Harvey Ward Jr., a Democrat who has registered to run for the District 2 seat of the Alachua County Commission in 2014, is getting an early start to his campaign. There will be a meet-and-greet reception this evening at East End Eatery in Gainesville for Ward.
The seat he plans to run for is currently held by Democrat Lee Pinkoson. Ward spent almost a decade working for WUFT at UF doing fundraising work and now works as the executive director of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Foundation in Gainesville.
The event will run from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., according to the Facebook event notice. The Facebook event requests that people RSVP at VoteForWard2014@gmail.com. East End Eatery is located at 1202 NE 8th Ave.