Linda Gorton

Linda Gorton
Linda Gorton
Mayor of Lexington
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 6, 2019
Preceded by	Jim Gray
Personal details
Born	1948 (age 75–76)
Political party	Republican
Education	University of Kentucky (BS)

Linda Gorton is an American politician currently serving as the mayor of Lexington, Kentucky.^[1] Gorton previously spent 4 years as vice mayor and 16 more on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council, becoming the longest-serving member of that council. She is also a registered nurse.^[2] Gorton was elected mayor in 2018 in a nonpartisan election. She was re-elected in 2022.

Electoral history

Lexington mayoral election 2018, first round results^[3]
Candidate	Votes	%
Linda Gorton	23,200	42%
Ronnie Bastin	14,207	26%
Teresa A. Isaac	8,845	16%
Kevin O. Stinnett	7,866	14%
Ike Lawrence	847	2%
William Weyman	326	1%
Skip Horine	315	1%
Total votes	55,606

Lexington mayoral election 2018, runoff results^[4]
Candidate	Votes	%
Linda Gorton	67,480	63%
Ronnie Bastin	40,365	37%
Bryan Garten (write-in)	9	0%
Caroll Montague Price Jr. (write-in)	8	0%
Will McGinnis (write-in)	4	0%
Total votes	107,866

Lexington mayoral election 2022, first round results^[5]
Candidate	Votes	%
Linda Gorton	32,664	71%
David Kloiber	6,436	14%
Adrian Wallace	6,022	13%
William Weyman	830	1%
Total votes	45,952

Lexington mayoral election 2022, second round results^[6]
Candidate	Votes	%
Linda Gorton	67,083	71%
David Kloiber	27,360	29%
Total votes	94,443

Gorton

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Tie

50%

References

^ Kapos, Shia (December 8, 2021). "It's Kentucky Straight in Lexington City Hall". Politico. Retrieved December 8, 2021. Mayor Linda Gorton is a registered Republican.
^ Musgrave, Beth (January 6, 2019). ""Let's dream big Lexington." In first speech Mayor Linda Gorton pledges to focus on jobs, opioids". Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
^ "TABULATED & PREPARED BY THE FAYETTE COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE DONALD W. BLEVINS JR, CLERK MAY 22, 2018 TOTAL RECAP OF VOTES - MAY 22, 2018 PRIMARY ELECTION FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY". Fayette County Clerk. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
^ "TOTAL RECAP OF VOTES - NOVEMBER 6, 2018 GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 6, 2018 FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY". Fayette County Clerk. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
^ "Mayoral election in Lexington, Kentucky (2022)".
^ "Mayoral election in Lexington, Kentucky (2022)".

Political offices
Preceded by Jim Gray	Mayor of Lexington 2019–present	Incumbent

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[1] Kapos, Shia (December 8, 2021). "It's Kentucky Straight in Lexington City Hall". Politico. Retrieved December 8, 2021. Mayor Linda Gorton is a registered Republican.

[2] Musgrave, Beth (January 6, 2019). ""Let's dream big Lexington." In first speech Mayor Linda Gorton pledges to focus on jobs, opioids". Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved 29 January 2019.

[results-3] "TABULATED & PREPARED BY THE FAYETTE COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE DONALD W. BLEVINS JR, CLERK MAY 22, 2018 TOTAL RECAP OF VOTES - MAY 22, 2018 PRIMARY ELECTION FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY". Fayette County Clerk. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

[results2-4] "TOTAL RECAP OF VOTES - NOVEMBER 6, 2018 GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 6, 2018 FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY". Fayette County Clerk. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

[5] "Mayoral election in Lexington, Kentucky (2022)".

[6] "Mayoral election in Lexington, Kentucky (2022)".

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