Lauren Poe first ran to represent Gainesville's second district and won in 2008 in a close runoff election. Poe is a registered member of the
Democratic Party and refers to himself as a "principled progressive," but all candidates in Gainesville municipal elections are officially non-partisan. And the results from the runoff: He ran for re-election and lost in the April 12, 2011 runoff after the March 15, 2011 election was also split between multiple candidates. Runoff results: The following year Poe won an at-large seat, also in a runoff. Runoff results: Poe was subsequently elected to mayor on March 15, 2016, beating his opponents, incumbent
Ed Braddy and challenger Donald Shepherd with 57% of the vote (outright, without a runoff). ==References==