Constitutional conservative T.J. Roberts of Burlington defeated Democrat Peggy Houston Nienaber Tuesday for the 66th House District seat, replacing Rep. Steve Rawlings.
Roberts believes in limited government and told LINK before the election that the district expects him to “fight for a limited government that respects the faith, families and freedoms of Kentuckians.”
“Part of what I’m focused on is not what I’m going to do but more so what I’m not going to do,” the fourth-generation Boone countian told LINK nky. “I’m not here to run your life; I don’t know how to raise your family. The constitution doesn’t give me the authority to run your life or raise your family, and, even if it did, I wouldn’t be comfortable doing that.
Houston Nienaber, a former accountant and real estate agent, told LINK nky she decided to run “because the Kentucky legislature needs representation that cares for the people of Kentucky.”