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J.P. Lyninger
2025 - Present
2029
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J.P. Lyninger (Democratic Party) is a member of the Louisville Metro Council in Kentucky, representing District 6. He assumed office on January 6, 2025. His current term ends on January 1, 2029.
Lyninger (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Louisville Metro Council to represent District 6 in Kentucky. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Lyninger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
J.P. Lyninger was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He graduated from duPont Manual High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville in 2008. His career experience includes working as an auctioneer.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Louisville, Kentucky (2024)
General election
General election for Louisville Metro Council District 6
J.P. Lyninger won election in the general election for Louisville Metro Council District 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | J.P. Lyninger (D)  | 97.8 | 7,083 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.2 | 163 | ||
| Total votes: 7,246 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Louisville Metro Council District 6
J.P. Lyninger defeated incumbent Phil Baker and Kate Dittmeier Holm in the Democratic primary for Louisville Metro Council District 6 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | J.P. Lyninger | 48.7 | 1,169 |
 | Phil Baker | 29.5 | 708 | |
 | Kate Dittmeier Holm | 21.8 | 524 | |
| Total votes: 2,401 | |||
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Endorsements
Lyninger received the following endorsements.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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J.P. Lyninger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lyninger's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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JP is a long-time activist and organizer, fighting for a better Louisville at protests against police violence, anti-war rallies, direct actions, and standing in solidarity with workers on picket lines. In 2022, he served as campaign manager for Shelby Park resident Robert LeVertis Bell’s campaign for State Representative. Later, JP managed Access For All KY’s “No On 2” campaign, helping defeat Amendment 2’s permanent ban on abortion access in Kentucky. He also served three terms as co-chair of Louisville DSA.
JP is running for Metro Council because he knows a better world is possible. Louisville needs big changes to reverse economic and racial inequality. Louisville needs leaders ready to fight for the working class against budgets that prioritize tax deals for wealthy real estate developers over public transportation and basic infrastructure. JP is ready to fight for you, for District 6, and for the working class across our city.- Louisville needs better public services and infrastructure. We will:
Open a publicly owned grocery store in District 6
Restore and expand TARC for the working class AND the environment
Build safer street infrastructure, including for pedestrians & cyclists, like protected bike lanes to connect the entire urban core
Bring LG&E into local, public ownership so that our utility bills stop paying for shareholder profits and we can stop burning coal for fuel.
We have the money to take care of our people, but we have to organize to reorient the budget to OUR needs! - Louisville needs affordable housing. To meet the demand, we must: Expand and improve our public housing Build new, truly affordable housing Crack down on absentee corporate slumlords End the failed & massively wasteful clearing of houseless camps—$8,000 every time we do it, dozens of times a month! Louisville just passed a corporate tax giveaway worth $114,000,000 for the One Park Development to build luxury, high rise condominiums in the Highlands; they don't need help selling real estate in the Highlands!. The People’s Money should be spent on the People’s Needs!
- Louisville needs to reimagine public health and safety. To do that, we need to: Reallocate some of the 40% of our budget that currently goes to police & jails to actually address root causes of violence Reopen critical youth services like community centers, swimming pools and the Parkland and Shelby Park Libraries Expand underfunded mental health and addiction treatment Fight back against dangerous corporate polluters We’ve doubled what we spend on policing since we merged the city and the county twenty years ago. It’s time to do more than just throw money at LMPD!
DSA Louisville
AFSCME Local 3425
Restaurant Workers United Louisville
Attica Scott, Former State Representative and Candidate for State Senate
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Louisville Metro Council District 6 |
Officeholder Louisville Metro Council District 6 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 22, 2024
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| Preceded by Phil Baker (D) |
Louisville Metro Council District 6 2025-Present |
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