Polk County Commissioners
Currently, all 5 County Commissioners are Republicans. Three of the 5 County Commissioner positions are up for election. Three Republican incumbents are running for re-election (Melton, Beiler, Moore). There are two Democrats in the running (Gasperson, Millard). The top 3 vote getters win with the top 2 elected for 4-year terms and the 3rd vote getter elected for a 2-year term. It is critically important that we vote ONLY for Ray and Andy in the General Election to represent the values and beliefs of Democrats. You will see they are the best candidates when you check out their websites! While you can vote for 3 candidates doing so will diminish the chances that they will be in the top 3. We need to have representative local government for all Polk County residents.
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Listen to Ray and Andy being interviewed.
James Hrynyshyn invited all the County Commissioner candidates to do an interview with him on his podcast Polk Lore. To date (October 6) only Ray and Andy responded and have been interviewed. Check out Polk Lore on your podcast platform. Here are the links: Apple, Google, Amazon, Anchor (all should be able to listen from this link), Spotify. |
Ray Gasperson
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Check out Ray's campaign website by clicking on the picture or his name above.
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Andy Millard
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Check out Andy's campaign website by clicking on his name above or on the picture.
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Polk County Board of Education
Background Information
There are 7 members of the Polk County Board of Education (https://polkschools.org/schoolboard/). Each Polk County Township has one Board Member except Tryon that has two. Every 2 years there are alternately 3 or 4 board positions up for election.
There are 7 members of the Polk County Board of Education (https://polkschools.org/schoolboard/). Each Polk County Township has one Board Member except Tryon that has two. Every 2 years there are alternately 3 or 4 board positions up for election.
- This year there are 5 board members up for election due to a vacancy in Saluda.
- The election for board of education is non-partisan in Polk County.
- The Board of Education part of the election ballot will be the same for every Polk County voter.
- Each Polk County voter gets to vote for no more than one candidate for each of the 5 township board of education positions regardless of where the voter lives.
Candidates
Want to Learn More About the Candidates?
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On Monday, September 26th the Democratic Women of Polk County hosted a Q&A with School Board candidates moderated by Susannah Hogan, President of the Women's Club. All candidates were invited except Danielle Gibbs who is running unopposed. Michael Ashworth, Judy Jackson, Brittany Klimstra, Dee O'Brien, and Rob Parsons participated.
Each candidate had 3 minutes to present and then were asked questions from the audience. The recording is to the right. |
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Podcast by James Hrynyshyn
James has done or is doing a series of 1:1 interviews with some of the School Board candidates. If you listen to the first part of the Mike Ashworth interview James provides background information on this election. Not all the candidates were interviewed.
Check out Polk Lore on your podcast platform. Here are the links: Apple, Google, Amazon, Anchor (all should be able to listen from this link), Spotify.
James has done or is doing a series of 1:1 interviews with some of the School Board candidates. If you listen to the first part of the Mike Ashworth interview James provides background information on this election. Not all the candidates were interviewed.
Check out Polk Lore on your podcast platform. Here are the links: Apple, Google, Amazon, Anchor (all should be able to listen from this link), Spotify.
Polk County Clerk of Superior Court
Pam Hyder (Democrat) is the only person who filed to run from any party.
Polk County Sheriff
There are no Democratic Party candidates.