Craig Lowe

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Craig Lowe
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Craig Lowe views a screen showing live poll results in the 2010 mayoral race at the Supervisor of Elections Office in Gainesville, FL.
Mayor of Gainesville
In office
May 20, 2010[1] – May 23, 2013[2]
Preceded by Pegeen Hanrahan
Succeeded by Ed Braddy
City Commissioner from
Gainesville District IV
Assumed office
May 22, 2003[3]
Preceded by New Office
Succeeded by Randy Wells[4]
Personal details
Born (1957-07-18) July 18, 1957 (age 66)[5]
Atlanta, Georgia
Political party Democratic (non-partisan election)
Residence Gainesville, Florida
Alma mater University of Florida
University of Georgia
Profession Scientist, Educator[6]
Website City of Gainesville Bio

Stuart Craig Lowe, better known as Craig Lowe, (born July 18, 1957)[5] is an American politician and former Mayor of Gainesville, Florida. After winning a runoff election on April 13, 2010, by a margin of 42 votes (which held through an automatic recount[4]) Lowe became Mayor-elect of Gainesville.[1] He was sworn in on May 20, 2010, becoming the first openly gay Mayor of the city. He lost his bid for re-election on April 16, 2013 to former city councilman Ed Braddy after being arrested for a DUI during the campaign.

He was first elected to the Gainesville City Commission to fill the newly created District IV seat for a one-year term in April 2003[7][8] and served through his third consecutive term and second full (3-year) term until being sworn in as Mayor.[3][9]

Mayor Lowe also served as Chair of the Gainesville City Commission’s Equal Opportunity Committee, a member of the Regional Utilities, Community Development, and Countywide Visioning & Planning committees as well as the local Community Redevelopment Agency, the Gainesville/Alachua County Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization and the Alachua County Library Governing Board.[9]

Lowe was a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,[10] an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino.

Personal life and education

Lowe was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He received a B.S.A. degree in Soil Science from the University of Georgia. After moving to Gainesville in 1982 he received a master's degree in zoology from the University of Florida.[6]

Electoral history

2003

Gainesville City Commission, District 4, 2003[11]
Candidate Votes % ±%
Craig Lowe 817 50.49%
Brad Guy 801 49.51%

2004

Commissioner Lowe ran for re-election unopposed in 2004.[9]

2007

Gainesville City Commission, District 4, 2007[12]
Candidate Votes % ±%
Craig Lowe 1,050 79.31% 28.82%
Richard Selwach 138 10.42%
Pat Fitzpatrick 136 10.27%

2010

Mayor of Gainesville, 2010[13]
Candidate Votes % ±%
Craig Lowe 4,078 40.13%
Don Marsh 2,960 29.13%
Monica Leadon Cooper 2,529 24.89%
Richard Selwach 442 4.35%
Ozzy Angulo 153 1.51%


Mayor of Gainesville, Runoff, 2010[14]
Candidate Votes % ±%
Craig Lowe 6,110 50.17% +10.04%
Don Marsh 6,068 49.83% +20.70%

Runoff Recount

A runoff election was held on April 13, 2010 with Lowe and Marsh as the candidates.[15] The unofficial results indicated that Lowe had 6,098 votes (50.14%) and Marsh 6,063 votes (49.86%), excluding provisional ballots. Ultimately 17 provisional ballots were verified, yielding 12 more votes for Lowe and 5 more for Marsh. As the margin was less than 0.50% between the candidates, an automatic machine recount took place on April 16, 2010.[16] The recount verified the unofficial results, including verified provisional ballots, leaving the vote tallies unchanged. These are the official, certified results of the election.[14]

2013

Mayor of Gainesville, 2013[17]
Candidate Votes % ±%
Ed Braddy 4,636 38.42%
Craig Lowe 4,406 36.52%
Scherwin L. Henry 2,058 17.05%
Pete Johnson 783 6.490%
Mark Venzke 128 1.061%
Donald Shepherd, Sr. 53 0.439%


Mayor of Gainesville, Runoff, 2013[18]
Candidate Votes % ±%
Ed Braddy 7,258 54.72% +16.30%
Craig Lowe 6,007 45.28% +8.76%

2013 DUI Arrest

Prior to the runoff election on 16 April 2013, Lowe was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI).[19][20][21] The incident took place on 21 March 2013 when Lowe was involved in a single car crash.[22] On 1 April 2013 Lowe entered into a deferred prosecution agreement aimed at first time DUI offenders to resolve the charges against him.[23]

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