Under the new map, District 15 covers Polk County west of U.S. 98 and South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, zigzagging southwest beginning at Alamo Drive.

Polk County supervisors approved a redistricting map Wednesday that has the potential to drastically change the makeup of the board, with four of the five incumbents now sharing districts that ...

District 27 covers southern Polk County, along with Hardee, DeSoto and Charlotte counties and part of Lee County. Gary White can be reached at gary.white@theledger.com or 863-802-7518.

Central Florida would get a new congressional district and Democratic incumbents could breathe easier if the first tentative Florida redistricting maps released Wednesday are any indication. But mo… ...

Three candidates are vying for the District 5 seat on the Polk County Commission, including John Hall, Mike Scott and Ricky Shirah, in a race to be decided on Aug. 20.