Incumbent Hannah LeGris will again represent District 3 for Lexington
.png "Incumbent Hannah LeGris, left, and Kate Savage are running for the Urban County Council District 3 seat. The election takes place Nov. 8, 2022.")
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Hannah LeGris, 36, will serve another term on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council as the District 3 representative, according to unofficial election results.
LeGris secured 64 percent of the votes cast, with 3,510 votes. Savage secured 36 percent of the votes, receiving 1,960 votes.
LeGris was the incumbent in her district’s race and she has served on the council since January 2021. LeGris is a career counselor at the University of Kentucky and serves on several local committees and boards including the General Government and Social Service Committee, Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee, and the Downtown Lexington Management District Board.
She was challenged by Kate Savage, 70, the CEO and executive director of Arts Connect, a non-profit designed to support local artists. She was appointed by former Mayor Jim Gray to serve on the 2013 commission for homelessness as well as the town and gown commission with UK.
LeGris said she hopes to address several city-wide issues -- including housing and crime -- which she thinks are interconnected.
“When we consider housing access and public safety, those are top concerns for me,” LeGris said. “Frankly, I think they’re interconnected. We have worked with the mayor’s office on council to increase patrols and to pursue crime more equitably and support youth crime intervention programs.”
Neither candidate was immediately available for comment.
This story was originally published November 8, 2022 at 8:43 PM.
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