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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe mayor\u2019s spot, along with two commission seats, will be determined on Tuesday, Nov. 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mutz announced in March that he would not seek a third term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A group of four candidates is vying to be the next mayor of Lakeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will have stories with each of the candidates from now until the election. Tap\/click on the candidate’s image below to learn more:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Kaitlin Gracie Kramer – 24, a restaurant manager and homeowner, who said the focus of her campaign will be city growth and the infrastructure. She is the youngest person ever to run for mayor of Lakeland.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Kay Klymko – 75, a health care industry worker, who has run for office previously.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Sara Roberts McCarley – 54, a businessperson and nonprofit worker who was previously a member of the Lakeland city council.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Cedrick Valrie – 42, Southeastern University theology professor who is making his first foray into running for public office. Valrie said the continuing economic concerns prompted him to run.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot is Oct. 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Early, walk-in voting begins Oct. 27 at the following locations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Election Day, polls will be open at assigned precincts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the first time since 2018, someone other than Bill Mutz will soon be the mayor of Lakeland. The mayor\u2019s spot, along with two commission seats, will be determined on… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMTBcL2xha2VsYW5kLW1heW9yYWwtY2FuZGlkYXRlcy53ZWJwP2ZpdD0xMDI0JTJDNTc2JnNzbD0xIiwidHh0IjoiRm91ciBjYW5kaWRhdGVzIHZ5aW5nIGZvciBtYXlvciYjODIxNztzIHBvc3QgaW4gTGFrZWxhbmQiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImhpZ2h3YXkiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.whq0fKZ2KZ8YGG8Wrs1dIkOgcBzvhDWJ2c146dl4WJEMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":58493,"url":"http:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lakeland-mayoral-candidates.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[12392],"class_list":["post-58492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-four-candidates-vying-for-mayors-post-in-lakeland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58494,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58492\/revisions\/58494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Lakeland Mayoral Candidates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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