Lexington: who represents it, and who is running
U.S. general election / Kentucky regular election (federal, state, county and Lexington-Fayette Urban County offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (McConnell's class-2 seat, open); U.S. Representative KY-6 (open, Barr running for Senate); Kentucky House (all 100 seats, incl. HD-77 at the Government Center) and the even-numbered Kentucky Senate seats (Fayette's SD-12, 22, 28, 34 have filings; SD-13 at the Government Center is not up); Urban County Mayor, the 3 at-large council seats (incl. Vice Mayor) and all 12 district council seats (nonpartisan); Fayette County Judge/Executive, County Attorney, County Clerk, Sheriff, PVA, Coroner, Surveyor (write-in only), County Commissioners, Magistrates, Constables; judicial seats; Board of Education Divisions 2 and 4; state Constitutional Amendment and LFUCG Charter Amendments 1-3. No Governor (2027)..
Holding office31
the sitting council
On the ballot41
18 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Lexington is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): Kentucky's 6th congressional district (all of Fayette County) — Andy Barr (Republican)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Gorton ✉️ Elected | Mayor → Running | Independent | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government | |
| Raquel E. Carter ✉️ | Mayor Running | Independent | Kentucky Secretary of State |
2
Council Member — District 1
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Morton ✉️ Elected acclaimed | Council Member → Running | Independent | District 1 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
3
Council Member — District 2
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shayla Lynch ✉️ Elected acclaimed | Council Member → Running | Independent | District 2 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
4
Council Member — District 3
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Eblen ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | District 3 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
| Griffin VanMeter ✉️ | Council Member Running | Independent | District 3 | Kentucky Secretary of State |
| Jon Larson | Council Member Running | Independent | District 3 | Kentucky Secretary of State |
5
Council Member — District 4
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Curtis ✉️ Elected | Council Member → Running | Independent | District 4 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
| Brenda Monarrez | Council Member Running | Independent | District 4 | Kentucky Secretary of State |
6
Council Member — District 5
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liz Sheehan ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | District 5 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
| Stephenie Hoelscher ✉️ acclaimed | Council Member Running | Independent | District 5 | Kentucky Secretary of State |
7
Council Member — District 6
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Higgins-Hord ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | District 6 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
| Tina V. Bryson | Council Member Running | Independent | District 6 | Kentucky Secretary of State |
| Tyler M. Pyles | Council Member Running | Independent | District 6 | Kentucky Secretary of State |
8
Council Member — District 7
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Hale ✉️ Elected acclaimed | Council Member → Running | Independent | District 7 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
9
Council Member — District 8
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Beasley ✉️ Elected | Council Member → Running | Independent | District 8 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
| Tray Hughes | Council Member Running | Independent | District 8 | Kentucky Secretary of State |
10
Council Member — District 9
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Elliott Baxter ✉️ Elected | Council Member → Running | Independent | District 9 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
| Matt Miniard | Council Member Running | Independent | District 9 | Kentucky Secretary of State |
11
Council Member — District 10
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Sevigny ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | District 10 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
| Chris Woodall acclaimed | Council Member Running | Independent | District 10 | Kentucky Secretary of State |
12
Council Member — District 11
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Reynolds ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | District 11 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
| Cassandra Vogl | Council Member Running | Independent | District 11 | Kentucky Secretary of State |
| Richard Moloney | Council Member Running | Independent | District 11 | Kentucky Secretary of State |
13
Council Member — District 12
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hil Boone ✉️ Elected acclaimed | Council Member → Running | Independent | District 12 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
14
Circuit Court Clerk — county-wide
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Riggs Elected | Circuit Court Clerk | Democratic | county-wide | Fayette County Clerk |
15
Commonwealth's Attorney — county-wide
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberly Henderson Baird Elected | Commonwealth's Attorney | Democratic | county-wide | Fayette County Clerk |
16
Coroner — county-wide
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Ginn Elected acclaimed | Coroner → Running | Democratic | county-wide | Fayette County Clerk |
17
Council Member At-Large
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Ellinger II ✉️ Elected | Council Member At-Large | Independent | At-Large | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
| James Brown ✉️ Elected | Council Member At-Large → Running | Independent | At-Large | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
| Christopher Shafer ✉️ | Council Member At-Large Running | Independent | At-Large | Kentucky Secretary of State |
| Herbert Lynn | Council Member At-Large Running | Independent | At-Large | Kentucky Secretary of State |
| Stephanie Aschmann Spires | Council Member At-Large Running | Independent | At-Large | Kentucky Secretary of State |
| William Tate Ohmer | Council Member At-Large Running | Independent | At-Large | Kentucky Secretary of State |
18
Council Member At-Large and Vice Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Wu ✉️ Elected | Council Member At-Large and Vice Mayor → Running | Independent | At-Large | Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
19
County Attorney — county-wide
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Evans Elected acclaimed | County Attorney → Running | Democratic | county-wide | Fayette County Clerk |
20
County Clerk — county-wide
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Lamb Elected acclaimed | County Clerk → Running | Democratic | county-wide | Fayette County Clerk |
21
County Judge/Executive — county-wide
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Diane McCord Hanna Elected acclaimed | County Judge/Executive → Running | Democratic | county-wide | Fayette County Clerk |
22
County Surveyor — county-wide
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Roland Elected | County Surveyor | Republican | county-wide | Fayette County Clerk |
23
Property Valuation Administrator — county-wide
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David O'Neill Elected acclaimed | Property Valuation Administrator → Running | Democratic | county-wide | Fayette County Clerk |
24
Sheriff — county-wide
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy H. Witt Elected acclaimed | Sheriff → Running | Democratic | county-wide | Fayette County Clerk |
25
Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Beshear Elected | Governor | Democratic | Office of the Governor of Kentucky |
26
State Representative — HD-77
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Brown Jr. ✉️ Elected | State Representative → Running | Democratic | Kentucky General Assembly | |
| Jason Griffith | State Representative Running | Republican | Kentucky Secretary of State |
27
State Senator — SD-13
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reginald L. Thomas ✉️ Elected | State Senator | Democratic | Kentucky General Assembly |
28
U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch McConnell Elected | U.S. Senator | Republican | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); also on the Fayette County Clerk's Elected Officials list (Aug 2025) | |
| Rand Paul Elected | U.S. Senator | Republican | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json) | |
| Andy Barr Elected | U.S. Representative → Running for U.S. Senator | Republican | U.S. House of Representatives | |
| Charles Booker | U.S. Senator Running | Democratic | Kentucky Secretary of State | |
| Christopher Campbell | U.S. Senator Running | Kentucky Party | Kentucky Secretary of State |
29
U.S. Representative — KY-6
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay J Bowman ✉️ | U.S. Representative Running | Independent | Kentucky Secretary of State | |
| Pete Lynch ✉️ | U.S. Representative Running | Kentucky Party | Kentucky Secretary of State | |
| Ralph Alvarado | U.S. Representative Running | Republican | Kentucky Secretary of State | |
| Zach Dembo | U.S. Representative Running | Democratic | Kentucky Secretary of State |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Region: Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG), the merged city-county government of all of Fayette County (Census incorporated place 'Lexington-Fayette urban county'). County-wide Fayette County offices are recorded at level 'municipal', as in the Louisville record.
- Government Center coordinates 38.04496,-84.49557 (Census geocoder) fall in KY-6, Kentucky Senate District 13 and Kentucky House District 77 (2026 Census layers). A 6x6 geocoder sample over the county found every Fayette point (17) in KY-6, and the Kentucky General Assembly member lists show 7 Senate districts (12, 13, 17, 22, 27, 28, 34) and 9 House districts (39, 45, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 88, 93) touching Fayette ('Fayette (Part)'); the Clerk's Aug 2025 Elected Officials list names the same members. Only the Government Center's members are recorded.
- Candidates: Kentucky Secretary of State, Candidate Filings (web.sos.ky.gov/CandidateFilings/, election '2026 General Election'), retrieved 2026-10-22 — US Senator (id=3), US Representative (id=4), State Senator (id=11), State Representative (id=12), and County Filings (countyfilings.aspx) for Fayette, offices Mayor, City Legislative Body, Commonwealth's Attorney, Circuit Court Clerk, County Judge/Executive, County Clerk, County Attorney, Sheriff, Jailer, Coroner, PVA and Surveyor. Cross-checked against the Fayette County Clerk's 'Candidates in ballot order' PDF (created 3 Sept 2026, linked from fayettekyclerk.gov/elections/candidates/); the two lists agree. Withdrawn section excluded (Nicholas Wolter, District 5; Tyler K. Dean, SD-12; a duplicate Gary Ginn filing). Write-ins skipped (Thomas Michael Murphy, Robert Quigley, Gary Roland). The lists print P.O. boxes and personal emails — not copied; only campaign-domain emails kept.
- 2026 LFUCG races are NONPARTISAN ('Nonpartisan' on the SoS list; 'COUNTY OFFICES (non-partisan)' on the Clerk's ballot). The Mayor and the three at-large members (top vote-getter becomes Vice Mayor) serve four-year terms and the 12 district members two-year terms (LFUCG councilmembers page), so the whole council and the mayoralty are on this ballot. Mayor: Linda Gorton (incumbent) vs Raquel E. Carter. Not running again: Chuck Ellinger II (at-large), Tom Eblen (3), Liz Sheehan (5), Lisa Higgins-Hord (6, appointed Aug 2025 after Denise Gray stepped down), Dave Sevigny (10), Jennifer Reynolds (11). Next LFUCG election: November 2028 (district seats); Mayor and at-large November 2030. LFUCG Charter Amendments 1-3 (council salary from 2031; attendance/accountability rules; lottery-selected charter review) are also on the ballot.
- Sitting officeholders: Mayor and council from lexingtonky.gov (Councilmembers page; About Mayor Linda Gorton), official @lexingtonky.gov emails kept, office phones not copied. County officers, Commonwealth's Attorney and Circuit Court Clerk from the Fayette County Clerk's 'Elected Officials, August 2025' PDF (it prints office street addresses and phones — none copied); a change after Aug 2025 would not show there, but the clerk (Susan Lamb) and sheriff (Kathy H. Witt) are confirmed on the clerk's live Board of Elections page. County Commissioners, Magistrates, Constables, school board and judges are district/judicial offices and not recorded.
- Federal: Barr (KY-6) from house.gov/representatives; Senators McConnell and Paul from the CC0 @unitedstates legislators-current.json (senate.gov not used — known HTTP 403); all three also on the Clerk's officials list. U.S. Senate 2026: Andy Barr (R), Charles Booker (D), Christopher Campbell (Kentucky Party). KY-6: Ralph Alvarado (R), Zach Dembo (D), Jay J Bowman (Independent), Pete Lynch (Kentucky Party). No federal photos linked.
- State: Governor Andy Beshear (governor.ky.gov; party from the SoS 2023 results; next election Nov 2027). SD-13 Reginald L. Thomas (not up) and HD-77 George Brown Jr. (running vs Jason Griffith, R) from legislature.ky.gov profiles; @kylegislature.gov emails kept, headshots linked not copied.
- Photos: LFUCG photos NOT linked — lexingtonky.gov's Copyright policy forbids reusing, copying or framing its photographs on another website without written permission, and the photo host content.lexingtonky.gov is robots 'Disallow: /'. lexingtonky.gov text is likewise 'property of the City/LFUCG' — single facts only.
- counts: elected = sitting officeholders recorded (incl. those running); running = everyone on the 2026-11-03 printed ballot recorded (incl. incumbents); unopposed = only printed candidate for the seat: council Districts 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12 and Judge/Executive, County Attorney, County Clerk, Sheriff, PVA, Coroner.
- Robots/terms: web.sos.ky.gov (robots.txt 404 — no rules; ASP.NET form posted with the page's own view state, no login/CAPTCHA); legislature.ky.gov, governor.ky.gov, elect.ky.gov (robots disallow only SharePoint system paths); www.lexingtonky.gov (allows these pages; disallows /sites/ and *.pdf — none fetched); content.lexingtonky.gov (Disallow: / — not fetched); fayettekyclerk.gov (allows; Content-signal ai-train=no — not training); dt4647cgvo9o2.cloudfront.net, the clerk's WordPress media host, returns S3 'AccessDenied' (403) for /robots.txt — read as a missing file, not a rule, and three PDFs linked from fayettekyclerk.gov were fetched there; house.gov (allows /representatives); unitedstates.github.io (CC0); geocoding.geo.census.gov (robots 404). tigerweb.geo.census.gov rejected the request ('Request Rejected') at robots.txt — not used. The State Board's 2022 Fayette general recap PDF is a scanned image with no text layer — not used. standsFor null for everyone (no candidate statements read).
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-22. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.
- Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government — Councilmembers page; also the Fayette County Clerk's Elected Officials list (Aug 2025) 15
- Kentucky Secretary of State — County Candidate Filings, 2026 General Election, Fayette, City Legislative Body 15
- Fayette County Clerk — Elected Officials, August 2025; candidacy from Kentucky Secretary of State — County Candidate Filings, 2026 General Election, Fayette 6
- Kentucky Secretary of State — Candidate Filings, 2026 General Election, US Representative 4
- Fayette County Clerk — Elected Officials, August 2025 3
- Kentucky Secretary of State — Candidate Filings, 2026 General Election, US Senator 2
- Office of the Governor of Kentucky — Governor Andy Beshear 1
- @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); also on the Fayette County Clerk's Elected Officials list (Aug 2025) 1
- @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json) 1
- Kentucky General Assembly — Senator Reginald L. Thomas (D), District 13, Fayette (Part) 1
- U.S. House of Representatives — Directory of Representatives (Kentucky); candidacy from Kentucky Secretary of State — Candidate Filings, 2026 General Election, US Senator 1
- Kentucky General Assembly — Representative George Brown Jr. (D), District 77, Fayette (Part); candidacy from Kentucky Secretary of State — Candidate Filings, 2026 General Election, State Representative 1
- Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government — Mayor's Office / About Mayor Linda Gorton 1
- Kentucky Secretary of State — Candidate Filings, 2026 General Election, State Representative 1
- Kentucky Secretary of State — County Candidate Filings, 2026 General Election, Fayette, Mayor 1