Huckaby was up against Republican nominee Sheri Super in the Knox County Commission District 3 election. Democrats in Knox County also gained control of the school board “after Brandy Jenkins flipped a reliably Republican South Knox County seat in the Aug. 6 election,” Knox News reports. Responding to a post about the school board vote, Dr. Joseph Ford Cotto, who claims he “Predicted Trump's 2024 victory to the last swing state,” called the flip “pathetic.” “Knox County is the rare urban GOP stronghold. "I guess Knox County wants stupid kids," Vince Beck argued.