Marie Hirst won a close race Tuesday for Canadian County’s court clerk office over challenger Rindie Hunt.
Hirst, the incumbent, won the race with 7,951 votes, 52.63%, the State Election Board reports.
El Reno’s Hirst, 57, has been the elected court clerk since January 2009.
Hunt had 7,156 votes, 47.37%.
Hunt spent six years as the court clerk’s chief deputy and has been bailiff for District Judge Jack McCurdy since January 2018.
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