Polk County · Bartow / Lakeland · November 3, 2026 general · Independent editorial · Not a sample ballot
Polk still decides School Board District 3: Wallace versus Sims on November 3
Bartow is the county seat. Lakeland is the larger city. The only Polk-only race on the live November 3 file is Polk School Board District 3: incumbent Kate Wallace versus Victor Sims, both printed nonpartisan. That pair would be wrong in Osceola, Hillsborough, or Orange. Pull the style from Polk County Supervisor of Elections (polkelections.com) with your full residential address, not a 33801 / 33830 / 33880 ZIP.
Featured: Polk School Board District 3
Sarah Corona lost August 18.
Kate Wallace (NPA, incumbent) 34 / 27 / 17 · Grade B. On the November 3, 2026 general ballot. DeSantis appointee. Filled iVoterGuide: Jesus as Lord plus life, marriage, parental rights, no-SOGI. Registered Republican. Polk GOP November endorsement. Ledger and WUSF / LkldNow answers opened. Christian 34 is that Lord line, not leftover 28 that treated the appointment as faith points without opening iVG.
Victor Sims (NPA) 0 / 3 / 0 · Grade B. On the November 3, 2026 general ballot. Equality Florida PAC names this oval. 2016 Democratic House nominee. Ledger and WUSF answers opened. Christian 0 is Pride-cap, not leftover empty-Jesus 16. Constitution 3. GOP 0. Same letter as Wallace. The bars are not.
U.S. House FL-18 can print in Polk
Parts of Polk vote FL-18 with Hernando: Scott Franklin (R, incumbent) 30 / 26 / 18 · Grade B, Curtis Gibson (D) 0 / 3 / 0 · Grade B (Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus names CD-18), Deva Simmons (NPA) 4 / 3 / 0 · Grade B. ZIP is not district. U.S. House 2026 values.
Polk County Commission District 2 (Rick Wilson / Kelly Quinn), School Board Districts 5, 6, and 7, and 10th Circuit Groups 23 and 24 are not on the live November 3 file we quote here. Spring municipals (Haines City, Eagle Lake, Lake Hamilton, Lake Wales, Dundee) already voted and stay off this list. Statewide offices: interactive guide for Polk.
How to pull a Polk sample ballot
Use polkelections.com and your full residential address. Early-voting sites are set in Bartow, not on this page. One walkthrough: How to vote in Florida 2026. Scores: open Polk in the Florida guide.
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Last content pass 2026-09-07. Data may lag filings — SOE is authoritative.