Louisville mayoral election, 2010 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2010 mayoral election in Louisville Metro
Government of Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville Metro is governed by an executive dubbed the Metro Mayor as well as a city legislature dubbed the Metro Council. The second and current Metro Mayor is Greg Fischer , who entered office on January 3, 2011...

took place on November 2, 2010 alongside other federal, state and local elections.

Incumbent

Incumbent

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Mayor Jerry Abramson was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2006, after being elected to his first term with 74% of the vote in 2002. He announced his intention to not to run for a third consecutive term, and instead run for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky

Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky

The office of lieutenant governor of Kentucky has existed under the last three of Kentucky's four constitutions, beginning in 1797. The lieutenant governor serves as governor of Kentucky under circumstances similar to the Vice President of the United States assuming the powers of the presidency...

in 2011, with Governor Steve Beshear

Steve Beshear

Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshear is an American politician who is the 61st Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A Democrat, Beshear previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974 to 1979, was the state's Attorney General from 1980 to 1983, and was Lieutenant Governor from...

as his running mate.

Primaries for each respective party were held on May 18, 2010 with Greg Fischer

Greg Fischer

Gregory E. Fischer is a businessman and Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky. He is a graduate of Louisville's Trinity High School and Vanderbilt University, entrepreneur, and community leader....

receiving the Democratic nomination and Hal Heiner receiving the Republican nomination. On November 2, Greg Fischer was elected Mayor of Louisville in a tight race.

Mayor Abramson stepping down

After three consecutive terms as mayor of the city of Louisville

Government of Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville Metro is governed by an executive dubbed the Metro Mayor as well as a city legislature dubbed the Metro Council. The second and current Metro Mayor is Greg Fischer , who entered office on January 3, 2011...

from 1985 to 1999, followed by two consecutive terms as the mayor of Louisville Metro from 2003 to 2011, Mayor Jerry Abramson will be stepping down to run for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky

Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky

in 2011.

Candidates

Filed

Tyler Allen, businessman and co-founder of 8664.org
8664.org
8664 is a grassroots campaign located in Louisville, Kentucky. Its stated mission is "to advocate for the revitalization of Louisville through the removal of Interstate 64 along the riverfront and the adoption of a transportation plan that will provide long-term benefits to the region's...
Burrel Charles Farnsley, son of former Mayor Charles R. Farnsley
Charles R. Farnsley
Charles Rowland Peaslee "Charlie" Farnsley , a Democrat, served as mayor of Louisville, Kentucky and as a member of the United States House of Representatives....
Greg Fischer
Greg Fischer
Gregory E. Fischer is a businessman and Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky. He is a graduate of Louisville's Trinity High School and Vanderbilt University, entrepreneur, and community leader....

, businessman and 2008 primary candidate for the U.S. Senate
United States Senate
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in Kentucky
Jim King, banker, and member and former President of the Louisville Metro Council (2008–2009)
Connie Marshall, community activist
Lisa Moxley, former Communications Director for Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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's 2008 Presidential campaign
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...

in Kentucky
David Tandy
David W. Tandy
David Warren Tandy is an American Democratic Party politician in Louisville, Kentucky, who represents Louisville Metro's District 4. Councilman Tandy has held this position since 2005, when the Louisville Metro Council selected him to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Willie Bright...

, attorney and former Louisville Metro Council President (2009–2010)
Shannon White, founder of the Kentucky chapter of Dress for Success
Nancy Lublin
Nancy Lublin currently lives in New York City working as the CEO of Do Something Inc. and was the creator of Dress for Success. She is currently married with two children.-Career:...

, and finance director for 3rd District
Kentucky's 3rd congressional district
Kentucky's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky encompassing nearly the whole city of Louisville, which, since the merger of 2003, is contiguous with Jefferson County...

Congressman
United States Congress
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John Yarmuth
John Yarmuth
John Yarmuth is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.- Early life, education and career :...

Polling

Poll Source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of Error	Tyler Allen	Burrel Farnsley	Greg Fischer	Jim King	Connie Marshall	Lisa Moxley	David Tandy	Shannon White	Unde- cided
Survey USA (report)	May 10–12, 2010	735	± 3.7%	7%	2%	42%	21%	2%	1%	13%	2%	11%
Survey USA (report)	April 9–12, 2010	672	± 3.9%	7%	2%	31%	13%	2%	2%	16%	4%	23%
Survey USA (report)	March 8–11, 2010	656	± 3.9%	8%	4%	20%	12%	2%	3%	17%	2%	32%

Primary results

Candidates

Filed

Hal Heiner, businessman and member of the Louisville Metro Council
Louisville Metro Council
The Louisville Metro Council is the city legislature of Louisville, Kentucky . It was formally established in January 2003 upon the merger of the former City of Louisville with Jefferson County and replaced the city's Board of Aldermen and the county's Fiscal Court .The Metro Council consists of...
Jonathan Robertson, small business owner
Chris Thieneman
Chris Thieneman
Chris Thieneman is a real estate developer and former mayoral candidate for the city of Louisville. Currently, he serves as the President and CEO of Thieneman Real Estate and Thieneman Multi-Family properties....

, businessman and 2008 primary candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

in Kentucky's 3rd District
Kentucky's 3rd congressional district
Kentucky's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky encompassing nearly the whole city of Louisville, which, since the merger of 2003, is contiguous with Jefferson County...

Polling

Poll Source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of Error	Hal Heiner	Jonathan Robertson	Chris Thieneman	Unde- cided
Survey USA (report)	May 10–12, 2010	446	± 4.6%	63%	1%	25%	10%
Survey USA (report)	April 9–12, 2010	482	± 4.6%	42%	9%	25%	24%
Survey USA (report)	March 8–11, 2010	449	± 4.7%	30%	6%	34%	30%

Primary results

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of Error	Nimbus Couzin (I)	Greg Fischer (D)	Jackie Green (I)	Hal Heiner (R)	Jerry Mills (I)	Unde- cided
Survey USA (report)	September 23–26, 2010	596	±4.1%	0%	48%	3%	42%	1%	6%
Survey USA (report)	August 27–30, 2010	618	±4.0%	0%	47%	2%	45%	1%	5%
Braun Research (report)	August 9–10, 2010	502	±4.4%	0.2%	40.7%	3.2%	33.7%	0.8%	21.3%
SurveyUSA (report)	July 29-August 1, 2010	538	±4.3%	2%	45%	3%	45%	––	4%

Results

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