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12 Republican2 Independent53 Unknown affiliation 60 Democratic12 Republican2 Independent53 Unknown affiliation Linda Gorton (Republican) has been Mayor of Lexington since 6 Jan 2019. In Aug 2026 the unemployment rate was 3.6% of the labour force, 0.6 percentage points higher than when Linda Gorton took office in January 2019; Kentucky's moved +0.5 percentage points over the same months. On the fall in homelessness Lexington is 18th of the 59 cities, on pay growth 91st of 116. The violent crime rate moved −96 per 100,000 in Lexington against −28 per 100,000 for Kentucky. Typical home value is up 68.2% since day zero (6.9% a year).
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