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SHEPHERDSVILLE -- Bullitt County has its full complement of legislators lobbying for its needs in the General Assembly.
Peyton Griffee was sworn in on Monday as the newest, and probably youngest, member of the General Assembly as he was elected to the House of Representatives last week.
In a special election,Griffee was the lone nominee on the ballot for the 26th District House seat, which was vacated in January when Russell Webber resigned to become chief deputy for the state treasurer.
Griffee, an attorney, was the nominee of the Republican Party in both Bullitt and Hardin counties. The Democratic Party offered no nominee.
With the expected low turnout for the lone contest on the special election ballot, Griffee collected 67 votes in Bullitt County.
That included 10 who voted straight ticket.
In Hardin County, which has only a few precincts, 18 votes were cast for Griffee.
The 26th District House seat would have already been on the ballot for the 2024 primary and general election ballots in both counties.
However, when the January filing deadline occurred, Griffee was the lone candidate. He will be unopposed in the May primary and, barring a declared write-in candidate in the November general election, Griffee will serve a full two-year term beginning in January 2025.
Despite the lack of opposition in either the special or regular elections, Griffee was a familiar face at many functions over the past two months throughout Bullitt and Hardin counties.
