Recaps: First 100 days · 2022 in review · 2021 in review · 2020 in review

Patterns

How these are computed ↓

Deterministic breakdowns of Justin Biggs’s published record — not a score or a rating. Raw counts are always shown; a percentage appears only once there are at least 10 votes. As of the meeting of August 31, 2026 — the newest published record.

Votes by topic

Topic Votes Aye No Abstain Body median
Zoning & land use 272 237 (87%) 10 (4%) 1 11–0 See votes →
Budget & taxes 63 53 (84%) 0 (0%) 0 10–0 See votes →
Contracts & purchasing 228 206 (90%) 0 (0%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Personnel & appointments 101 86 (85%) 6 (6%) 2 11–0 See votes →
Schools 176 147 (84%) 0 (0%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Public safety 72 61 (85%) 2 (3%) 1 11–0 See votes →
Roads & infrastructure 109 95 (87%) 0 (0%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Parks & community 32 28 (88%) 0 (0%) 1 11–0 See votes →
Intergovernmental & resolutions 121 104 (86%) 2 (2%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Surveillance & privacy technology 3 3 0 0 11–0 See votes →

Attendance & dissent over time

Attendance rate

Dissents (no on adopted)

Sep 2018 Dec 2022
Full term · Sep 2018–Dec 2022. Vertical lines mark election dates.
  • May 3, 2022 · County primary
  • Aug 4, 2022 · County general

Source: Knox County Election Commission.

Year Votes Present Attendance Dissents
2020 267 199 75% 1 See votes →
2021 664 664 100% 3 See votes →
2022 373 300 80% 2 See votes →

Agreement with other members

Computed over contested votes only — the 56 non-unanimous (split) votes Justin Biggs cast, where the room recorded at least one Aye and at least one No. Unanimous votes are excluded because they carry no signal.

Member Voted the same Shared split votes
Kyle Ward 46 of 55 (84%) 55
Randy Smith 43 of 54 (80%) 54
Charles Busler 38 of 50 (76%) 50
Richie Beeler 41 of 55 (75%) 55
Terry Hill 35 of 47 (74%) 47
Carson Dailey 36 of 55 (65%) 55
John Schoonmaker 36 of 56 (64%) 56
Larsen Jay 33 of 56 (59%) 56
Dasha Lundy 30 of 55 (55%) 55
Courtney Durrett 27 of 55 (49%) 55

See Justin Biggs’s split votes →

Motions made & seconded, by topic

Topic Made Seconded
Zoning & land use 2 53 See votes →
Budget & taxes 0 1 See votes →
Contracts & purchasing 1 24 See votes →
Personnel & appointments 7 14 See votes →
Schools 1 13 See votes →
Public safety 1 3 See votes →
Roads & infrastructure 1 7 See votes →
Parks & community 0 4 See votes →
Intergovernmental & resolutions 4 16 See votes →
Surveillance & privacy technology 0 1 See votes →

How these breakdowns are computed

Every figure on this page is a deterministic computation over Justin Biggs’s published roll-call votes on Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners — the same record set behind the vote table below. Nothing is a composite score, a grade, or a ranking. The general pipeline (sources, extraction, gates, review) is described on the methodology page.

  • Votes by topic. Each published motion is attributed to every distinct neutral topic its agenda items carry — the primary subject and any secondary tags alike, so an item counts under every topic it’s about (and a consent-calendar motion covering several items counts under each); procedural items are excluded, as in the default vote browser. Aye/No/Abstain are counts of Justin Biggs’s own vote. A percentage is shown only when the topic has at least 10 votes. Body median is the median of the Aye and No tallies across the same motion set — the typical room split on that topic.
  • Attendance & dissent over time. Bucketed by the calendar year of each meeting. Attendance = votes where Justin Biggs was recorded present (not absent or recused) ÷ total votes that year; the percentage is shown only when the year has at least 10 votes. Dissents = “No” votes on motions the body adopted anyway. The denominators for every year are in the table above.
  • Term timeline & election markers. The two trend strips plot the yearly attendance and dissent figures above on a single time axis spanning Justin Biggs’s full term (Sep 1, 2018–Aug 31, 2022). The vertical lines mark public election-calendar dates — candidate-filing deadlines, primaries, and general elections — that fall within that span, each labeled with its date and type. Those dates are a matter of public record (source: Knox County Election Commission); the timeline itself makes no claim about them. It marks the dates and draws the line; any pattern near an election is the reader’s to notice, not ours to assert.
  • Agreement with other members. Computed over contested votes only — motions where the roll call recorded at least one Aye and at least one No. For each colleague, the record set is the split motions where both cast an Aye or No (their seated overlap); “voted the same” counts the motions they cast the identical value on. A percentage is shown only when that shared set reaches 10 votes. Unanimous votes are excluded on purpose: they would launder everyone into near-total agreement.
  • Motions made & seconded. Straight counts of published motions where Justin Biggs is recorded as the mover or the seconder in the minutes, grouped by the motion’s neutral topic(s).

Campaign finance

Reproduced from Justin Biggs’s own campaign-finance disclosures — a public record. Amounts are the totals stated on each filing, or the itemized schedule where the filing’s own totals are not machine-readable; each row links to the filed document. We add nothing the filing does not state.

Report Raised Spent Filed
Disclosure County Trustee $00 itemized $5233 itemized easyvote — →
Disclosure County Trustee $00 itemized $91,4584 itemized easyvote — →
Disclosure County Trustee as of Apr 20, 2026 $6003 itemized $18,0164 itemized easyvote — →
Disclosure County Trustee as of Mar 30, 2026 $106,5007 itemized $1,0502 itemized easyvote — →
Disclosure County Trustee as of Jun 30, 2025 $5,70011 itemized $15,21113 itemized easyvote — →
Campaign Financial Disclosure County Trustee as of Feb 4, 2025 Filed — figures not yet machine-readable easyvote — Campaign Financial Disclosure →
JUNE REPORT County Trustee as of Jul 15, 2024 summary figures do not add up as filed; reproduced as written $3,300total as filed $3,000total as filed easyvote — JUNE REPORT →
[email protected] County Trustee as of Feb 7, 2024 Filed — figures not yet machine-readable easyvote — [email protected] →
Campaign Financial Disclosure - corrected view County Trustee as of Feb 7, 2024 $8,200total as filed $819total as filed easyvote — Campaign Financial Disclosure - corrected view →

Top expenditures

Largest itemized expenditures on the latest report.

  • SAMS CLUB $273
  • GIBBS RURITAN CLUB $150
  • SOUTH DOYLE PTSO $100

Totals are the sum of the itemized contribution and expenditure schedules as disclosed. Schedules are itemized only at or above the filing threshold; sub-threshold amounts and the filer’s stated cover-page totals are not part of this structured record, so they are not shown here rather than guessed.

Disclosed interests

Reprinted from Justin Biggs’s annual Statement of Interests (Form SS-8005) — a public record filed with the Tennessee Ethics Commission. Entity names and categories exactly as filed, for the official and spouse; the form states no dollar amounts, and neither do we. Each filing links to its source.

We don’t have this. No Statement of Interests on file for Justin Biggs. It does not mean none was filed — only that we hold no copy.

Appointments moved

Board and committee appointments Justin Biggs moved or seconded, as recorded in the minutes. Each links to the full decision, where the complete roll call is shown.

Appointee Board Term Decision
Kathryne Ogrod Knox County Ethics Committee not stated Oct 25, 2021 →
Commissioner Kyle Ward Knox County Investment Committee not stated Sep 1, 2020 →

Voting record

Meeting Agenda item Vote Badges
Sep 1, 2020
Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair CONSIDERATION OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOX COUNTY COMMISSION WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR:
Aye
Sep 1, 2020
Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair CONSIDERATION OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOX COUNTY COMMISSION WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR:
Aye
Unanimous
Sep 1, 2020
Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair CONSIDERATION OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOX COUNTY COMMISSION WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR:
No
Split
Sep 1, 2020
Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair CONSIDERATION OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOX COUNTY COMMISSION WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR:
Aye
Unanimous
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