Barren County Legislators

Representative Johnny Bell (D)
Senator David P. Givens (R)

Representative Johnny Bell (D)

Majority Whip
House District 23
Barren
Warren (Part)

Home City
Glasgow

Mailing Address
108 N Green St
Glasgow KY 42141

Frankfort Address(es)
702 Capitol Ave
Annex Room 315
Frankfort KY 40601

700 Capitol Ave
Capitol Room 315
Frankfort KY 40601

Phone Number(s)
Home: 270-590-0110
Annex: 502-564-7756
Work: 270-651-7005
Capitol: 502-564-7756

Email Address(es)
Annex: Johnny.Bell@lrc.ky.gov

Senator David P. Givens (R)

President Pro Tem
Senate District 9
Allen
Barren
Green
Metcalfe
Monroe
Simpson

Home City
Greensburg

Mailing Address
PO Box 12
Greensburg KY 42743

Frankfort Address(es)
702 Capitol Ave
Annex Room 236
Frankfort KY 40601

700 Capitol Ave
Capitol Room 328
Frankfort KY 40601

Phone Number(s)
Annex: 502-564-3120
Capitol: 502-564-3120

Email Address(es)
Annex: click here

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Election Follow-Up and Volunteers Needed

Things are moving fast around the county and Kentucky needs to catch up. I’ve provided some... Read more

We Need to Educate Our Lawmakers

While we were not able to get a bill passed this session, we made a... Read more