Craig Lowe
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Craig Lowe | |
|---|---|
 Lowe in 2010 | |
| 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 4 | |
| Assumed office May 22, 2003[3] | |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Randy Wells[4] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 18, 1957[5] Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | January 14, 2023 (aged 65) Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Scientist, educator[6] |
| Website | City of Gainesville Bio |
Stuart Craig Lowe (July 18, 1957 – January 14, 2023) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Gainesville, Florida, from 2010 to 2013; he previously served as Gainesville City Commissioner from 2003 through his becoming mayor. Lowe was the first openly gay mayor of the city.
Lowe was first elected to the Gainesville City Commission to fill the newly created District 4 seat for a one-year term in April 2003[7][8] and consecutively to two full (3-year) terms until being sworn in as mayor.[3][9]
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. He lost his bid for re-election on April 16, 2013, to former City Commissioner Ed Braddy after being arrested for a DUI during the campaign.
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.
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]
Lowe died in Gainesville on January 14, 2023, at the age of 65.[11]