2026 Kentucky Primary Election

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Shayla is from Hopkinsville, Kentucky. She attended Hopkinsville High School. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and government from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, and a Juris Doctorate degree in law from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. She attends her local church.

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Council District 2, Shayla Lynch, J.D. | City of Lexington, Kentucky

Shayla Lynch is from Hopkinsville, Kentucky. She attended Hopkinsville High School. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and government from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, and a Juris Doctorate degree in law from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. She attends her local church.

Shayla is the Executive Director of Ampersand Sexual Violence Resource Center of the Bluegrass. She works at Ampersand, where she leads a team of staff and advocates to provide services to survivors of sexual violence and their families across seventeen Kentucky counties. She previously served as the Executive Director of the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning and spent 15 years at the Lexington Fair Housing Council, where she fought for housing equality by advocating for victims of discrimination and educating the public about fair housing laws.

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Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxes

Supports the inclusion of affordable housing in expansion areas.

Focuses on protecting legacy residents from being priced out of their neighborhoods, specifically fighting to weave equity language directly into the city's Comprehensive Plan to guide future zoning and development.

Successfully advocated for the need of source of income housing protections in Lexington.

- Supports the inclusion of affordable housing in expansion areas.
- Focuses on protecting legacy residents from being priced out of their neighborhoods, specifically fighting to weave equity language directly into the city's Comprehensive Plan to guide future zoning and development.
- Successfully advocated for the need of source of income housing protections in Lexington.

Housing & Urban Development

Proposed establishing a Tenant Advisory Group and a Landlord Advisory Group to provide feedback to the Housing Advocacy and Community Development Department.

Advocated for ending hair discrimination in the workplace by sponsoring the C.R.O.W.N. Act ordinance in Lexington.

- Proposed establishing a Tenant Advisory Group and a Landlord Advisory Group to provide feedback to the Housing Advocacy and Community Development Department.
- Advocated for ending hair discrimination in the workplace by sponsoring the C.R.O.W.N. Act ordinance in Lexington.

Public Services

Public Safety

Supports entrepreneurs and small businesses.

- Supports entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Economy

Advocates for positive youth engagement and partnering with the schools

- Advocates for positive youth engagement and partnering with the schools

Education

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Shayla Lynch

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- Urban county council members make up the legislative body of the Lexington-Fayette County government and are responsible for the public's health, safety, and welfare. Its legislative duties include enacting ordinances, levying taxes, and adopting a budget. 
- The city council has the authority to investigate all activities of the city government and its employees. 
- The urban county council has 12 district council members and three at-large council members. 
- Council members voted to represent a single district serve two-year terms and those voted at-large serve four-year terms. Elections take place in even-numbered years. 

Passes laws and regulations for your urban county.

Lexington Urban County Council Member, District 2

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