Jeff Elmore was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and grew up a preacher's kid in Roanoke, Virginia, before graduating from Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas.

He earned his B.A. at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia and an M.A. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

It was at Ouachita that he met Michelle - a Jacksonville High School graduate, class of 1989. They have been married 25 years.

Their two sons are both Jacksonville High School graduates, now in college.

Jeff spent 30 years in church ministry and owns two small businesses in Jacksonville.

Away from City Hall you'll find him hunting, fishing, playing the occasional round of golf - and on Sundays, behind the drum kit in the praise band at First Baptist Church of Jacksonville.

Jeff has served as Mayor of Jacksonville since 2023 and is now in his fourth year in office.

• Led the city through the 2023 tornado and its recovery, on the ground from the first hours.
• Crime reported to the FBI has fallen every year of the term - down 27.9% from 2022 through 2025, to the lowest level in twelve years of data.
• Created the Jacksonville/Pulaski County 911 dispatch center and secured Jacksonville as its home.
• Invested in the city itself - capital investment reached — in 2023 and — in 2024, more than ten times the yearly average of the five years before 2022, lifting the value of city assets to — as projects like the new fire station were completed.