

Hooten” in a failed 2014 State Senate campaign - is currently a Republican candidate for state treasurer. Hooten - who referred to himself as “Rootin’ Tootin’ David B. “There will be alcohol involved, meaning we will drink,” David Hooten told his employees in audio obtained by “We will do things. Days later, it was reported to the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, which conducted an investigation.Īlthough the proposed work trip, which had been scheduled for May 6, ultimately did not occur because employees vocalized their concerns to other county officials, clips of the audio recording were published Thursday by News 9‘s Storme Jones: Within minutes of Hooten ending his April 26 meeting, the conversation was reported to the county’s Human Resources Department by one of Hooten’s employees. A recorded conversation from late April features Oklahoma County Clerk David Hooten claiming he is “genetically altered” so that he “doesn’t get drunk no matter what” while describing a work training he was scheduling for himself and female employees that would involve drinking, gambling and facing their “biggest fears.”
