John Allan Yarmuth is a retired American politician and newspaper editor who served as the U.S. representative for Kentucky's 3rd congressional district from 2007 to 2023. His district encompassed the vast majority of the Louisville Metro Area. From 2013 onward,he had been the sole Democratic member of Kentucky's congressional delegation. Yarmuth chaired the House Budget Committee from 2019 to 2023. On October 12,2021,he announced that he would not seek reelection in 2022.
The Louisville Metro Council is the city council of Louisville,Kentucky. It was formally established in January 2003 upon the merger of the former City of Louisville with Jefferson County and replaced the city's Board of Aldermen and the county's Fiscal Court. Louisville City Hall houses the offices and chambers of the council.
The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) began operations on January 6,2003,as part of the creation of the consolidated city-county government in Louisville,Kentucky,United States. It was formed by the merger of the Jefferson County Police Department and the Louisville Division of Police. The Louisville Metro Police Department was most recently headed by Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel since January 2,2023. On Tuesday June 25,2024,Chief Gwinn-Villaroel resigned following an ongoing sexual harassment and abuse scandal among the Louisville Metro Police Department. Major Paul Humphrey was appointed Interim Chief by Mayor Craig Greenburg. A national search will be conducted for a permanent chief. LMPD divides Jefferson County into eight patrol divisions and operates a number of special investigative and support units. The LMPD is currently negotiating a consent decree with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) subsequent to a 2023 investigation by the DOJ that concluded that the LMPD engaged in a decades long pattern of civil rights abuses.
The 2008 congressional elections in Kentucky were held on November 4,2008,to determine who would represent the state of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives. Kentucky has six seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected were to serve in the 111th Congress from January 4,2009,until January 3,2011. The election coincides with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Gregory Edward Fischer is an American businessman and entrepreneur who served as the second mayor of Louisville Metro from 2011 to 2023. In 2019,he was elected vice president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors,and in 2020,he served as its president.
The 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 3,2015. Incumbent Democratic Governor Steve Beshear was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits. Primary elections were held on May 19,2015.
John Morgan McGarvey is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kentucky's 3rd congressional district since 2023. A Democrat,he represented the 19th district in the Kentucky Senate from 2013 to 2023. In 2018,he was elected minority leader,becoming one of the youngest members of a general assembly in the nation to serve in a leadership role. He is currently the only Democrat in Kentucky's congressional delegation.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 3,2015. All of Kentucky's executive officers were up for election. Primary elections were held on May 19,2015.
Daniel Jay Cameron is an American attorney and politician who served as the 51st attorney general of Kentucky from 2020 to 2024. A member of the Republican Party,Cameron was the first African American and the first Republican since 1943 to be elected to the office. He was also the Republican nominee in the 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election,losing to Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear.
Breonna Taylor was an African-American woman who was shot and killed while unarmed in her Louisville,Kentucky home by three police officers who entered under the auspices of a "no-knock" search warrant. After Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) ex-detective Brett Hankison was acquitted of felony wanton endangerment of Taylor's neighbors at the state-level,Attorney-General Merrick Garland announced the Department of Justice was charging Hankison with the unconstitutional use of excessive force that violated Taylor's civil rights. Three other officers,who were not present at the shooting,were also federally charged with conspiracy in falsifying evidence to procure the search warrant,and then covering it up.
On March 13,2020,Breonna Taylor,a 26-year-old African-American woman,was fatally shot in her Louisville,Kentucky,apartment when at least seven police officers forced entry into the apartment as part of an investigation into drug dealing operations. Three Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers—Jonathan Mattingly,Brett Hankison,and Myles Cosgrove—were involved in the shooting. Taylor's boyfriend,Kenneth Walker,was inside the apartment with her when the plainclothes officers knocked on the door and then forced entry. The officers said that they announced themselves as police before forcing entry,but Walker said he did not hear any announcement,thought the officers were intruders,and fired a warning shot at them. The shot hit Mattingly in the leg,and the officers fired 32 shots in return. Walker was unhurt but Taylor,who was behind Walker,was hit by six bullets and died. During the incident,Hankison moved to the side of the apartment and shot 10 bullets through a covered window and glass door. According to police,Taylor's home was never searched.
On June 1,2020,David McAtee,a 53-year-old African-American man,was fatally shot by the Kentucky Army National Guard in Louisville during nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd and the killing of Breonna Taylor. The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) and National Guard were in the area to enforce a curfew. According to officials,the police and soldiers were fired upon by McAtee,and two Louisville officers and two National Guardsmen returned fire. McAtee was killed by a shot fired from a guardsman. The body cams of the police involved were deactivated during the shooting,in violation of department policy. Hours later,police chief Steve Conrad was fired by Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer.
This is a list of protests brought on by the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in Kentucky,United States. In 2020,there were protests throughout Kentucky in reaction to the shooting of Breonna Taylor and murder of George Floyd by police,as well as the shooting of David McAtee by the Kentucky Army National Guard. The demonstrations happened regularly in the largest cities in Kentucky,including Louisville and Lexington. Many of the smaller cities had protests on at least one day.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky were held on November 8,2022,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Kentucky,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The Not Fucking Around Coalition (NFAC) is a black nationalist militia,part of the militia movement in the United States. The group advocates for black liberation and separatism. It has been described by news outlets as a "Black militia". It denies any connection to the Black Panther Party or Black Lives Matter.
The Breonna Taylor protests were a series of police brutality protests surrounding the killing of Breonna Taylor. Taylor was a 26-year-old African-American woman who was fatally shot by plainclothes officers of the Louisville Metro Police Department on March 13,2020. Police were initially given "no-knock" search warrant,but orders were changed to "knock and announce" before the raid. Taylor's boyfriend,Kenneth Walker,who was inside the apartment with her during the raid,said he thought the officers were intruders. He fired one shot,hitting officer Mattingly in the leg, and the officers fired 32 shots in return,killing Taylor.
The 2022 Louisville mayoral election was the sixth quadrennial Louisville Metro mayoral election,held on November 8,2022. Incumbent Democratic mayor Greg Fischer is term-limited and cannot seek reelection to a fourth term in office.
Savannah Lee Maddox is an American politician. She is a Republican and represents District 61 containing Grant County,Gallatin County,and parts of Kenton and Boone Counties in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Maddox is viewed as one of the General Assembly's furthest-right members.
The 2019 Kentucky Secretary of State election was held on November 5,2019,to elect the secretary of state of Kentucky. Primary elections were held on May 21,2019. Incumbent Democratic secretary Alison Lundergan Grimes was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits,creating the first open election for secretary of state since 2003.
Keturah Herron is an American politician from Kentucky. They are a Democrat and represent District 42 in the State House. When elected in 2022,they were the first out LGBTQ+ member in the Kentucky House of Representatives. They are only the second out member of the Kentucky General Assembly following Ernesto Scorsone,former state senator,who came out while in office in 2003. After Scorsone left the legislature in 2008,there was no LGBTQ+ representation in either chamber until Herron. Herron is also only the third Black woman to be in the Kentucky state legislature.
