Rinehart ousted by voters

 
By John Estus
Published: July 29, 2008

Oklahoma County will have a new county commissioner next year after voters booted District 2 Commissioner Brent Rinehart from office Tuesday.

The embattled and controversial Rinehart received only 21 percent of the vote and failed to make a runoff in the Republican primary.

“Too many hurdles. Mountain too high. Too many battles,” Rinehart said. “You hope throughout everything that the public sees and und...


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