Republican Carter Brown will be the new Walker County clerk of Superior Court after winning a close race Tuesday against Democratic challenger Debbie Lawrence.

“We were very glad and very grateful,” Brown said. “I was humbled and you don’t do this kind of thing alone. It is something that takes a lot of work from a lot of people and I am just grateful to my supporters and everyone who voted for me,” Brown said.

Brown received 11,519 votes (52 percent) to narrowly defeat Lawrence’s 10,594 votes (48 percent).

“I think the campaign for clerk of Superior Court is a credit to both of us. We ran a solid, clean campaign,” Brown said of his opponent Lawrence.

“I am looking forward to serving the folks of Walker County,” he said.

Brown thanked all of his supporters and the people who voted for him.

Brown is a Walker County native and this is his first political office.

“My staff and I will always remember that you, the taxpayer, pay our salary. We are there to serve you,” Brown, a Marine Corps veteran and Covenant College graduate, said.

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