Lexington, Kentucky held nonpartisan elections for mayor on May 17, 2022, and November 8, 2022. It saw the re-election ofRepublican Linda Gorton , who had been serving as mayor since January 6, 2019.[ 2]
Prior to the election, candidates addressed issues of violent crime, cost of living, and housing affordability.[ 3]
Linda Gorton's campaign was funded by a variety of industries.[ 4] equine industry , which is prominent inKentucky as a whole and Lexington in particular.[ 5]
David Kloiber's campaign was mostly self- and family-funded, with the vast majority coming in the form of loaning funds to the campaign.[ 6] [ 7]
The mayor of Lexington is elected every four years in a two-step process. The first round is a selection of candidates by anonpartisan blanket primary , after which a general election is held, regardless of whether a candidate earns anabsolute majority of the vote in the primary election.[ 8]
The primary election was held on May 17, 2022.
Primary election results[ 9] Candidate Votes % Linda Gorton (incumbent)32,664 71.08% David Kloiber 6,436 14.01% Adrian Wallace 6,022 13.10% William Weyman 830 1.81% Total votes 45,952
General election results [ edit ] Linda Gorton won the general election held on November 8, 2022.[ 2]
Election results[ 1] Candidate Votes % Linda Gorton (incumbent)67,083 71.03% David Kloiber 27,360 28.97% Total votes 94,443
^a b "TOTAL RECAP OF VOTES - NOVEMBER 08, 2022, DONALD W. BLEVINS JR, CLERK, NOVEMBER 08, 2022, TOTAL RECAP OF VOTES - NOVEMBER 08, 2022, GENERAL ELECTION, FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY" . Fayette County Clerk. RetrievedDecember 31, 2023 .^a b Mickle, Jordan (November 8, 2022)."Linda Gorton has won re-election as Lexington mayor" .Lex18 . ^ Musgrave, Beth (May 10, 2022)." .Lexington Herald Leader . RetrievedFebruary 5, 2024 . ^ "Horse industry, real estate dominate Gorton contributions; Kloiber uses family money" .The Lexington Times . October 27, 2022. RetrievedFebruary 5, 2024 .^ Wiemers, Holly (September 2013)."Kentucky's Equine Industry has $3 Billion Economic Impact" .Ag Equine Programs . University of Kentucky. RetrievedFebruary 5, 2024 . ^ Cheves, John (November 3, 2022)."David Kloiber gave $630,000 to his Lexington mayoral campaign. Where did he get it?" .Lexington Herald Leader . RetrievedFebruary 5, 2024 . ^ "Candidate Contributions" .Kentucky Registry of Election Finance . RetrievedFebruary 5, 2024 .^ "Elected officials" .City of Lexington . RetrievedSeptember 3, 2023 .^ "TOTAL RECAP OF VOTES - MAY 17, 2022, DONALD W. BLEVINS JR, CLERK, MAY 17, 2022, TOTAL RECAP OF VOTES - MAY 17, 2022, PRIMARY ELECTION, FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY" . Fayette County Clerk. RetrievedDecember 31, 2023 .
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