Who is running for Council and Mayor?

Written By Richard Young

Updated - 1/26/22

In 2022, all of Lexington's elected representatives will be on the ballot, including Mayor, District Council, and Council at Large. We’ve removed campaign funds listed for now while we create a better system for tracking them! Names are in alphabetical order except in the case of incumbents, which are listed first for clarity.

Candidates for local office file with both County Clerk and the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance (KREF). Filing with KREF allows candidates to fundraise for their race, but in order to be completely ready to run, they must file with the County Clerk. County Clerk filing paperwork includes a mandatory 100 signature petition from residents of the district.

Below, we’ve indicated with which agencies candidates have filed.

Mayor

  • Linda Gorton, Current Mayor. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • Adrian Wallace, President & CEO of the Bishop and Chase Foundation. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • David Kloiber, Current District 6 Council Member. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • Ramasani Azmani. (KREF)

  • William Weyman, 2018 Mayoral Candidate. (County Clerk, KREF)

Council At Large Race

  • Chuck Ellinger, current Council At Large Member. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • Richard Moloney, current Council At Large Member. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • Arnold Farr, Philosophy Professor at UK and former candidate for Council. (KREF)

  • Bill Farmer Jr., Former District 5 Council Member. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • Dan Wu, Chef and Entrepreneur. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • James Brown, current District 1 Council Member. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • Lillie Miller-Johnson, Elected Supervisor of the Fayette County Soil and Water Conservation district. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • Matthew Miniard, former candidate for Council At Large. (County Clerk, KREF)

District Council Races

  • District 1:

    • Darnell Tagaloa, Business Development Manager at iHeart Radio. (KREF)

    • Doyle Warren, former pastor and IBM employee (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Michael Wilson (KREF)

    • Rashaan Berry, a Lexington Police Department Sergeant. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Tayna Fogle, Organizer at Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Terry Cunningham - WITHDRAWN

  • District 2:

    • Josh McCurn, Current District 2 CM. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Shayla Lynch, Executive Director of the Ampersand Sexual Violence Resource Center. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • District 3:

    • Hannah LeGris, Current District 3 CM. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Kate Savage, Director of ArtsConnect. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • District 4:

    • Brack Marquette, former Director of Governmental Affairs at Columbia Gas. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Brenda Monarrez, District 4 representative on the Redistrict Lexington Commission. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Barry Saturday, past Candidate for Council (County Clerk)

  • District 5:

    • Liz Sheehan, Current District 5 CM. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Ami Hillenmeyer, co-owner of ASH Airbnb LLC. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Greg Ladd, former General Counsel, Department for Local Government. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • District 6:

    • Charles Rowland, Executive Advisor at Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Christopher Shafer. (KREF)

    • Denise Gray, former candidate for State Senate. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • District 7:

    • Preston Worley, Current District 7 CM. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Joseph Hale (County Clerk)

  • District 8:

    • Fred Brown, Current District 8 CM. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Kenya Williams, an Account Executive at Ethicon, Inc. (County Clerk, KREF)

  • District 9:

    • Whitney Baxter, Current District 9 CM. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • James Lombardi, a former Lexington Police Department Lieutenant. (KREF)

  • District 10:

    • Catherine Zamarron, Community Engagement Coordinator at Ampersand Sexual Violence Resource Center. (KREF)

    • David Sevigny, Managing Partner at Tek Agency LLC and Chair of Commerce Lexington’s Business Owners Advisory Board. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Ross Mann (County Clerk)

  • District 11:

    • Jennifer Reynolds, Current D11 CM. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Rock Daniels, Realtor and Property Developer. (County Clerk)

  • District 12:

    • Kathy Plomin, Current District 12 CM. (County Clerk, KREF)

    • Raymond Alexander, a Lexington Police Department Officer. (KREF)


    *Dan Wu is a current CivicLex Programmatic Board Member. While we encourage all board members to be civically active, we require board members who elect to run for elected office in Lexington-Fayette County to agree to specific terms limiting their ability to impact our work. If they are successful in their run, they are dismissed from the board.

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