Linda Gorton
KY · Mayor of Lexington
Incumbent Mayor of Lexington-Fayette Urban County (since 2019), seeking a third term in the 2026 nonpartisan election. A registered Republican and former longtime council member and nurse.
Where Linda Gorton stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Housing Affordability (3 records), Social Programs and Welfare (2 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Proposed a $539.2 million general fund budget for Lexington's 2025-26 year with no new taxes. It added an encampment coordinator to the city's homelessness office and $60,000 to widen the city's panhandling outreach program.
April 15, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wtvq.com · researched August 22, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Proposed an $847 million city budget for 2026-27, with a $546 million general fund and no tax increase. It creates only three new positions, the fewest since 2021. It puts $5.1 million into snow and ice response after criticism of the city's handling of a severe winter, and $2.6 million into police technology including expanded real-time cameras and new Tasers. It also sets aside $2.2 million for supportive housing and treatment, $400,000 for eviction prevention and $2 million for opioid abatement grants.
April 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lexingtonky.news · researched August 7, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 3 support
Announced that Lexington's Affordable Housing Fund has drawn nearly half a billion dollars in private investment and subsidy money since it began in 2014, and that the city has put $53 million of its own money into affordable housing over the same period.
April 21, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lexingtonky.news · researched July 15, 2026
Proposed an $847 million city budget for 2026-27, with a $546 million general fund and no tax increase. It creates only three new positions, the fewest since 2021. It puts $5.1 million into snow and ice response after criticism of the city's handling of a severe winter, and $2.6 million into police technology including expanded real-time cameras and new Tasers. It also sets aside $2.2 million for supportive housing and treatment, $400,000 for eviction prevention and $2 million for opioid abatement grants.
April 14, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lexingtonky.news · researched August 7, 2026
Created a Mayor's Task Force on Homelessness and asked it to review the city's emergency shelter system and recommend next steps.
November 7, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lexingtonky.gov · researched August 22, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Proposed an $847 million city budget for 2026-27, with a $546 million general fund and no tax increase. It creates only three new positions, the fewest since 2021. It puts $5.1 million into snow and ice response after criticism of the city's handling of a severe winter, and $2.6 million into police technology including expanded real-time cameras and new Tasers. It also sets aside $2.2 million for supportive housing and treatment, $400,000 for eviction prevention and $2 million for opioid abatement grants.
April 14, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: lexingtonky.news · researched August 7, 2026
Proposed a $539.2 million general fund budget for Lexington's 2025-26 year with no new taxes. It added an encampment coordinator to the city's homelessness office and $60,000 to widen the city's panhandling outreach program.
April 15, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: wtvq.com · researched August 22, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Proposed an $847 million city budget for 2026-27, with a $546 million general fund and no tax increase. It creates only three new positions, the fewest since 2021. It puts $5.1 million into snow and ice response after criticism of the city's handling of a severe winter, and $2.6 million into police technology including expanded real-time cameras and new Tasers. It also sets aside $2.2 million for supportive housing and treatment, $400,000 for eviction prevention and $2 million for opioid abatement grants.
April 14, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: lexingtonky.news · researched August 7, 2026
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Announced that Lexington's Affordable Housing Fund has drawn nearly half a billion dollars in private investment and subsidy money since it began in 2014, and that the city has put $53 million of its own money into affordable housing over the same period.
April 21, 2026
Source: lexingtonky.news · researched July 15, 2026
Won a second term as mayor of Lexington with 71 percent of the vote, having led the city through the pandemic as a registered nurse and served longer continuously on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council than any other member.
November 8, 2022
Source: lexingtonky.gov · researched August 7, 2026
Race Linda Gorton is in:
- Mayor · November 3, 2026 · Lexington-Fayette urban county, Kentucky · incumbent
Profile last researched July 15, 2026.