Jeffrey W. Hall | |
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24th Mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana | |
In office December 4, 2018 –December 5, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Jacques Roy |
Succeeded by | Jacques Roy |
Member of the LouisianaHouseofRepresentatives from the 26th district | |
In office February 2015 –December 2018 | |
Preceded by | Herbert Dixon |
Succeeded by | Ed Larvadain |
Personal details | |
Born | December 26,1951 |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence(s) | Alexandria,Louisiana,U.S. |
Education | Grambling State University |
Jeffrey W. Hall (born December 26,1951) [1] is an American politician and accountant who served as the 24th mayor of Alexandria,Louisiana from 2018 to 2022. On taking office on December 4,2018,he stepped down as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 26 in Rapides Parish,a position which he assumed in 2015. [2]
Hall graduated from Grambling State University in Grambling,Louisiana. [2] He has resided in Pineville,Opelousas,and Mansfield,Louisiana,and Amarillo,Texas. [3]
Hall stressed economic development,jobs,and resolving the $1 billion state budget shortfall as the principal issues he would face as state representative. [1]
In 2018,Hall announced that he would again run for mayor of Alexandria. [4] Mayor Jacques Roy,first elected in 2006,chose not seek a fourth term in the November 6 primary. [5]
Hall placed first in the Democratic primary and won the general election with 7,842 votes. [6] Turnout was just under 50 percent of registered voters. [7]
On November 8,2022,Hall was defeated by his predecessor,Jacques Roy,in the Alexandria mayoral race,receiving 22% of the vote to Roy's 55%. [8]