Glenn Jacobs, better known as WWE champion wrestler Kane, became the next mayor of Tennessee’s third-largest county last night.
The libertarian-leaning Republican had the Democratic nominee, Linda Haney, on the ropes from the beginning, garnering twice as many votes – 51,804 to 26,224.
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A professional wrestler since 1992, Jacobs has won several WWE world championships. He’s also long been involved in Libertarian politics through the support of candidates like Ron Paul in his 2008 presidential bid and through speaking events at various political conferences.
Jacobs said he was considering running for the mayoral seat in 2016 but wanted to wait until after the presidential election to decide. He ultimately announced his mayoral bid in April of 2017.
“Now this is the part where many politicians will stand up here and tell you all the grandiose things that they’re going to do just by snapping their fingers,” he told the crowd the night of his announcement. “I’m not going to do that because that would be unrealistic and disingenuous.” He spoke of reducing taxes and non-essential government spending as well as job creation.
Jacobs plans to fully commit to his new role.
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