Tyrone Johnson took 54 percent of the vote over Nathaniel Pringle, Jr. in the primary runoff for the Ward 2 seat on the Meridian City Council Tuesday. Johnson won 187 votes to Pringle’s 160, with voter turnout at 9 percent. 

In the May 2 primary elections, Pringle won 35 percent of the vote while Johnson won 36 percent of the vote. Tabbotha Adams-Jones didn’t appear on the runoff ballot after winning 30 percent of the vote.

Pringle congratulated Johnson Tuesday night as Johnson supporters surrounded him and cheered.

“I appreciate the clean race that we ran,” Johnson said. “To the citizens, now it’s our time to move forward. There are great things yet to come and it’s not over yet.”

Pringle expressed his gratitude for the community members who did vote in the election.

“Thank you to all the people that did vote,” Pringle said. “With my two-person team, I think we did a great job.”

Johnson will face Republican Christopher Von Cockrell in the June 6 general election.