Independent candidate Michael Harris was elected the next mayor of DeRidder on Saturday by 10 votes.

Harris defeated Republican “Danny” Reynolds during a run-off race needed after neither candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in March’s election. Harris received 1,1010 votes in DeRidder and an additional 31 from Vernon residents who live on the border of Beauregard Parish. Reynolds received 1,025 votes in DeRidder and 6 from Vernon voters.

Harris is a retired U.S. Army captain and Reynolds is a City Council member.

Beauregard Parish voters also overwhelmingly approved a $30 million, 20-year bond to fund the school district. The proposition was approved with 1,871 votes, or 58 percent, to 1,341 votes, or 44 percent, according to complete but unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office.

In Vernon Parish, voters approved two 10-year tax renewals.

Proposition one is expected to collect an estimated $8.6 million for solid waste collection and disposal in the parish and well as operating and maintaining a recycling center. The proposition was approved by 83 percent, or 1,925 votes.

Proposition two is expected to collect an estimated $4.3 million for the maintenance of roads, highways and bridges as well as fire protection facilities. The proposition was approved by 84 percent, or 1,971 votes.