Florida Files

Officeholders

Wilton Simpson

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-06-30 · 6 pages (text)

Net worth$19,775,803
Income listed$1,467,744
Real estate$1,198,113
Debts listed$0
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 81% $1,183,279 · Belly Wadding, LLC
  • Government & public payroll 10% $139,628 · Salary - State of Florida: Comissioner of Ag
  • Investments & retirement 7% $98,574 · Interest-Centennial Bank (Money Market), Interest - Bank Florida (Money Market), Interest - Schwab Joint Account
  • Agriculture 2% $33,663 · Simpson Farms, Inc.
  • Banking, mortgage & lending 1% $12,600 · Bank Florida Board of Directors

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 6

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $19,775,803; listed items add up to $19,775,803

Reported net worth: $19,775,803. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $19,775,803. 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

81% of listed income ($1,183,279) comes from Belly Wadding, LLC

Listed income totals $1,467,744 from 7 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 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 $19,775,803 — 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 $1,198,113 (6% 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

Context Wealth & holdings

Lists 1 business under “Interests in Specified Businesses”

Listed under “Interests in Specified Businesses”: Bank Florida. That section covers banks, insurers, mortgage and small-loan companies, utilities, alcohol licensees, pari-mutuels and holders of city or county franchises — industries where officials' interests are disclosed separately.

What to check
  • Check whether the office sought oversees or contracts with these industries.
  • Look the businesses up on Sunbiz for officers and registered agents.

Rule: Stakes in closely regulated businesses
“The types of businesses covered in this section include: state and federally chartered banks”2024 Form 6 instructions, Interests in Specified Businesses ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

Some of what this filing reports stands out. 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

Their campaign

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Wilton Simpson

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-08$20,616,277
Form — qualifying copy2026-06-09—

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

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $19,530,803 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $0 listed

Reported as “N/A”.

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $1,467,744 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Interests in specified businesses

#1 Name
Address
Activity
Position
Owns > 5%
Nature of ownership

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-08T12:39:14+00:00
SHA-256
694ad95335ad94601856ff19b4a335b700b05c6c4c56ab84fd0e5951d2002de8
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6 · p6 form6
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 0 value(s) below 80% confidence

Other documents in the qualifying packet

  • 04/27/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 04/27/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 04/27/26 — Statement of Candidate (not downloaded)
  • 04/27/26 — Pin/Password Reset Request (not downloaded)
  • 04/27/26 — Acknowledgment Letter (not downloaded)
  • 06/09/26 — Check (not downloaded)
  • 06/09/26 — State Partisan Candidate Oath - Party Affiliated (not downloaded)
  • 06/09/26 — Financial Disclosure PDF (1p)