Jeff Hall

Jeffrey W. Hall (born December 26, 1951) 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.

Early life and education Hall graduated from Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana.

Career Hall stressed economic development, jobs, and resolving the $1 billion state budget shortfall as the principal issues he would face as state representative. Mayor Jacques Roy, first elected in 2006, chose not seek a fourth term in the November 6 primary.

Hall placed first in the Democratic primary and won the general election with 7,842 votes. Turnout was just under 50 percent of registered voters.

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%.