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
Louisiana House of Representatives 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]