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Officeholders

Samantha Ruiz Cohen

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-06-23 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$5,852,747
Income listed$267,479
Real estate$5,517,4003 properties
Debts listed$735,361
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 71% $189,371 · State of Florida
  • Real estate 28% $75,108 · Investment Property, Investment Property
  • Other / unclassified 1% $3,000 · University of Miami Salary Adjunct professor

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $5,852,747; listed items add up to $5,852,855

Reported net worth: $5,852,747. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $5,852,855. 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

71% of listed income ($189,371) comes from State of Florida

Listed income totals $267,479 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 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 $5,852,747 — a multimillionaire 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 $5,517,400 across 3 properties (94% 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

Other filings by Samantha Ruiz Cohen

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-13$6,292,382

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $6,356,217 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $735,361 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $267,479 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
2026-10-08T12:01:34+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