4 Democrats file paperwork to join race for Louisville mayor

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Four candidates have filed the necessary paperwork to run for mayor of Louisville on Wednesday, which was the first day of filing for the race.

Democrats Craig Greenberg, David Nicholson, Shameka Parrish-Wright and Timothy Findley Jr. all submitted their paperwork with the Jefferson County Clerk's Office.

Greenberg is the former CEO of 21C Hotels and is currently a co-owner of Ohio Valley Wrestling. In his announcement from April, Greenberg said he would create good-paying jobs in Louisville by focusing on growing local businesses and supporting entrepreneurs. To view his campaign website, click here.

Nicholson, who is serving his third term as Circuit Court Clerk, announced his intentions to run for mayor in September. Nicholson says he will create an office of victim services to assist those impacted by violent crime, create a violent crime facility review committee and adopt neighborhood-based policing. To view his campaign website, click here.

Findley, who announced his candidacy in March, said he feels like the city needs integrity, transparency and strategy. The pastor at Kingdom Fellowship Christian Life Center founded the Justice and Freedom Coalition during racial justice protests that broke out in Louisville last summer after the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. To view his campaign website, click here.

Parrish-Wright is co-chair of The Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. She serves as Operations Manager for 'The Bail Project' where she supervises and manages Louisville and Cincinnati sites, according to her campaign website. In Parrish-Wright's open letter to the community, she says "it will take all of us to reimagine our community beyond the racial uprising and pandemic our City continues to live through."

Candidates have until Jan. 7, 2022 at 4 p.m. to file.

The Democratic primary for mayor is May 17, 2022 and will be followed by the general election on Nov. 8, 2022. Louisville will then have a new mayor starting in January 2023 because current Mayor Greg Fischer can't run for a fourth consecutive term in office.

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Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include professional headshots from the campaigns of mayoral candidates Tim Findlay and Shameka Parrish-Wright. A previous version included photos from prior WDRB coverage of these candidates. While it was never our intent to portray any candidates differently from others, we fell short in meeting our own journalistic standards. We appreciate the members of our community who helped point out our error in judgment, and will use this as a lesson moving forward.