LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jefferson County Clerk Bobbie Holsclaw is being remembered as both a trailblazer in politics and a devoted wife and mother.

Holsclaw died Wednesday morning at the age of 81, surrounded by her family. She served as Jefferson County Clerk for 27 years, first elected in 1998 and last reelected in 2022, making her one of the longest-serving clerks in the state and among the longest-serving Republicans ever elected in Jefferson County.

A graduate of Assumption High School, Holsclaw studied at both the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville. The daughter of a state representative, she grew up around politics but began her career as a stay-at-home mom before joining the clerk’s office as a manager. She later ran for clerk and won, eventually overseei

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