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Officeholders

James Richard Stearns

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-05-19 · 9 pages (text)

Net worth$3,619,436
Income listed$282,741
Real estate$975,000
Debts listed$33,000
Worth a look1

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 69% $194,031 · State of Florida
  • Other / unclassified 16% $45,461 · See Attached exhibit B, See Attached
  • Investments & retirement 15% $43,249 · Social Security

Worth a look 1

Worth a look Missing or incomplete

$2,539,436 of assets itemized in an attachment on pages 5–9; $2,539,436 of it isn't found there

The form says “see attached” for 1 entry, and this copy includes the attachment (pages 5–9). See attached exhibit — $2,539,436: no matching amount found on the attachment. An entry with no matching amount may be on a page that isn't in this copy, or the attachment may total it differently (or OCR misread it) — compare the page with the form.

What to check
  • Open the attachment page to see the individual holdings behind each total.
  • Compare the unmatched entries with the attachment, and with the filer's annual filing.

Rule: Itemized in an attachment
“A filer may include and submit attachments or other supporting documentation when filing”2024 Form 6 instructions, Attachments ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $3,619,436; listed items add up to $3,781,436

Reported net worth: $3,619,436. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $3,781,436. They roughly agree. 1 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.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

69% of listed income ($194,031) comes from State of Florida

Listed income totals $282,741 from 4 sources. The largest is classed as government & public payroll.

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”2024 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 3 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 $3,619,436 — 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”2024 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Other filings by James Richard Stearns

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6F — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-05-28$3,727,3851

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $3,514,436 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $33,000 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $282,741 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Reported as “N/A”.

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
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SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 attachment · p6 attachment · p7 attachment · p8 attachment · p9 attachment
Extraction
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