Harvey Ward was elected mayor of Gainesville in November of 2022 after being first elected to the Gainesville City Commission in March 2017 and re-elected in 2020.

Harvey Ward (born 1967) is an American politician and the mayor of Gainesville, Florida. Ward has lived in Gainesville his whole life and occupied the position of city commissioner from 2017 to 2023.

1 day ago · It was a full house when Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward gave the annual address. One of the issues he spoke on was the city’s progress in addressing gun violence. “The total year-end numbers for gun violence and crime in general we knew that we had cut gun murders by half,” said Ward. “I mean literally 50 percent, 16 down to 8.

Hi, my name is Harvey Ward, and I’m running for mayor of Gainesville. I’ve been a city commissioner since 2017, and I’ve lived here in Gainesville all my life. My wife Gillian and I are raising our three daughters here.

Profile Harvey Ward was elected mayor of Gainesville in November of 2022 after being first elected to the Gainesville City Commission in March 2017 and re-elected in 2020.

About Harvey Like many of you, I was born at Alachua General Hospital, back when it was a community-owned resource. I grew up in east Gainesville – “Out East,” as we call it today – and I never lived west of Waldo Road until after college.

Feb 14, 2024 · Taking the podium at Santa Fe College’s Blount Center, Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward started his annual State of the City Address by talking about snow.

Dec 27, 2023 · Mayor Harvey Ward joined the Gainesville City Commission in 2017, and after running out of terms, he announced his run for mayor. The mayoral race featured a crowded field with another sitting city commissioner, a former mayor and the former head of Gainesville Regional Utilities.

Dec 31, 2024 · Mayor Harvey Ward's top 10 achievements in Gainesville for 2024 included reduced gun murders and the inclusionary zoning ordinance.

Feb 14, 2023 · In his first State of the City address as Gainesville mayor, Harvey Ward stood in the center of the Cade Museum before a host of community leaders to celebrate much of the work being addressed...