MIDWAY – Malcolm Williams will be sworn in as the next mayor of Midway.

Williams, who currently sits on the city council, defeated fellow Council member Stanley Brown 195-150 in a runoff Tuesday for the mayor’s post.

Williams garnered 86 of the 168 votes cast on election day Tuesday and had a commanding 109-67 advantage in early and advanced voting.

“The runoff seemed like it inspired even more,” Williams said at a jubilant watch party. “It made me look things differently.”

The runoff was needed after none of the three candidates for mayor got a majority of votes in the November voting. Malcolm Williams received the most votes, 175, with Brown getting 173. Kenneth Williams received 154 votes.

Current mayor Levern Clancy ran for council but failed to make the top four vote-getters. Midway’s city council will be made up of four newcomers to council - Annie Foskey, Janet Bryant Jones, Vernon Donovan and Rhonda Thomas.

For more, see the December 4 edition of the Courier.