NATCHEZ &045;&045; All three incumbents up for re-election Tuesday night will be back in their seats on the Board of Aldermen for another four years.

In the Ward 3 race &045;&045; being vacated by now-mayor candidate Sue Stedman &045;&045; Bob Pollard won the Republican nomination to face Democrat D.D. Smith and independent Bob Haltom in the June 8 general election.

In Ward 1 &045;&045; according to unofficial results &045;&045; Joyce Arceneaux fended off three other candidates and a possible runoff to win with 51 percent of the vote. Jim Sanders had 26.9 percent of the vote, and Leon Howard had 20 percent. James Gavette had 1.79 percent.

&uot;I’m ecstatic that people have that much confidence in me,&uot; Arceneaux said from a victory party. &uot;We’ve been working since the week after spring break, going door to door, walking and talking.&uot;

Arceneaux said she is ready to jump back in to work with several infrastructure projects, including finding matching money for a nearly $8 million grant for drainage work in North Natchez. The city needs a $1.8 million match to use the money.

An amendment has been added to a pending bill in the Legislature that would designate Canal Street a gaming road, which would help raise the needed funds, she said.

Arceneaux also said she is already working on a sewage problem in the Marblestone/Cemetery Road area that dates to when that section of the community was annexed into Natchez. &uot;We need to identify the problem and the solutions,&uot; she said.

Arceneaux also said the city is in need of better housing and repairs to other infrastructure problems in Ward 1.

&uot;We’re just about getting to the business of getting the job done,&uot; she said.

Ward 4 Alderman Theodore &uot;Bubber&uot; West was elected to a fifth term in office, defeating Donnell Newsome with 54 percent of the vote.

&uot;My congratulations to the Newsome camp,&uot; West said. &uot;They ran a clean, upbeat campaign. I want to thank all the voters in Ward 4 &045;&045; those who supported me and those who did not.&uot;

West, who said he was campaigning until the last minute Tuesday, said he will now work on some &uot;mending&uot; in Ward 4 to finish the work that needs to be done.

Pollard beat Cynthia Parker Brumfield with 67 percent of the vote in a low-turnout Republican primary. The only contested GOP race of the day had to compete for voters with crowded mayor and judge’s primaries. Pollard said he is looking forward to another month of campaigning and will work hard to win voters’ respect.

&uot;I appreciate the voters of Ward 3,&uot; he said. &uot;I thank Cynthia; we’re friends.&uot;

Ward 5 Alderman David Massey, who beat former aldermen Jim Gilbert with 60 percent of the vote, could not be reached for comment.