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Mayor Pettit and running mates, 1973
Posted on November 11, 2015 | in Uncategorized | by Lexington Herald-Leader
Lexington Mayor Foster Pettit, second from right, and the rest of his ticket filed petitions on March 28, 1973, to have their names on the ballot for mayor and councilmen-at-large for the new Urban County Government. From left, city commissioners William Hoskins and Dr. J. Farra Van Meter; County Clerk Charles Baesler; Pettit; and county commissioner Doc Ferrell. In 1971, Pettit was elected mayor of Lexington, a nonpartisan position that he held from 1972 to 1978. He and Fayette County Judge Robert Stephens oversaw the merger of city and county governments in 1974. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
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