He’s seen better days.
“Happy Days” star Anson Williams has lost his California mayoral bid in a squeaker.
Best known for his role as Potsie in the ’70s and ’80s sitcom, Williams was defeated by Ojai mayor Betsy Stix by 42 votes.
The Ventura County clerk-recorder certified the election results Wednesday after a recount showed Stix winning re-election with 1,823 votes to Williams’ 1,781.
The Post reached out to Stix and Williams for comment.
The 73-year-old actor-turned-TV-show-director ran on an environmental and transportation safety platform, citing concerns about the quality of life for the coastal community’s residents.
His goals included reducing Ojai’s carbon footprint by promoting incentives to encourage the use of conservation and renewable energy; and building a new pickleball facility at Soule Park.
After announcing his bid for mayor over the summer, Williams told the Hollywood Reporter he would not rely heavily on his A-list connections to bring him to victory.
“I’ve had deep, deep friendships with [them] for more than 40 years. They would help and I would love that because we’re family. But I don’t want to make this a [Hollywood campaign] because it goes against the heart of the community,” he said about his “Happy Days” co-stars.
He did say his Hollywood roots would come in handy if he was elected because he has experience “managing challenging situations with people” as a director and handling “big budgets.”
“When you direct television shows, you’re dealing with millions of dollars for a show and you’re required to get that thing done and on-budget with 80 department heads that may or may not like each other, and you have to make sure that everyone gets along and the actors come out of the trailers,” he said. “It’s a huge job and a huge responsibility.”
