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When he runs for reelection the March 23, 2024, primary election, Ellis will face two Democrats, former Mayor Jamie Mayo and Betty Ward-Cooper, an African-American member of the Monroe City School Board and a former professor at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]].<ref name>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2023/10/19/betty-ward-cooper-enters-monroe-mayors-race/71240491007/|title=Betty Ward-Cooper enters Monroe mayor's race|author=Ian Robinson|publisher=''Monroe News Star''|date=October 19, 2023}}</ref>
When he runs for reelection the March 23, 2024, primary election, Ellis will face two Democrats, former Mayor Jamie Mayo and Betty Ward-Cooper, an African-American member of the Monroe City School Board and a former professor at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]].<ref name>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2023/10/19/betty-ward-cooper-enters-monroe-mayors-race/71240491007/|title=Betty Ward-Cooper enters Monroe mayor's race|author=Ian Robinson|publisher=''Monroe News Star''|date=October 19, 2023}}</ref>
In his bid to reclaim the mayoral office, Mayo described himself as "the hunter" with Ellis as "the huntee," the reverse situation from 2020. Mayo said that Ellis' record is "not very good, especially as it relates to crime and economic development, because there hasn't been any announcement, whatsoever, about anybody [any business] coming, and one of the reasons is because of the ills that we have in the community that need to be addressed − education and the violent crime rate."<refname=candidatesqualify/>
In his bid to reclaim the mayoral office, Mayo described himself as "the hunter" with Ellis as "the huntee," the reverse situation from 2020. Mayo said that Ellis' record is "not very good, especially as it relates to crime and economic development, because there hasn't been any announcement, whatsoever, about anybody [any business] coming, and one of the reasons is because of the ills that we have in the community that need to be addressed − education and the violent crime rate."<ref name=candidatesqualify/>
==See also==
==See also==