LIVE RESULTS: North Carolina and Kentucky hold mayoral primaries

Grace Panetta

May 18, 2022, 06:10 IST

LIVE RESULTS: North Carolina and Kentucky hold mayoral primaries

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles seen at the 2018 Essence Festival at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on Saturday, July 7, 2018, in New Orleans. Lyles is one of the mayoral candidates up for election in primaries in Kentucky and North Carolina on Tuesday night.Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP

Major cities in Kentucky and North Carolina are holding mayoral primaries on Tuesday night along with key Senate, gubernatorial, congressional, and state legislative primaries taking place across the nation.

In North Carolina, incumbent Mayors Vi Lyles and Nancy Vaughn are seeking reelection to lead the cities of Charlotte and Greensboro, respectively.

And in Kentucky, a slew of Democratic candidates are seeking the nomination for the mayor's office in Louisville to replace term-limited outgoing Mayor Greg Fischer.

Incumbent Mayor Linda Gorton is also seeking reelection to the mayor's office in Lexington, Kentucky in a nonpartisan primary.

Polls closed in Kentucky at 6 p.m. ET and in North Carolina at 7:30 p.m. ET.