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Mayor, Louisville Metro
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Shameka L. Parrish-Wright

Candidate for Mayor, Louisville Metro

No party listed

Background

Occupation
Louisville Metro Council member (District 3); executive director of VOCAL Kentucky
Campaign website
shamekaforlouisville.com

Louisville Metro Council member for District 3 since November 2023 and executive director of VOCAL Kentucky, an advocacy group. She finished second to Craig Greenberg in the 2022 Democratic primary for mayor.

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Photo: Campaign photo — Shameka Parrish-Wright for Louisville Mayor

Documented positions

Taxes & budget

Public safety

  • Pledges to end Metro jail's holds for ICE

    Asked whether she would keep the 2025 policy letting Metro Corrections hold people up to 48 hours for ICE pickup, she said she would return to the 2017 policy she helped lobby for.

    Louisville mayoral candidates discuss police reform, affordable housing and ICE

    Debate / forum transcript · Louisville Public Media (LPM News) · Apr 14, 2026 · lpm.org

    “it is not Louisville Metro's Police Department’s or the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections’ job to do the work of ICE”
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  • Supports community checks on policing instead of self-policing

    On the city's voluntary police-accountability framework (the Community Commitment), she said she would support it if residents could weigh in on and amend it.

    Louisville mayoral candidates discuss police reform, affordable housing and ICE

    Debate / forum transcript · Louisville Public Media (LPM News) · Apr 14, 2026 · lpm.org

    “If we want to make things better, we have to put it back into the hands of the people, and that means checks and balances.”
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Housing

  • Supports expanding the Housing Trust Fund and housing co-ops

    At an April 2026 candidate forum; her campaign also proposes a city Department of Anti-Displacement & Equitable Development and more community land trusts.

    Shameka Parrish-Wright for Louisville Mayor

    Campaign website · The People To Elect Shameka Parrish-Wright · shamekaforlouisville.com

    “Create a Department of Anti-Displacement & Equitable Development”
    Louisville mayoral candidates discuss police reform, affordable housing and ICE

    Debate / forum transcript · Louisville Public Media (LPM News) · Apr 14, 2026 · lpm.org

    “fund anti-displacement policies, expand the Housing Trust Fund, which I helped lobby for as a homeless person, and support co-ops”
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Roads & infrastructure

  • Proposes redesigning TARC bus routes around worker commutes

    A partnership with the Transit Authority of River City that her campaign says would also improve on-time reliability and pilot micro-transit in underserved parts of the county.

    Shameka Parrish-Wright for Louisville Mayor

    Campaign website · The People To Elect Shameka Parrish-Wright · shamekaforlouisville.com

    “Redesign routes around worker commute patterns”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Shameka L. Parrish-Wright on them.

  • Environment & parksNo documented position found.
  • Health & human servicesNo documented position found.

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