2018 Louisville mayoral election
5th election of Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
The 2018 Louisville mayoral election was the fifth quadrennial Louisville Metro mayoral election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. The Democratic candidate, incumbent mayor and businessman Greg Fischer, was elected to his third and final term. He defeated the Republican candidate, engineer and former Louisville Metro Councilwoman Angela Leet.
As the incumbent mayor, Fischer secured his party's nomination with little resistance. Despite the presence of five total candidates on the Democratic primary ballot, Fischer won the primary with a resounding 75% of the vote. The Republicans experienced a slightly more competitive primary, despite having only two candidates total. Leet clinched her party's nomination in May, defeating Bob DeVore, the Republican nominee for Mayor of Louisville in 2014.
Fischer and Leet were challenged in the general election ballot by a total of seven nonpartisan and independent candidates. Nine total candidates appeared on the 2018 general election ballot. Despite having participated in previous mayoral elections and having a presence in Louisville, the Green and Libertarian parties did not field candidates in the 2018 race.
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