Linda Gorton

Joined community and health partners at Fire Station 1 to support Cardiac Crusade’s volunteer AED-mapping effort. Explained the importance of quick access to defibrillators during cardiac arrest.

October 5, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: lexingtonky.gov

Published support for the American Heart Association and Lexington firefighters’ Hands-Only CPR teaching effort. Urged more residents to learn and practice the lifesaving skill.

June 2, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: lexingtonky.gov

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

Testified before Kentucky’s Housing Task Force. Recommended state revolving-loan investment, affordable-housing tax credits and land banks. Also recommended changes to state law to expedite housing construction.

August 26, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: apps.legislature.ky.gov

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

Published support for Lexington’s lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia. It alleged inadequate anti-theft technology. She connected vehicle theft to reckless driving and emergency-response costs. The city sought monetary and injunctive relief.

July 23, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: lexingtonky.gov

Explained reservations about Group Violence Intervention in a public reply to B.U.I.L.D. Cited possible targeting of Black men and harm to police-community trust. Endorsed community-focused policing and other violence-prevention work.

March 15, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: lex18.com

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

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

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

Testified before Kentucky’s Housing Task Force. Recommended state revolving-loan investment, affordable-housing tax credits and land banks. Also recommended changes to state law to expedite housing construction.

August 26, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: apps.legislature.ky.gov

Published an appeal for food and monetary donations to Lexington’s Big Give with God’s Pantry Food Bank. The appeal supported families facing food insecurity. It renewed the drive she launched in 2025.

October 1, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: lexingtonky.gov

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

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

Joined Lexington Jewish and Muslim/Palestinian leaders in a signed statement rejecting extremist attacks on their communities. Affirmed the safety and dignity of Lexington residents.

December 12, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: lexingtonky.gov

Explained reservations about Group Violence Intervention in a public reply to B.U.I.L.D. Cited possible targeting of Black men and harm to police-community trust. Endorsed community-focused policing and other violence-prevention work.

March 15, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: lex18.com

Backed Lexington’s PSC complaint about Kentucky American Water’s construction delays, road disruption and costs in a published statement. The PSC rejected the complaint as pleaded on October 12. It allowed 20 days from service to amend. It ordered no audit and made no cost-recovery determination.

August 28, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: lexingtonky.gov

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

Received the Herald-Leader editorial board’s shared endorsement with Raquel Carter for Lexington’s 2026 mayoral primary, as announced in its May 12 editorial.

May 12, 2026

Source: kentucky.com

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

Testified before Kentucky’s Agriculture Committee as Board President of Bluegrass AgTech Development Corporation. Described its public-private initiative. Explained that funds raised for Fayette County stayed local, while Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund support served statewide projects.

September 18, 2025

Source: apps.legislature.ky.gov

Delivered comments to Kentucky’s PSC opposing East Kentucky Power’s proposed solar site on Fayette County prime farmland. Supported solar at other locations, including possible use of the Haley Pike landfill. Requested consideration of Lexington’s position.

October 29, 2024

Source: psc.ky.gov

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

Chaired Lexington’s City Employees Pension Fund Board. The city’s register lists her chair role for a term starting January 7, 2019.

January 7, 2019

Source: lfucg.granicus.com

Served as co-chair of the Arboretum Advisory Board. The city’s appointment register lists that role with her January 14, 2016, term.

January 14, 2016

Source: lfucg.granicus.com

Served as vice-chair of the Carnegie Center for Literacy’s board. The city lists that role with her August 27, 2015, board term.

August 27, 2015

Source: lfucg.granicus.com

Served as co-chair of the Town and Gown Commission, which connected the university and nearby neighborhoods. A university biography published April 13, 2015, described this past service.

April 13, 2015

Source: uknow.uky.edu

Received the University of Kentucky’s Citizen Sullivan Medallion at its annual Honors and Recognition Awards ceremony.

April 13, 2015

Source: uknow.uky.edu

Volunteered with doctors and nurses at Fort Benning in 1975, giving Operation Babylift children physical exams before adoption. A University of Kentucky biography published April 13, 2015, described this service.

April 13, 2015

Source: uknow.uky.edu

Served as Lexington vice mayor and vice-president of the city’s Public Facilities Corporation. The city’s statement dated June 3, 2011, listed both roles.

June 3, 2011

Source: i-dealprospectus.com

Chaired Lexington’s Council Planning Committee while serving as an at-large council member. A city staff email dated July 17, 2007, confirmed those roles.

July 17, 2007

Source: psc.ky.gov