Election results fuel discussion of changing how commissioners who represent districts are elected.
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City Commission Election Results: McLeod Wins, LaLonde and Simmons Head to Runoff
Turnout was low with only 14.9% of the city’s registered voters casting ballots — more than half of them by mail.
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Lakeland Voters Will Choose Two City Commissioners Tuesday
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Both races include one current commissioner and two challengers.
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High-Stakes Week For Lakeland Candidates Yields Strong Moments – and Few Stumbles
The six City Commission hopefuls have been busy on the campaign trail with only three weeks left to Election Day.
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NW District Commission Candidates Face Voters at Downtown Event
Simmons, Berrien and LaLonde ‘on the same page’ regarding growth, but differ slightly on affordable housing and homelessness.
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Read Is Reelected; Six Vie for Two City Commission Seats
Qualifying for the 2023 municipal election ended at noon on Friday. Early voting begins Oct. 23 and Election Day is Nov. 7.
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Grassroots Effort Aims to Boost Voter Turnout, Especially Among Black Men
Sorority partners with barbershop to tackle low participation. Only 4% of voters in the 2021 municipal elections were Black men.
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City Elections: Simmons Draws Two Challengers; Two Commissioners Remain Unopposed
Incumbents Chad McLeod and Bill Read have drawn no opponents yet; candidates have until Sept. 22 to file.
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Brush Up on Two Lakeland Charter Amendments Before You Vote
The elections of mayor and two city commissioners are not the only choices voters will face in Lakeland’s Nov. 2 election. The ballot also includes two proposed changes to the City Charter.
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Strong-Mayor Funder Contributes $229,000
With city elections nearly four months away, the campaign to change Lakeland’s city government to a strong-mayor system has amassed $231,193, by far the largest war chest in any Lakeland election campaign ever. Read on to see how each of the 15 announced candidates for city office are financing their races and who the biggest […]