WWE News: Kane Officially Running for Knox County, Tennessee Mayor

The Big Red Machine has announced his candidacy for Knox County mayor in Knoxville, TN. After he filed paperwork to name a treasurer last February, people were expecting him to put his name in the hat.

Glenn Jacobs has been away from WWE television for quite some time, as of late, and after he said he considered a run back in an interview in May 2016, it seems he’s ready to try to run for office.

"I'm officially announcing my candidacy for Knox County Mayor." -- Glenn Jacobs says. @6News #WATE pic.twitter.com/M86W3ASgcO
— Bridgette Bjorlo (@bridgettebjorlo) April 11, 2017

Knoxville’s Primary Election Day is August 29^th, 2017. It’s very likely we won’t see Kane for a while as he tries to run his campaign.

As mentioned, Kane has been away from television for a while now. He was last involved in the SmackDown Live storyline between Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt, where he aligned with Randy Orton until The Viper turned on him. Not long after that, he was written out of television, and faced an injury of sorts while also focusing more on the insurance company he runs with his wife.

Kane is a known Rotarian and has several non-profit causes to help out the community. He’s a staunch Libertarian. We at Sportskeeda would like to wish The Big Red Machine the very best for his campaign to become Mayor of Knox County!

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