Polk County is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. The county population was 725,046,as of the 2020 census. Its county seat is Bartow,and its largest city is Lakeland.
John Luigi Mica is an American businessman,consultant and Republican politician who represented Florida's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017. He was defeated by Democrat Stephanie Murphy in the November 8,2016,general election while serving his 12th term in office.
Florida's 10th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. It was reassigned in 2012,effective January 3,2013,from the Gulf Coast to inland Central Florida. Before 2017,the district included parts of western Orange County,most of Lake County,as well as a northern section of Polk County. The current district is entirely within Orange County,and covers most of its western portion. It is situated along the Interstate 4 corridor. It includes most of the western half of Orlando. Other cities and towns wholly or partly within the district include Apopka,Belle Isle,Beulah,Eatonville,Harlem Heights,Ocoee,Oak Ridge,Orlo Vista,Winter Garden,and Windermere. The district contains popular Orlando attractions like Disney World,Universal Orlando Resort,and SeaWorld Orlando.
Gayle Harrell is a member of the Florida State Senate. A Republican,she is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 83rd District,which includes Port St. Lucie and Stuart in northern Martin County and southern St. Lucie County,from 2012 to 2018. Harrell previously represented the 81st District from 2000 to 2008 and again from 2010 to 2012.
Seth McKeel was a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014,representing the 63rd District from 2006 to 2012 and the 40th District,which included most of metropolitan Lakeland in Polk County,from 2012 to 2014.
Larcenia J. Bullard was an American politician and a Democratic member of the Florida State Senate,representing the 39th District,which included parts of Collier,Hendry,Miami-Dade,Monroe,and Palm Beach Counties,from 2002 to 2012.
Rick Dantzler is an American lawyer,former Florida politician,and a member of the Democratic Party. From Winter Haven,Dantzler served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1982 to 1990,and in the Florida Senate from 1990 to 1998. He was Buddy MacKay's running mate in the 1998 Florida gubernatorial election;they lost to Jeb Bush and Frank Brogan. From 2014–2017,Dantzler was President Obama's appointed Florida State Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency.
John Tobia is an American Republican Party politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 53rd District,which includes southern Brevard County,from 2012 to 2016,previously representing the 31st District from 2008 to 2012.
The 2010 United States House of Representatives Elections in Florida were held on November 2,2010 to determine who would represent the state of Florida in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected served in the 112th Congress from January 2011 until January 2013. Florida had twenty-five seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census,but would soon gain two more congressional seats in 2012.
Kelli Stargel is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Florida State Senate,representing the Lakeland area since 2012. She has represented the 22nd district,encompassing northern Polk and southern Lake Counties,since 2016,after being redistricted from the 15th district. She previously served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing northern Polk from 2008 to 2012.
Dennis Alan Ross is an American businessman and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. A Republican from Florida,his district was numbered as Florida's 12th congressional district during his first two years in Congress,and it was numbered as the 15th district during his last six years in Congress.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012 to elect the twenty-seven Congressional representatives from the state,one from each of the state's twenty-seven Congressional Districts,a two-seat increase due to the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election,and a U.S. Senate election. The primary elections were held August 14,2012.
Ben Albritton is a Republican politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 56th District,which includes DeSoto County,Hardee County,and southwestern Polk County,from 2012 to 2018. Albritton previously represented the 66th District from 2010 to 2012.
The 2004 United States House of Representatives Elections in Florida were held on November 2,2004 to determine who would represent the state of Florida in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected served in the 109th Congress from January 3,2005 to January 3,2007. The election coincided with the 2004 U.S. presidential election as well as an election to the United States Senate.
Douglas Vaughn Broxson is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Florida Senate,representing the 1st district,which includes Escambia,Santa Rosa,and part of Okaloosa Counties in the Florida Panhandle,since 2016. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing northern Okaloosa County and Santa Rosa County from 2010 to 2016. On March 3,2018,Broxson rejected a two-year moratorium on the sale of AR-15s.
Jeff Clemens is a Democratic politician from Florida. He represented parts of Palm Beach County in the Florida Senate from 2012 until his resignation in 2017,after acknowledging an affair with a lobbyist. He previously served one term in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 89th district from 2010 to 2012.
Neil Combee is a Republican politician from Florida who represented parts of northern Polk County and northwestern Osceola County in the Florida House of Representatives from 2012 to 2017.
Colleen Burton is a Republican politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 40th District,which included most of metropolitan Lakeland in Polk County,since 2014.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,to elect the 27 U.S. representatives from the state of Florida,one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including a gubernatorial election,other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The party primaries were held on August 28,2018.
Josie Tomkow is a Republican member of the Florida Legislature representing the state's 39th House district,which includes parts of Osceola and Polk counties.
