Meet the candidates for Lexington mayor and see where they stand on key issues

The four leading candidates for mayor of Lexington have all spent time in the city's government center.

Ronnie Bastin is a former Lexington police chief and public safety commissioner. Teresa Isaac was mayor from 2003 to 2007 and served six years as vice mayor. Linda Gorton is a former vice mayor and the city's longest-serving council member. Kevin Stinnett is a current at-large council member and has served 14 years on the council.

Also on the ballot are Skip Horine, Ike Lawrence and William Weyman. They have run limited campaigns.

The race is nonpartisian and the top two vote getters on May 22 move on to the general election.

Find out more about each candidate's background and where they stand on the issues in these stories:

• Why former police chief Ronnie Bastin wants Lexington's top job and what he's promising
  
  

• Why former vice mayor Linda Gorton wants Lexington's top job and what she's promising

• Why former Lexington Mayor Teresa Isaac wants her old job back and what she's promising

• Why councilman Kevin Stinnett wants Lexington’s top job and what he's promising
  
  

• One backs 'stop and frisk.' One wants a casino. Meet 3 more Lexington mayor candidates.

According to campaign finance reports filed in late April, Bastin leads in fundraising with more than $300,000. That total was buoyed by a $110,000 personal loan. Stinnett has raised more than $200,000. Gorton has raised $123,000. Isaac trails with a little more than $25,000.

Stinnett has been backed by many developers, including the Webb and Greer families, Dennis Anderson and Jimmy Nash.

Gorton, a former nurse and the only Republican, has raised money from the medical community, and many in the agricultural and horse industry, such as Greg Goodman of Mount Brilliant Farm, John Phillips of Darby Dan and former Gov. Brereton Jones.

Bastin's donors include many in the Lexington business community, such as car dealer Don Jacobs, Terry Forcht of Forcht Bank, and former mayor Jim Newberry.

Issac's donors include a mix of lawyers, retirees and people in the real estate business.

The campaign has largely focused on key issues — crime, opioid abuse, growth and development, affordable housing and homelessness, and what to do with the city's aging government buildings.

This story was originally published May 18, 2018 at 10:30 AM with the headline "Meet the candidates for Lexington mayor and see where they stand on key issues."