Polk County seated a new county commissioner, a new property appraiser and the first woman to serve as public defender for ...

who chose not to seek re-election as property appraiser. The race was unusually high profile, featuring two Republicans with ...

John Velebir of Winter Haven has previously served as first vice chair and treasurer of the Polk County Republican Executive Committee.

The elections of constitutional officers – countywide positions such as clerk of courts and property appraiser – had been conducted as nonpartisan in Polk County until last year, as decreed in ...