Florida Files

State Senator, District 40

Jose Stoute

2025 Form 6 · qualifying copy filed with the Division of Elections · received 2026-06-09 · 8 pages (scanned, read by OCR)

Net worth$3,353,701
Income listed$454,372
Real estate$1,187,0002 properties
Debts listed$527,058
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Health care 77% $349,809 · Veterans Health Administration
  • Banking, mortgage & lending 18% $81,763 · Defense Finance and Accounting
  • Real estate 5% $22,800 · Rental Income
  • Other / unclassified 0% $0 · See Attached

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 7

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 2 investment accounts ($2,350,875) instead of what's in them

The instructions say the investments held in a brokerage account or IRA are the assets to report — not the account itself. As listed, the public can't see what the filer is invested in.

What to check
  • Which companies or funds are in these accounts? Holdings matter for conflicts of interest.

Rule: Accounts listed instead of investments
“Note that the product contained in a brokerage account, IRA, or the Florida College Investment Plan, is your asset”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

“Retirement Account” ($1,514,634) doesn't name the institution

Intangible assets should name the entity they relate to.

What to check
  • Which bank, company or fund is this?

Rule: Asset without a named institution
“Do not list simply "stocks and bonds" or "bank accounts."”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $3,353,701; listed items add up to $3,403,702

Reported net worth: $3,353,701. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $3,403,702. They roughly agree. 2 listed item(s) have no amount, so the comparison is incomplete.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

77% of listed income ($349,809) comes from Veterans Health Administration

Listed income totals $454,372 from 4 sources. The largest is classed as health care.

What to check
  • Who is this source, and does it have business before the office sought?
  • If the filer owns it, check the business section and secondary income.

Rule: Where the money comes from
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2025 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 4 separate employers or businesses

Several distinct earned-income sources (excluding investments, retirement and Social Security).

What to check
  • Are any of these sources connected to each other or to the office sought?

Rule: Several earned-income sources

How this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $3,353,701 — a millionaire on paper

Net worth is the filer's own figure. Being wealthy isn't a problem; it's context for comparing candidates and for reading the rest of the form.

What to check
  • Compare with the other candidates in the race.
  • Check that the large assets below are described and valued clearly.

Rule: Net worth tier
“Report your net worth as of”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $1,187,000 across 2 properties (35% of net worth)

Real estate holdings, as listed.

What to check
  • Look the parcels up with the county property appraiser: land use (vacant or improved), assessed value and when they were bought.
  • Check whether any listed liability is a mortgage on these properties.

Rule: Real estate holdings
“Real property: Identify by providing the street address of the property.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

These links open official public records, built from what the filer disclosed. They're searches you run yourself — results may include other people or companies with similar names.

Their campaign

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $3,880,759 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $527,058 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $454,372 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
Date

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-07T19:39:16+00:00
SHA-256
8e3ff479aa485d6444c1ab701fcfeeec8e8d296042fc00b79345982becb48a4b
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 blank · p4 form6 · p5 blank · p6 form6 · p7 other · p8 form6
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 3 value(s) below 80% confidence

Other documents in the qualifying packet

  • 05/26/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 05/26/26 — Statement of Candidate (not downloaded)
  • 06/02/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 06/02/26 — Acknowledgment Letter (not downloaded)
  • 06/09/26 — Check (not downloaded)
  • 06/09/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 06/09/26 — State Partisan Candidate Oath - Party Affiliated (not downloaded)
  • 06/09/26 — Financial Disclosure PDF (8p)
  • 06/22/26 — Audit Letter (not downloaded)
  • 06/26/26 — Fine Letter (not downloaded)
  • 07/20/26 — Response to Fine Payment (not downloaded)