| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Lexington, Kentucky mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Lexington, Kentucky mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Image1: | File:Linda Gorton.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Linda Gorton |
| Popular Vote1: | 67,083 |
| Percentage1: | 71.03% |
| Candidate2: | David Kloiber |
| Popular Vote2: | 27,360 |
| Percentage2: | 28.97% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Linda Gorton |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Linda Gorton |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
Lexington, Kentucky held nonpartisan elections for mayor on May 17, 2022, and November 8, 2022. It saw the re-election of Republican Linda Gorton, who had been serving as mayor since January 6, 2019.
Prior to the election, candidates addressed issues of violent crime, cost of living, and housing affordability.[1]
Linda Gorton's campaign was funded by a variety of industries.[2] The largest contribution came from the equine industry, which is prominent in Kentucky as a whole and Lexington in particular.[3]
David Kloiber's campaign was mostly self- and family-funded, with the vast majority coming in the form of loaning funds to the campaign.[4] [5]
The mayor of Lexington is elected every four years in a two-step process. The first round is a selection of candidates by a nonpartisan blanket primary, after which a general election is held, regardless of whether a candidate earns an absolute majority of the vote in the primary election.[6]
The primary election was held on May 17, 2022.
Linda Gorton won the general election held on November 8, 2022.[7]