2026 Kentucky General Election

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Maria is the mayor of Shively City. She works in the Shively City government, where she has been for 11 years.

Mayor - City Of Shively

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Kentucky election results 2022: Jefferson County | The Courier-Journal

Maria Johnson has worked in the Shively City government, where she has been for 11 years.

Maria Johnson is currently the mayor of Shively City. She was first elected in 2022 and is serving her first term.

As of August 12, 2026, Maria Johnson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

For Candidate Maria Johnson on Issue public-safety:  
Aims to focus on making neighborhoods safer, communicating with residents, and funding public infrastructure.

Aims to focus on making neighborhoods safer, communicating with residents, and funding public infrastructure.

- Aims to focus on making neighborhoods safer, communicating with residents, and funding public infrastructure.

For Candidate Maria Johnson on Issue Public Services: Ordered the removal of the Shively Community Garden due to complaints about overgrown weeds, citing a violation of the city’s property maintenance code.

Ordered the removal of the Shively Community Garden due to complaints about overgrown weeds, citing a violation of the city’s property maintenance code.

- Ordered the removal of the Shively Community Garden due to complaints about overgrown weeds, citing a violation of the city’s property maintenance code.

Supports economic development and local business growth to ensure thriving businesses.

Focuses on sustainable growth to improve the quality of life while protecting the city's future.

- Supports economic development and local business growth to ensure thriving businesses.
- Focuses on sustainable growth to improve the quality of life while protecting the city's future.

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- The duties of the mayor depend on the type of government within the city, 
- If the city has a mayor-council form of government, the mayor is responsible for the executive and administrative functions of the government. They oversee all city departments, but cannot vote in most council matters. 
- If the city has a mayor-aldermen form of government, the mayor is responsible for executing and enforcing local and state laws. The mayor may appoint city officials with approval from the aldermen. 
- If the city has a mayor-commission form of government, the mayor presides over the city commissioners and can vote within the commission. The mayor is responsible for executing all decisions reached by the commission. 
- If the city has a city manager form of government, the mayor presides over the city commissioners and can vote within the commission. The mayor is recognized as the head of the city department but does not have any regular administrative duties. 
- City mayors are elected during general elections for a four-year term. Most cities in Kentucky hold nonpartisan elections for mayor. 

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