Mayoral Elections in Kentucky: 2010-2014

REPORT : Apr. 4, 2016 ELECTIONS | GOVERNANCE

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This report looks at local elections in Kentucky, including how often mayoral races go unopposed or feature an incumbent.

Under Kentucky law, each of the state’s 425 cities must have a directly elected mayor.  But this analysis shows that 57.6 percent of mayoral races there went unopposed. Unopposed elections are especially prevalent in the suburban communities of the Louisville metro, where 85 percent of mayoral elections in that area are unopposed. 

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