Teresa Isaac

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Teresa Isaac, an American politician, served as mayor of Lexington, Kentucky from 2002-2006.

[edit] Political Life

Isaac was elected to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government council as an At-Large member in 1988. In 1992, she was reelected to the Urban County Council (UCC) becoming the Vice-Mayor. She served in that capacity until 1999. In 1996, Teresa Issac ran for the Democratic nomination for the Sixth Congressional District of Kentucky. She came in third.

Isaac returned to elected office in 2002 as the Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky^[1].

Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Teresa Isaac	37,516	51%
Scott Crosbie	35,743	49%

In that race, she defeated attorney Scott Crosbie. Her term as mayor was marked with controversy and Isaac frequently fueded with Vice-Mayor Mike Scanlon. The Mayor cites the following accomplishments^[2]:

• Enactment of an indoor smoking ban
• Eminent domain proceedings to reclaim local ownership of Lexington’s water utility from a foreign-owned conglomerate
• Increased pay for police, firefighters and corrections personnel
• Budget cuts to every other area of government, including significant cuts to her own office budget

In 2006, Issac ran for reelection but lost to Jim Newberry.

Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Jim Newberry	49,726	62.6%
Teresa Isaac	29,755	37.4%