LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

Longtime Jefferson County Clerk Bobbie Holsclaw has died. She was 81.

Ashley Tinius, director of communications for the clerk's office, announced her passing on Wednesday. She said it happened in the morning, as Holsclaw was surrounded by her family.

Holsclaw, a Republican, served as the county clerk for more than two decades, first taking office in 1999.

"She's everything you would want in somebody in elected office. No one has ever challenged that she didn't have high integrity. She ran a really good office. In a time when elections are challenged from the left, on the right, she always did it right," said State Representative Jason Nemes.

She was elected for her seventh term in 2022 and would have served until 2027.

"Many times the Republicans would tell her, you

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