The race for the at-large 1 seat of the Gainesville City Commission will go to a runoff.
Lauren Poe, Santa Fe College associate professor and former Gainesville City Commissioner, and Nathan Skop, a lawyer and former Florida Public Service Commissioner, will face off in a Feb. 28 runoff election. They had the highest number of votes, with Poe securing 4,402 votes (36.16 percent) and Skop getting 2,944 of votes (24.19 percent).
No candidate secured a 50 percent plus one majority -- the requirement to win a commission seat.
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