The Louisville Metro Council is delivering one promise of merged government as more citizens are running for office for the first time. The filing deadline now behind us, here are a few bullet points in the Metro Council races:
- Seven Metro Council incumbents are facing primary fights, five Democrats and two Republicans.
- The race is already over for four Metro Council members who face no opposition in either the primary or general election: Mary Woolridge (D-3), Ken Fleming (R-7), Kevin Kramer (R-11), and Dan Johnson (D-21)
- Odd number districts up for election in 2010 (13 of 25 total districts)
- Democrats are guaranteed to hold on to four seats
- Republicans are guaranteed to hold on to two seats
District 1
Democrats
- Ray "Sir Friendly" Barker
- Judith "Judy" Green (incumbent)
No Republicans filed
District 3
Democrats
- Mary C. Woolridge (incumbent)
No Republicans filed
District 5
Democrats
- Mark D. Mitchell
- Donnie A. Morris Sr.
- Cheri Bryant Hamilton (incumbent)
No Republicans filed
District 7
Republicans
- Ken Fleming (incumbent)
No Democrats filed
District 9
Democrats
- Tina Ward-Pugh (incumbent)
- John G. Miller
Republicans
- William Jaggers
- Patrick Joseph Duerr
District 11
Republicans
- Kevin Kramer
No Democrats filed
District 13
Democrats
- Larry Roger Price
- Vicki Aubrey Welch (incumbent)
Republicans
- Renay Davis
District 15
Democrats
- Marianne Butler (incumbent)
- Arthur B. Raine
Republicans
- Jody Harral
District 17
Democrats
- William D. Cohen
- Derwin Lamont Webb
Republicans
- Glen E. Stuckel (incumbent)
- Tony Wheeler
District 19
Democrats
- Justin Chelf
Republicans
- Daniel Osborne
- Kaven Rumpel
- Jerry T. Miller
District 21
Democrats
- Dan Johnson (incumbent)
District 23
Republicans
- James Peden (incumbent)
Democrats
- John D. Sommers, Jr.
District 25
Republicans
- Robert Gene Thrasher
- Doug Hawkins (incumbent)
Democrats
- David Yates
