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MOUNT PLEASANT — As Town Councilman Billy Swails handily won a three-way race to become this town’s new mayor, he was embraced by former Mayor Harry Hallman, who talked Swails into running for the job earlier this year. Swails, a 62-year-old State Farm insurance agent, received about 45 percent of the vote, enough to clinch Tuesday’s winner-take-all contest. His opponents, fellow Town Councilmen Joe Bustos and Gary Santos received 33 percent and 22 percent, respectively, according to unofficial results. Swails’ boisterous victory party at The Kickin’ Chicken restaurant was as crowded as Swails’ victory speech was brief. “We’re going to keep Mount Pleasant rolling,” Swails said, calling both Bustos and Santos “excellent council members” who “did a great job.” Hallman, however, got a laugh when he said the mayor’s job “is more than athletics. It’s more than two-wheeled bicycles,” a reference to Santos’ extensive recreation involvement and Bustos’ campaigning with his wife on a bicycle built for two.

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