NATCHEZ — After all of the Ward 1 affidavit and absentee ballots were counted Wednesday, Joyce Arceneaux-Mathis won re-election to the Natchez Board of Aldermen.

Mathis ended up with 406 votes or 51.4 percent of the vote. Jim Sanders came in second with 194 votes or 24.6 percent of the vote. Paul Johnson came in third with 146 votes or 18.5 percent of the vote. Sonya Anderson-Mars finished fourth with 44 votes or 5.6 percent of the vote.