Candidate who survived shooting wins Louisville mayor nod

By PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN
Associated Press/Report For America

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Businessman Craig Greenberg has won the Democratic primary for mayor of Louisville, months after surviving a shooting attempt at a campaign office. Greenberg beat out a crowd of eight candidates Tuesday and will be buoyed in November by the Democrats having a heavy numerical advantage over Republicans in Louisville, Kentucky’s largest city. The Louisville businessman was not harmed in the Feb. 14 shooting, though a bullet grazed his sweater. His opponent will be Bill Dieruf, the mayor of the Louisville suburb of Jeffersontown, who secured the Republican nomination.