Election Day 2024 is here. Final voting for the general election will take place Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Polk County ...

Lakeland, and Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, were picked to chair committees in the Florida House for the 2025 session.

Jonsson carried a dramatic advantage in campaign funding, reporting more than $350,000 in contributions. Her donors included ...

Rep. Melony Bell is leaving the Florida Legislature to challenge Lori Edwards, who has served as Polk Supervisor of Elections ...

Republican Jennifer Kincart Jonsson won a four-person primary and now faces Democrat Ashley Herrmann in the Florida House ...

The three-way race for Polk County Commission District 1 to replace outgoing Commissioner George Lindsey includes a Republican nominee, a Democrat and a write-in ... campaign stops by the candidates ...

Live Polk County results:See results from other races throughout Polk County Edwards, first elected to the position in 2000, previously served in the Florida House as a Democrat. She ranks second only ...

Florida Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, must defeat Democrat Octavio Hernandez of Davenport to earn a fourth term in the ...

Bob Doyel of Winter Haven ran unsuccessfully for office three times in Polk County after retiring as a judge in 2010.

Cesar Ramirez of Lakeland said that video clips of the insulting joke appeared on dozens of “Boricua” social media groups ...

In a year when abortion rights and a female presidential nominee are on the ballot, women are voting in larger numbers than ...