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John Thomas Brown

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-04-27 · 5 pages (text)

Amended. The filer later corrected this filing with a Form 6X. The figures used across this site come from the filing as amended; this page shows the original as filed.

Net worth$4,471,004
Income listed$310,154
Real estate$3,176,24512 properties
Debts listed$0
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 60% $185,245 · State of Florida - Judgeship
  • Other / unclassified 18% $56,441 · Louise S. Brooks Trust 39,000 + 5,700 F/B/O Margaret B. Brown, 50% of Suites A & E Midbay Office (net), Peach Milkshake
  • Real estate 14% $43,302 · Net Income from 20.66% of all Brown, Brown & Brown real estate
  • Investments & retirement 8% $25,166 · 1/8 interest in ownership of Mariner Plaza located on Eglin Prkway (net), Interest Income/Dividends Taxable interest Dividends/Interest Income

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 2013 Ford Edge Automobile (SEL) (Kelly Blue Book from a dealer, 801 N. Eglin Parkway, Fort Walton Beach (Used cars - tenant Bayview S/D) 20.66% separately from the $50,000 household-goods total

Personal vehicles, jewelry, art and furnishings can be reported in the household-goods lump sum or itemized. Net worth doesn't appear to count them twice.

What to check
  • No action needed unless the lump sum also includes these items.

Rule: Household items listed twice
“Describe, and state the value of, each asset you had on the reporting date you selected for your net worth, if the asset was worth more than $1,000 and if you have not already included that asset in the aggregate value of your household goods and personal effects.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $4,471,004; listed items add up to $4,471,004

Reported net worth: $4,471,004. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $4,471,004. 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

Earns from 5 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 $4,471,004 — 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

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $3,176,245 across 12 properties (71% 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

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 filings

Other filings by John Thomas Brown

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-04-30$4,611,903
2024 Form 6X — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-05-29$4,452,7031

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $4,421,004 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $0 listed

Reported as “N/A”.

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $310,154 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
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
Extraction
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