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Poll Names Calipari as Most Influential Leader in Lexington

WEKU | By Cheryl Truman

Published March 18, 2013 at 5:24 PM EDT

University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari topped other Bluegrass leaders to grab a firm victory as the Lexington area's most influential person. The top five in the recent poll by the Herald-Leader is rounded out by high-profile men familiar to Central Kentuckians: Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, Jessamine County railroad executive R.J. Corman, Alltech founder Pearse Lyons and UK President Eli Capilouto. The list of the 14 people who have the most influence on Lexington and Central Kentucky was determined in a poll of readers of the Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com.

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