KENTUCKY — Mayor Greenberg D-Louisville, joined this week's "In Focus Kentucky" program to discuss a wide range of topics and issues affecting the commonwealth's largest city.

During this segment, Greenberg commented on his decision to seek reelection as mayor, just two years into his first term in office.

"Being mayor is certainly an incredibly challenging job, but it's also the honor of my lifetime, and it's been incredibly rewarding," Greenberg said. "I think we have great momentum, as we've been talking about. So much has been accomplished, but there's so much yet to do, so I believe in good planning and then taking action. That's exactly what I'm doing, but I'm mostly focused on doing a great job as mayor. Every day, I wake up every morning so excited about the day ahead, about the opportunity to work with 5,000 dedicated public servants of Louisville Metro Government and seeing what we can do to move our city forward." 

Greenberg was first elected in Nov. 2022 and took office in Jan. 2023, succeeding former Mayor Greg Fischer, who served three terms in office. Greenberg defeated Republican Bill Dieruf.

Both the mayoral and council elections will become nonpartisan in 2026, meaning candidates no longer will have a political party distinction next to their names.

"You know, when it comes to the issues that we're dealing with here in Louisville, I don't think people care if you're a Democrat or Republican or independent," Greenberg said. "They just want you to get stuff done. They want you to take action to make their lives and their family lives better, to improve the quality of their neighborhood, to reduce violent crime, to ensure that everyone has a safe quality and affordable home to live, to clean our streets, to ensure the roads are safe and the potholes are filled, to reduce the homeless issues and support individuals who are experiencing homelessness in our community to create more jobs."

"Those are the things people are focused on, and those are very different than the partisan divide that you see in Washington, D.C. I've been working with Democrats and Republicans and Metro Council, in the General Assembly, in the U.S., Congress, at every level of government in every corner of the city. We are focused on getting stuff done, far more than we are what anyone's political party is." 

You can watch the full 'In Focus Kentucky' segment in the player above.