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Officeholders

Chad G. Chronister

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-06-09 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$27,000,000
Income listed$1,787,014
Real estate$21,634,5242 properties
Debts listed$0
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 85% $1,512,428 · DeBartolo Holdings, LLC., Frank Lecrone
  • Government & public payroll 14% $258,628 · Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
  • Investments & retirement 1% $15,958 · Merrill Lynch

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 6

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 1 investment account ($329,928) 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”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $27,000,000; listed items add up to $26,897,181

Reported net worth: $27,000,000. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $26,897,181. 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

79% of listed income ($1,412,428) comes from Frank Lecrone

Listed income totals $1,787,014 from 4 sources. The largest is classed as other / unclassified.

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 $27,000,000 — very wealthy 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 $21,634,524 across 2 properties (80% 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

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Chad G. Chronister

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-24$26,500,0001

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $26,097,181 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $0 listed

Reported as “N/A”.

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $1,787,014 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
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Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-08T13:34:05+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 0 value(s) below 80% confidence