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.

Ray Gasperson

Check out Ray's campaign website by clicking on the picture or his name above.

Andy Millard

Check out Andy's campaign website by clicking on his name above or on the picture.

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.  
  • 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

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.