Craig Greenberg

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Reelected in November 2026

Gretchen Hunt, who led Louisville Metro's Office for Women since 2022, left the agency on Nov. 5. She announced the departure on Facebook five days later, after Mayor Craig Greenberg was reelected.

Updated 7 hours ago

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Won second term; county results are final and state certification is scheduled for Nov. 10

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg won a second four-year term with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Metro Council Member Shameka Parrish-Wright in the city's first nonpartisan mayoral general election. Final county totals showed Greenberg with more than 130,000 votes to nearly 97,000 for Parrish-Wright, plus about 11,000 write-ins.

Updated 2 days ago

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Reelected to a second term

Louisville's Metro Council keeps its one-vote split. Democrats won 13 seats in Tuesday's election and Republicans won 12, with the council's lone independent, Paula McCraney, holding the District 7 seat Republicans had targeted.

Updated 3 days ago

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Won a second term in the nonpartisan mayoral race on November 3, 2026

More than 225,000 Jefferson County voters had cast ballots by 3:45 p.m. on Election Day, about 38% of the county's registered voters, the Jefferson County Clerk's Office said. Polls closed at 6 p.m. in Kentucky and Indiana.

Updated 4 days ago

Built World

Announced the start of garage construction beneath the Belvedere on Oct. 29, 2026, and the $5 million Brown Foundation grant on Sept. 2, 2026

Crews began work Oct. 29, 2026, on the first floor of the Riverfront Parking Garage beneath the Belvedere. The rest of the garage stays open. The plaza closes after the 2027 Thunder Over Louisville and Kentucky Derby celebrations.

Updated Nov 2

Rule Changes

Announced the campaign alongside the city health department

Louisville launched its youth anti-vaping campaign, 'Louder Than Smoke,' on October 27. It runs ads on TikTok and Instagram and on Transit Authority of River City (TARC) buses. The health department built the messages with teen input and with the help of C2 Strategic Communications and Western Kentucky University's Imagewest student design agency.

Updated Nov 1

New Capabilities

Announced the pilot program

When a Louisville Metro officer responds to a mental health crisis call, a licensed psychologist can now watch the body camera feed live and suggest how to read the situation. The program is part of the Advanced Crisis Team, which launched Sept. 1 and has expanded to day shifts in other divisions.

Updated Nov 1

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Incumbent; urged residents to vote and said they need not talk to anyone about their vote.

Federal election monitors worked Kentucky's Nov. 3 election from outside a 100-foot boundary at polling places in Louisville and Lexington, after local and state officials refused them entry. Jefferson County Clerk David Yates said about a dozen Justice Department employees were expected in Louisville as civil monitors, not law enforcement. His office told the DOJ that Kentucky law did not authorize routine federal monitoring inside polls.

Updated Nov 1