C. Jack Ellis
| C. Jack Ellis | |
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Ellis in 2002
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| Mayor of Macon, Georgia | |
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In office 1999–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Marshall |
| Succeeded by | Robert Reichert |
| Personal details | |
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Clearance Jack Ellis January 6, 1946 Macon, Georgia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Religion | Islam |
Clearance Jack "C. Jack" Ellis (born January 6, 1946) is a politician and the former mayor of Macon, Georgia.
Prior to taking office, Ellis served 20 years in the United States Army as a paratrooper, then served 2 years in Vietnam as a combat soldier. Upon retirement from the US Army, Ellis managed a used car lot, served as an executive for the United States Census Bureau, and hosted a public access television show focusing on public and political affairs in the black community.
He ran for mayor in 1999. Ellis defeated former Macon Mayor Buck Melton in the 1999 Democratic primary election, and was elected as the city's first African-American mayor in the mayoral general election.
After his first term, he was re-elected in 2003 after defeating several challengers in the Democratic primary and write-in opposition in the general election.
On April 16, 2011, Ellis officially began a third campaign for mayor of Macon against incumbent mayor Robert Reichert. In the July 19th Democratic primary, he placed second in the four-way race, with 37.6% of the vote. Because Reichert fell just shy of 50% of the vote, a run-off election was scheduled for August 16 between Ellis and Reichert. Ellis lost the election by 537 votes, receiving 9,770 of the 20,077 votes cast. Ellis did not rule out a future run for office.
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