William Clancy Denny Jr. (August 22, 1930 – January 25, 2025) was an American politician who served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1988 to 2020.
[1] Denny was an alumnus of the University of Maryland and worked as a business executive and banker.
He was Senior Vice President of Southeastern Operations of a multi-national banking corporation.
He served on the Apportionment and Elections as chairman, and as member of the appropriations, congressional redistricting, constitution, Judiciary A, Judiciary En Banc, legislative reapportionment and municipalities committees.
The race was extremely close, with Yates winning by a margin of less than 150 votes (50.8% to 49.2%), and results took nearly two weeks to certify.