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Kay Fields
Image of Kay Fields
Polk County Public Schools school board District 5
Tenure

2002 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

23

Elections and appointments
Last elected

August 23, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of Southern Mississippi

Personal
Religion
African Methodist Episcopal
Contact

Kay Fields is a member of the Polk County Public Schools school board in Florida, representing District 5. She assumed office in 2002. Her current term ends on November 17, 2026.

Fields won re-election to the Polk County Public Schools school board to represent District 5 in Florida outright in the primary on August 23, 2022, after the general election was canceled.

Elections

2022

See also: Polk County Public Schools, Florida, elections (2022)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Polk County Public Schools school board District 5

Incumbent Kay Fields won election outright against Terry Clark in the primary for Polk County Public Schools school board District 5 on August 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kay Fields
Kay Fields (Nonpartisan)
 
52.9
 
53,478
Terry Clark (Nonpartisan)
 
47.1
 
47,588

Total votes: 101,066
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2018

See also: Polk County Public Schools elections (2018)

General election

General election for Polk County Public Schools school board District 5

Incumbent Kay Fields defeated Jennifer Sabin in the general election for Polk County Public Schools school board District 5 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kay Fields
Kay Fields (Nonpartisan)
 
52.2
 
105,110
Image of Jennifer Sabin
Jennifer Sabin (Nonpartisan)
 
47.8
 
96,167

Total votes: 201,277
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Polk County Public Schools school board District 5

Incumbent Kay Fields and Jennifer Sabin defeated Terry Clark in the primary for Polk County Public Schools school board District 5 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kay Fields
Kay Fields (Nonpartisan)
 
37.4
 
36,284
Image of Jennifer Sabin
Jennifer Sabin (Nonpartisan)
 
31.6
 
30,635
Terry Clark (Nonpartisan)
 
31.0
 
30,132

Total votes: 97,051
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2014

See also: Polk County Public Schools elections (2014)

The August 26, 2014 general election in Polk County featured four seats up for election. District 3 incumbent Hazel Sellers defeated challenger Randy Wilkinson. Debra Smith Wright was running for another term in District 6, but lost the seat to Lynn Wilson. Incumbent Tim Harris won re-election to District 7 after defeating challenger Lisa Bone Miller, and District 5 incumbent Kay Fields ran unopposed and won re-election.

Results

Fields ran unopposed and won re-election by default.

2010

Polk County Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKay Fields Incumbent 61.5% 40,436
     Nonpartisan Michael E. Bullard 38.5% 25,264
Total Votes 65,700
Source: Polk County Supervisor of Elections, "Election Results," accessed August 25, 2014

2006

Polk County Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKay Fields Incumbent 64.3% 40,014
     Nonpartisan Ricky Shirah 35.7% 22,234
Total Votes 62,248
Source: Polk County Supervisor of Elections, "Election Results," accessed August 25, 2014

2002

Polk County Public Schools, District 5 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2002
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKay Fields 54.1% 67,420
     Nonpartisan Andrea Whiteley 45.9% 57,090
Total Votes 124,510
Source: Polk County Supervisor of Elections, "Election Results," accessed August 25, 2014</ref>


Polk County Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2002
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKay Fields 47.6% 32,467
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngAndrea Whiteley 34.4% 23,470
     Nonpartisan Carol Castagnero 18% 12,257
Total Votes 68,194
Source: Polk County Supervisor of Elections, "Election Results," accessed August 25, 2014</ref>

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Kay Fields did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

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