Editing Lexington, Kentucky (section)

===Mayor===
Lexington-Fayette elects a mayor on a nonpartisan basis every four years.<ref name="City of Lexington-2">{{Cite web |title=Elected officials |url=https://www.lexingtonky.gov/elected-officials |access-date=September 3, 2023 |website=City of Lexington |language=en |archive-date=September 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903012235/https://www.lexingtonky.gov/elected-officials |url-status=live }}</ref> The current mayor, Linda Gorton, is a registered Republican<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kapos |first=Shia |date=December 8, 2021 |title=It's Kentucky straight in Lexington City Hall |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/08/linda-gorton-kentucky-politics-523875 |access-date=September 3, 2023 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> and is in her second term. She defeated former councilmember David Kloiber in the November 2022 General Election by a 71% to 14% margin.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2022 |title=Results: Mayor Linda Gorton defeats David Kloiber in Lexington, Kentucky's mayoral election |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mayor-linda-gorton-faces-off-013956514.html |access-date=September 3, 2023 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US |archive-date=September 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903012239/https://sports.yahoo.com/mayor-linda-gorton-faces-off-013956514.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Gorton, 75, is eligible to run for one additional term in 2026. The mayor may serve up to three consecutive terms.<ref name="City of Lexington-2" />