His current term ends on Jan. 3, 2023.

The announcement came just days after Beshear pulled off the biggest economic development deal in Kentucky history.

A county surveyor from northwestern Indiana has been indicted on federal charges alleging he used public employees and resources to run his re-election campaign.

Jobs were the Mayor's mission back in 2010, and he reached that goal by creating 22,000 new jobs in the metro area.