LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Democratic socialist and labor organizer has entered the race for an at-large seat on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council, framing his campaign around rising housing costs, utility bills and what he calls a City Hall too friendly to powerful interests.
Herbert Lynn, an HVAC dispatcher who identifies as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, announced his candidacy this week ahead of the May primary. City council races in Lexington are officially nonpartisan, but Lynn’s launch message explicitly embraces democratic socialist politics and working-class advocacy.
“Rent prices have skyrocketed. Home ownership is a pipe dream. Our bills are rising faster than our paychecks,” Lynn wrote in his announcement. “The people of this city deserve better.”…