'I have no regrets': Mayor Gorton discusses Lexington's handling of pandemic one year later and last updated 2021-03-08 18:32:43-05 LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton wasn't going to allow this day to pass without addressing its significance head-on. "March the 8th, 2020, our first case in Lexington," Mayor Gorton said of the anniversary of Lexingtonâs battle against coronavirus. "That was a person with a name, who had a family," she continued. Before her political career took off, Gorton was employed as a nurse. When you listen to her talk about the pandemic in apolitical terms, you feel as if you're getting an important lesson.