Wooten said he ran for mayor -- his second attempt -- to "try to do things for the town." As the owner of Randy's Karaoke Bar on Highway 14 -- formerly the Honey I'm Home Cafe until three years ago -- Wooten said he wanted to try to entice new residents to the small town, where he has lived for about 11 years.

On the night of the election, up to a dozen people telephoned him and told him they had voted for him, he said, but they won't come forward to protest the results. "After a while, it just gets tiresome," Wooten said.