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Kate Wallace

Nonpartisan · Florida · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for Polk County School Board District 3, Florida

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Raising student academic achievement, per LkldNow and The Citrus Tea
  • Modernizing teacher compensation to recruit and retain educators, per LkldNow's race coverage
  • Parental visibility into curriculum, per The Citrus Tea questionnaire
Biography

Wallace was appointed to the Polk County School Board in 2025 by Governor Ron DeSantis and works as director of state government affairs for Spectrum in Florida, per the campaign site. She previously served as founding executive director of Lakeland Leads, now ConnectED Polk, and has worked on education reform in nine states through the Foundation for Excellence in Education, per the campaign site.

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