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Endorsements for New Nonpartisan Mayor and Metro Council Races and All Democratic Candidates
New Nonpartisan Metro Council and Mayor Elections and How You Can Prepare
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Be Prepared for the New Nonpartisan Mayor
and Metro Council Races Changes
Downloadable Flier about the new Nonpartisan Elections
Early Primary Voting
May 14, 15, 16
8am-6pm
All Jefferson County Registered voters can vote at ANY of the early voting locations
Americana World Community Center
4801 Southside Drive, 40214
The Arterburn
310 Ten Pin Ln., 40207
Berrytown Recreation Center
1300 Heafer Rd., 40223
Cyril Allgeier Community Center
4101 Cadillac Ct., 40213
Epiphany United Methodist Church
7032 Southside Dr., 40214
Goodwill Opportunity Campus - Broadway
2820 W. Broadway, 40211
Goodwill Opportunity Campus - Preston
6201 Preston Hwy., 40219
The Heritage - Shively Park
1901 Park Rd., 40216
Immanuel United Church of Christ
2300 Taylorsville Rd., 40205
The Jeffersonian
10617 Taylorsville Rd., 40299
Jefferson County Clerk's Office - Downtown Branch
200 S. Fifth St. Suite 228 First Trust Centre, 40202
Jefferson County Clerk's Office - East Branch
12312 - A Shelbyville Rd., 40243
Jefferson County Clerk's Office - Fairdale Branch
10616 W. Manslick Rd., 40118
Jefferson County Clerk's Office - West Branch-French Plaza
228 Amy Ave., 40212
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage
1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd., 40203
Lyndon Elks Lodge #2052
904 Ormsby Ln.,40242
New Zion Baptist Church
1501 Louis Coleman Jr. Dr., 40211
Old Forester's Paristown Hall
724 Brent St., 40204
St. Andrew United Church of Christ
2608 Browns Ln., 40220
Sts. Simon and Jude Catholic Church
4335 Hazelwood Dr., 40215
Sun Valley Community Center
6505 Bethany Ln., 40272
Teamster's Local Union #783
7711 Beulah Church Rd., 40228
Triple Crown Pavilion
1780 Plantside Dr., 40299
U of L Shelby Campus - Founders Union Bldg. Rm. 218
450 N.Whittington Pkwy., 40222
Excused In-person Absentee Voting
May 6, 7, 8, and 11, 12, 13
If you are not able to vote on the 3 days of early voting or on Election Day— there are multiple eligible reasons — there is also excused early voting at the Election Center at
Jefferson County Election Center
1000 E. Liberty St.
Louisville, KY 40204
8:30am-4:30pm
Read more here if you are eligible.
(You almost definitely are, and it is super easy to do!)
Primary Election Day Tuesday May 19th
6am-6pm
Where to vote on Primary Election Day
Find your polling location
Remember: you MUST go to your regular, neighborhood polling place on Election Day— the 24 early voting locations will NOT be operating as all access voting centers
on Election Day .
Endorsements and Democratic Candidates
Our Executive Committee has voted to endorse in the new nonpartisan races for Mayor and Metro Council. For an endorsement to occur, the candidate must win 60% of the Committee’s vote.
For a more in-depth view on why we have decided to endorse in the nonpartisan mayoral and metro council elections, and more details on the process
read more HERE
Endorsed Candidates for Nonpartisan
Mayor and Metro Council Races
Democratic Candidates - Metro Council
Candidates with asterisks are endorsed by the Louisville Democratic Party
Metro Council District 1
Tammy Hawkins * website
JaRee Gardner
Metro Council District 3
Metro Council District 5
Aprile Hearn * website
Dave Duncan
Ray "Sir Friendly" Barker
Betty Bailey
Donna Purvis
Metro Council District 9
Note: District 9 has 4 Democratic candidates only. No endorsement was made as none received more than 60% of the Executive Committee’s vote which is required to make an endorsement. Read more about our endorsement process
Metro Council District 15
Jennifer Chappell * website
Metro Council District 17
Markus Winkler * website
Merideth Booth
Metro Council District 21
Metro Council District 23
Ainsley Jones*
Federal Democratic Candidates for Jefferson County
U.S. Senate
Joshua Blanton
Charles Booker
Logan Forsythe
Amy McGrath
Dale Romans
Pamela Stevenson
Vincent Thompson
Kentucky Congressional District 3
Morgan McGarvey
Kentucky Congressional District 2
William Compton
David Hatfield
Hank Linderman
Megan Wingfield
Jefferson County Democratic Candidates
Property Valuation Administrator P.V.A
Colleen Younger
Jefferson County Judge Executive
Queenie Averette
Jefferson County Attorney
Sarah Martin
Karl Price
Jefferson County Clerk
Rosalind “Roz” Welch
David Yates
Jefferson County Sheriff
Richard Breen
Steve Healey
Stephen Yancey
Kentucky State Senate
Democratic Candidates for Jefferson County
Senate District 6
Christian Furman
Chaz Stoess
Senate District 10
Christopher Gatrost
Senate District 26
Karen Berg
Senate District 36
Sarah Cole McIntosh
Luke Whitehead
Kentucky State House
Democratic Candidates for Jefferson County
House District 28
Almaria Baker
House District 29
Cassie Blausey
House District 30
Cassie Lyles
Max Morley
Mitra Subedi
**Daniel Grossberg is on the ballot in HD 30, but
he is not allowed to attend Louisville Democratic Party events
House District 31
Tim Hall
House District 32
Tina Bojanowski
House District 33
Jennifer Hardin
Tarah LeBlanc
House District 34
Sarah Stalker
House District 35
Lisa Willner
House District 36
William Zorn
House District 38
Rachel Roarx
House District 40
Patrick Dunegan
Nima Kulkarni
House District 41
Mary Lou Marzian
House District 42
Joshua Watkins
House District 43
Robert Bell
Joi McAtee
House District 44
Beverly Chester-Burton
Kenya Wade
Jesten Slaw
House District 46
Al Gentry
House District 48
Nathan Bellows
Suhas Kulkarni