CLINTON — A Jackson man temporarily filling in as his town's mayor after the death of a six-term incumbent will face a runoff in his quest to serve through the end of 2028.

Dane Brown, the stand-in mayor, finished second in balloting Tuesday, according to  complete but unofficial returns. Democrat Rafe Stewart led all candidates with 41 percent of the vote, while Brown had 33 percent. David Guillory and Linda Fontenot-Karam split the remaining votes.

Stewart and Brown advanced to a Dec. 12 runoff.

Brown and Guillory ran without party affiliation. Fontenot-Karam ran as a Republican.

Jimmy Norsworthy was in his sixth term as mayor after winning re-election in 2024. He served 16 years from 1979 to 1995, then was elected as mayor again in 2020. He died during his sixth term and Brown was selected to serve temporarily.

Also in balloting Tuesday, Jackson town trustees Debbie Allen Norsworthy and James "Bubba" McCrory were re-elected over Kevin Rome and Whit Vidrine.

In East Feliciana school board races:

-Rufus Nesbitt won re-election with 58 percent of the vote over challengers Nancy Demetria Matthews and Peidera Sims-Mathews. All are Democrats in District 1.
-Democrat Alonzo Jones defeated no-party-candidate Lindsay Wilson for an open seat in District 2, Division 1.
-Republican Louis Neyland Smith defeated incumbent J.D. Dantzler Jr. by a 3-2 margin in District 3, Division 2.
-Republican Brittany Morgan defeated incumbent no-party-candidate Melissa Davis by a 2-1 margin in District 4.
-Ashley Ferguson (no party) edged incumbent Republican Cisco Elkins in District 5, and
-W. Burke Jones defeated Kerwin Hardy Jr. for an open seat in District 7. Both ran without party affiliation.

Also Tuesday:

-Constable Cliff Morris in Justice of the Peace District 2 is heading to a runoff against Kimmi Sellers. Morris is a Democrat, Sellers ran without a party affiliation, as did Bill Ford, who finished third.
-Incumbent Slaughter Alderman Galen Vaccaro won re-election over Jeff Sloan. Both are Republicans.
-Incumbent Democrats Yvonne Allen, Pamela Armstead  and Gregory Williams won re-election to the Wilson board of aldermen, defeating Democrat Karen Ross and Republican Jim Treloar.