Ray H. Jenkins, chairman of the Knox County Republican Party, said the two mayoral candidates, state Sen. Tim Burchett and former Knox County Sheriff Tim Hutchison, will have suites at the downtown hotel and were expected to join the crowd in support of the winners of the GOP primary. The polls close at 8 p.m.

State Sen. Tim Burchett and former Sheriff Tim Hutchison, both candidates for mayor, shook hands and said hello—and someone put them at adjoining tables.