Instead of being contained within one district, Polk County is divided among four, one of them extending from Lakeland south to Collier County, near Naples. In DeSantis’ latest map, the largest ...

Layne Smith on Wednesday declared that the map passed by the ... of I-4 in a small segment near Polk City. The current District 15 encompasses northern Polk County, including most of Lakeland ...

Polk County is one of the nation’s fastest growing counties, with a population nearing 800,000. The governor’s map also splits Lakeland into three districts that converge at US 98 North and ...