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Raquel Carter's Snow and Ice Plan
The page titled “Raquel Carter's Snow and Ice Plan” presents Raquel Carter’s proposals and strategy for snow and ice management.
Updated Oct 16, 2026, 3:12 PM ET
Real estate agent and Democrat who advanced from Lexington's May 19, 2026, primary to face Mayor Linda Gorton in the city's nonpartisan mayoral election.
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Lexington Mayoral candidate Raquel Carter proposes snow & ice plan
New leadership: a revamped leadership team with a new environmental quality and public works commissioner.
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Carter leads Gorton in fundraising in Lexington race
Challenger Raquel Carter ,left, and current Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton, right, are photographed during a debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters and WKYT at Transylvania UniversityÕs Mitchell Fine Arts Center…
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Raquel E. Carter works as a real estate agent and is a Democrat.
2026 race
Carter is a candidate for mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, in the election of November 3, 2026. In the primary of May 19, 2026, she and incumbent Linda Gorton, who has served two terms as mayor, advanced to the general election. Lexington's mayoral elections are nonpartisan; Gorton is a Republican.
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