Mayor-elect Jake Middleton receives a celebratory kiss from his wife Mitzi Ferguson after confirming he’d won Tuesday’s mayoral race. View photo »

Ward 3 Alderman Bob Pollard receives congratulations Tuesday evening at the Country Inn and Suites. View photo »

Democrat Mark Fortenbery receives a celebratory high five from his daughter Becky. View photo »

Lil Lewis, Sissy Graning Dicks and Gigi Hilla waves to potential voters Tuesday. View photo »

Supporters for Natchez mayoral candidates Chick Graning and Jake Middleton were waving signs to passersby on the side of Liberty Road Tuesday. MIddleton supporter Roger Smith gives a thumbs up to a driver. View photo »

Chick Graning and his wife Lil check poll numbers Tuesday afternoon at Main Street Market. Graning lost the race for mayor to Jake Middleton by 970 votes. View photo »

Jake Middleton showed little emotion Tuesday as he listened to the results of the absentee and affidavit ballot counts in Ward1. View photo »

Joyce Arceneaux-Mathis expresses her happiness and relief after hearing the news of her re-election as Ward 1 alderwoman. View photo »

Mark Fortenbery expresses his frustration when the absentee and affidavit ballot number do not give him a majority in the Ward 5 alderman race. Fortenbery will face Frances Bailey in a March 20 run-off. View photo »

Mayor Phillip West asks a question about the absentee and affidavit votes in Ward 5. View photo »

Democratic Party officials tally up the absentee and affidavit ballots for Ward 5. View photo »

Jake Middleton follows the election results with supporters Tuesday night at the Country Inn & Suites. View photo »

Ernest “Tony” Fields and Ricky Gray congratulate each other after Tuesday’s election. Both men won their aldermen races outright. Fields will replace long-time aldermen Theodore “Bubber” West in Ward 4. Gray will continue to serve in Ward 2. View photo »

Incumbent Mayor Phillip West listens to an unofficial tally of the votes Tuesday evening. View photo »

Angela Baker casts her vote at the Natchez City Council Chambers Tuesday afternoon. View photo »

Jake Middleton talks with supporters while awaiting results from Tuesday’s election. View photo »

Daniel Dillard celebrates with family and friends after winning the Alderman Ward 6 election. View photo »

City computer technician Gary Valentine and municipal election commissioner Jacqulyn Williams set up voting stations inside the Natchez City Council Chambers Monday. View photo »

Voters cast their ballots at the Ward 2 precinct at Frazier Primary School Tuesday. View photo »

The polls opened to a small group of voters at the Ward 2 Frazier Primary precinct Tuesday morning. View photo »

Voters in Ward 6 cast their ballots in the city Democratic Primary Tuesday morning at the Duncan Park Canteen. View photo »

Voting at the Frazier Primary precinct. View photo »

Under bright colorful school signs, Ward 2 voters cast their ballots in the Natchez Democratic Primary Tuesday morning. View photo »