Stevens says he won't run for District 5 re-election
By Michelle Ku
mku@herald-leader.com
David Stevens, one of Lexington's longest serving Urban County Council members, announced yesterday he will not seek re-election next year.
"It's a sad day for me because I enjoyed being on the council," Stevens said. "But time marches on, and you have to run down the curtain on it eventually."
When Stevens' term ends next December, he will have served 16 consecutive years on the council. He was an at-large councilman for three terms before winning the District 5 seat in 2006.
Stevens, 78, said he was not seeking re-election "for personal reasons and because of a slight case of civic fatigue." He made the announcement in December so that others could consider getting into the District 5 race.
One possible candidate is Bill Farmer Jr., the former five-term District 5 councilman. Instead of running for re-election in 2006, Farmer ran for mayor but did not make it out of the primary.
Farmer said he hadn't planned on running for the District 5 seat. But after Stevens' announcement, he said, he fielded many calls from people asking him to run.
"I'm going to consider it at this time," Farmer said. "I have been complimented by the number of calls I've received. ... It's pretty humbling."
The filing deadline for a council seat is 4 p.m. Jan. 29.
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