20 years after Jesse "The Body" Ventura was elected Governor of Minnesota, Glenn Jacobs, alias Kane to WWE fans for the last 21 years, was elected as Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, on Thursday night. While Jacobs hasn't officially hung up his red tights and mask, he is, on the other hand, fully committed to serving and representing Knox County.
Unafraid to use his TV role to his advantage, Jacobs weathered the predictable storm of political rivals using his WWE run against him. Fittingly, then, his theme music played as he came to the podium for his victory speech......
What some folks might not know is that when he's been on downtime from WWE, Jacobs also owns an insurance agency in the Knox County area, and the connection with the communities in the county carried him to victory much more so than the fan recognitiion of his alter-ego.
Curiously, I'd read of fellow Tennessee legend Jerry Lawler running for Mayor himself in Memphis, and failing. Go figure.
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