Florida Files

Officeholders

James Sherman

2024 Form 6X · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-09-18 · 4 pages (text)

Amendment. It restates net worth. Assets, liabilities, joint and several liabilities, income, secondary sources of income and interests in specified businesses weren't amended, so they're shown as originally filed in the Form 6 received 2025-06-13; click those values to open it.

Net worth$996,204
Income listed$219,679
Real estate$1,185,0002 properties
Debts listed$364,052
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 88% $192,529 · State of Florida
  • Real estate 12% $27,150 · Rental Income

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 3

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $996,204; listed items add up to $1,022,035

Reported net worth: $996,204. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $1,022,035. They roughly agree.

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

88% of listed income ($192,529) comes from State of Florida

Listed income totals $219,679 from 2 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 Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $1,185,000 across 2 properties (119% 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.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Their campaign

Other filings by James Sherman

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6X — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-24$927,830
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics) · amended later2026-04-08$927,830
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics) · amended later2025-06-13$1,022,095
Form — qualifying copy2026-04-10—

Qualifying copies and annual Commission filings are matched to each other by name.

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)
$10,000

Assets over $1,000 $1,376,087 listed

DescriptionValue
House – 9065 New Hope Ct, Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411$755,000
Townhouse – 9143D SW 23rd St, Davie, FL 33411$430,000
Kia Telluride$39,000
PNC Bank Checking and Savings$14,000
Honda Accord$16,000
Wells Fargo Checking$4,600
Fidelity IRA (VGT)$16,964
Roth IRA - Etrade (SPY)$13,214
Investment Account - Etrade (VOO)$66,600
Investment Account - Vanguard (VGT)$5,805
Nationwide Deferred Compensation Account$14,904

Liabilities over $1,000 $364,052 listed

CreditorAddressAmount
Richard Sherman412 Aldama Ave, The Village, FL 32159$200,000
Richard Sherman412 Aldama Ave, The Village, FL 32159$160,000
Lightstream LoanP.O. Box 117320, Atlanta, GA 30368-7320$4,052

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $219,679 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead: No

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount
State of FloridaState of Florida 205 N. Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, FL 33401$192,529
Rental Income9143D SW 23rd St Davie, FL 33324$27,150

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
2026-10-08T14:37:14+00:00
SHA-256
db78c153c42ca97d17cd3009289f4b289b55c3835cdf17e24800a8f0e70add7f
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 1 value(s) below 80% confidence

Other documents in the qualifying packet

  • 02/13/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 02/13/26 — Statement of Candidate for Judicial Office (not downloaded)
  • 02/13/26 — Statement of Candidate (not downloaded)
  • 02/18/26 — Acknowledgment Letter (not downloaded)
  • 04/10/26 — Check (not downloaded)
  • 04/10/26 — Candidate Oath - Judicial Office (not downloaded)
  • 04/10/26 — Financial Disclosure PDF (2p)
  • 04/14/26 — Candidate Oath - Judicial Office (not downloaded)
  • 04/28/26 — Term Report Notice (not downloaded)