page_title: Tim Burchett
section_title: Knox County Mayor
hierarchical_section_title: Tim Burchett / Knox County Mayor
caption_attribution_description: English: Tim Burchett
context_page_description: Timothy Floyd Burchett is an American politician who is currently the U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 2nd congressional district, serving since 2019.
  A Republican, Burchett was formerly mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. He previously served in the Tennessee General Assembly, first in the Tennessee House of Representatives, in which he represented Tennessee's 18th District. He later served in the Tennessee State Senate, in which he represented District 7, part of Knox County.
context_section_description: Burchett became Knox County Mayor in September 2010, succeeding Mike Ragsdale, who left office due to term limits. Earlier that year, Burchett defeated former Knox County Sheriff Tim Hutchison in the Republican primary and then Democrat Ezra Maize in the general election.
  On February 10, 2012, Mayor Tim Burchett appeared on WBIR-TV and officially announced that the county's first "cash mob" would be held at the Emory 5 & 10 store in South Knoxville. The cash mob gained national attention, and was mentioned in Time magazine.
caption: Burchett speaking at the 2012 community budget hearings
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