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Polk County
One of Florida's 67 counties — and one of its 67 school districts, by constitution. Elections here are run by an elected Supervisor of Elections and published to the state feed within 30 minutes of poll close.
Skeleton first. The offices, cycles, and structure below are statutory and sourced. Per-county harvest detail — feed vehicle, precinct ledger, provenance traces — arrives when this county's publication is decoded, and nothing here pretends otherwise.
The office slate
What Polk County elects.
Every Florida county elects the same constitutional core — Amendment 10 (2018) saw to that — with charter counties varying the governing body on top.
Sheriff · Tax Collector · Property Appraiser
Constitutional officers · partisan · presidential cycle — next 2028
3
Supervisor of Elections · Clerk of Circuit Court
The publisher and the recordkeeper · presidential cycle
2
County commission
Even districts elect 2026 · odd districts 2028 · charter counties vary
5–13
School board
Nonpartisan · August ballot · majority wins outright · 8-year limits
5–7
Judges on the local ballot
Circuit & county judges · nonpartisan · six-year terms
by circuit
This cycle
On the 2026 ballot in Polk County.
AUGSchool board and trial-judge races — decided at the primary if someone clears a majorityNonpartisan
Note
Shortfalls go to a November top-two. Early voting is already under way.
NOVGovernor · U.S. Senate special · Cabinet · U.S. House · even commission districts · three amendments at 60%Statewide slate
Note
The five constitutional officers are not on this ballot — they ride the presidential cycle, elected 2024, next 2028.