Florida Files

Officeholders

David Edward Silverman

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-08-29 · 8 pages (text)

Net worth$6,581,861
Income listed$355,893
Real estate$3,758,7006 properties
Debts listed$374,878
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 50% $178,760 · Wages - State of Florida
  • Investments & retirement 36% $127,253 · Interest, dividend & capital gains - Raymond James - see attached detail
  • Real estate 14% $49,880 · Real estate rental income - see attached detail
  • Other / unclassified 0% $0 · See Attached

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $6,581,861; listed items add up to $6,627,044

Reported net worth: $6,581,861. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $6,627,044. They roughly agree. 2 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 Missing or incomplete

Assets and debts itemized in an attachment on pages 6–7

The form says “see attached” for 2 entries, and this copy includes the attachment (pages 6–7).

What to check
  • Open the attachment page to see the individual holdings behind each total.
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 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 $6,581,861 — 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 $3,758,700 across 6 properties (57% 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 David Edward Silverman

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-09-03$6,885,516

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $6,851,922 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $374,878 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $355,893 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
2026-10-08T11:50:44+00:00
SHA-256
abe89960d57feb8e926b92a448ed060bf005e67be2354b1b6f18e838af2ff14f
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6 · p6 attachment · p7 attachment · p8 blank
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 0 value(s) below 80% confidence