Jeff Hays is at the podium, with Russell Lloyd sitting at a table listening to him. The woman is unidentified. Russell Lloyd, Sr. was mayor of Evansville 1972-1980. Shortly after he left office he was shot in his home and died 3 days later. John Jefferson (Jeff) Hays (December 27, 1929 - December 22, 2008) was an American politician. Hays was a progressive Democrat and long-time member of the Indiana House of Representatives serving from 1970 until his retirement in 1996. Hays ran against LLoyd in 1975 and lost--it may be this race that is represented nere.