By McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern · May 19, 2026 Mitra Subedi challenged state Rep. Daniel Grossberg in the state House’s 30th District in Louisville. (Photo provided) Louisville Democratic Rep. Daniel Grossberg, who faced calls from within his party to resign from office following allegati ons of inappropriate behavior towards women, lost his primary Tuesday evening to challenger Mitra Subedi. Subedi, a high school teacher in Jefferson County Public Schools, narrowly lost the 2024 primary to Grossberg by 50 votes before the allegations against the representative were made public. Subedi was born in the country of Bhutan and grew up in a Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal. At the age of 26, he came to the U.S. in 2011, making his home in Louisville.  Grossberg, who represented the 30th House District in Jefferson County, has been the subject of Lexington Herald-Leader investigations since 2024. Last week, the newspaper reported that a former college classmate of Grossberg’s, Christina Ross, alleged he assaulted her about 20 years ago. No Republican candidates filed for the state House seat, meaning is likely to be the next representative after the November general election.  Initially, three women in Kentucky politics told the Herald-Leader in 2024 about moments of improper behavior they experienced in interactions with Grossberg. The women were anonymously quoted at first but later identified themselves as Lexington Fayette Urban County Council member Emma Curtis, Kentucky Young Democrats President Allison Wiseman and former Democratic House candidate Sarah Ritter. Curtis, Wiseman and Ritter were prepared to testify about their experiences with Grossberg earlier this year in front of the Legislative Ethics Commission. However, Grossberg agreed to pay $2,000 in fines to the commission before testimony was given.  After the race was called, Curtis, Wiseman and Ritter released a joint statement on social media, saying the outcome was “about accountability.”  “We know that an election outcome cannot erase the harm, fear or pain that so many people have carried,” the women said. “But tonight’s result sends a message: the 30th district was listening.” In 2024, Grossberg was expelled from the House Democratic Caucus and barred from Louisville Democratic Party events. Top Kentucky Democratic, including Gov. Andy Beshear, Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and Kentucky Democratic Party Chair Colmon Elridge called on Grossberg to resign from office, but he refused.  The local Democratic Party endorsed the three Democratic challengers who had filed to run against Grossberg — Cassie Lyles, Subedi and Max Morley.  Morley ended his campaign last week after a door camera video surfaced showing him taking a flyer out of a mailbox while knocking doors.  Kentucky legislators are not subject to the typical impeachment process, but rather can be removed by a two-thirds vote of their chamber, under the state Constitution. The Republican-controlled House did not act on any efforts to remove Grossberg from office in the 2025 and 2026 legislative sessions.  Grossberg was first elected to the House in 2022. The post Challenger unseats Louisville state House Democrat facing allegations of sexual harassment appeared first on The Lexington Times. ...read more read less