UPDATE 1/8/18 @ 4:40 p.m.

A Kentucky clerk who spent five days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples has filed for re-election.

In 2015, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses after the u.s. supreme court struck down laws banning same-sex unions.

Davis was jailed after she refused to obey judges orders.

The state Legislature later changed the law to remove clerks' names from the licenses.

Davis will run as a Republican.

Four Democrats have filed for the seat. They include David Ermold, a gay man who was initially denied a marriage license in 2015.

ORIGINAL STORY 11/7/17

The Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples will run for re-election in 2018.

An attorney for Kim Davis confirmed she will seek a second term.

It's the first chance Rowan County voters will get to have a say in the controversy that dominated national news in 2015.

Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that effectively legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Five couples sued her, and a judge ordered her to issue the licenses. Davis refused and spent five days in jail.

The state legislature later changed the law so county clerks did not have to sign their name on marriage licenses.

Davis switched parties to become a Republican shortly after the controversy erupted.