2022 Gainesville mayoral election

2022 Gainesville mayoral election
August 23, 2022
November 8, 2022
 
Candidate Harvey Ward Ed Bielarski David Arreola
First round 5,889
27.94% 		5,570
26.43% 		3,242
15.38%
Runoff 20,420
57.60% 		15,030
42.40% 		Eliminated
 
Candidate Gary Gordon July Thomas
First round 3,044
14.44% 		2,119
10.06%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Ward:      <30%      30–40%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Bielarski:      <30%     30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%
Arreola:      <30%      30–40%      40–50%
Thomas:      <30%
No votes:      
Mayor before election

Lauren Poe
Nonpartisan

Elected Mayor

Harvey Ward
Nonpartisan

The 2022 Gainesville, Florida mayoral election took place on November 8, 2022, following a primary election on August 23, 2022. Incumbent Mayor Lauren Poe was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. A crowded field emerged to succeed him. City Commissioner Harvey Ward and Ed Bielarski, the former general manager of the Gainesville Regional Utilities, placed first and second in the primary election with 28 and 26 percent, respectively. In the general election, Ward defeated Bielarski in a landslide, winning 58 percent of the vote to Bielarski's 42 percent.

Following an amendment to the city charter, this was the first election to take place on a consolidated schedule with statewide elections and Ward was the first Mayor elected to a four-year term.

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