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The Polk County School Board District 3 race already has three candidates. Incumbent Rick Nolte is on medical leave and has ...
Melony Bell waited a long time to achieve her goal of becoming Polk County’s Supervisor of Elections.. Bell recalled that when she was a Fort Meade city commissioner in 2000, her late mother ...
Bell, who left the Florida Legislature to challenge Polk County Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards, captured Tuesday’s election with 54% of the vote, based on unofficial results.
F or the first time in 24 years, Polk County will have a new supervisor of elections after state Rep. Melony Bell, R-Fort Meade, bested incumbent Lori Edwards, a non-party affiliate, in perhaps ...
Lori Edwards will depart on Jan. 6 after 24 years as Polk County Supervisor of Elections, having conducted more than 200 elections.
Edwards, first elected as Polk County’s Eeections supervisor in 2000, pointed to the county charter. In 2002, local voters approved a charter measure declaring elections for constitutional ...
Polk County will see two new supervisors next year after Republican incumbent Steve Van Oort lost in the primary election on Tuesday. In an upset, Republican Mark Holm won his party's nomination ...
Three candidates seek retiring Polk County supervisor Robert Brownell's seat, while another two are challenging supervisor Steve Van Oort in the Polk County primary election on June 4.