Florida Files

Officeholders

Tesha Ballou

2022 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2023-06-08 · 4 pages (text)

Net worth$1,061,262
Income listed$174,954
Real estate$464,000
Debts listed$288,504
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 99% $173,785 · State of Florida
  • Other / unclassified 1% $1,170 · Templeton Worldwide Inc.

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 11 investment accounts ($68,860) 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”2022 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $1,061,262; listed items add up to $1,077,386

Reported net worth: $1,061,262. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $1,077,386. 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.”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

99% of listed income ($173,785) comes from State of Florida

Listed income totals $174,954 from 2 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”2022 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $1,061,262 — 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”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ 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

Their campaign

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Tesha Ballou

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — qualifying copy2026-04-17$1,020,509
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-04-09$1,020,509
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-05$877,947
2023 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2024-06-13$766,740

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

Campaign money

2026 campaign for Circuit Judge, District 18

Raised
$0 from 0 contributions
Their own money
$10,000 lent
Loans
$10,000 lent to the campaign

From the Division of Elections campaign finance database, retrieved 2026-10-10. Loans and interest aren't counted as raised. Search the records by candidate name · How this is counted

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $1,230,889 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $288,504 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $174,954 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”.

Companies on the state register

Companies this filing names, as the Division of Corporations lists them. Their role is shown when the filer is an officer or registered agent. A company matched by name only is shown just when it's active. How these are matched

CompanyNamed asState recordTheir role
TEMPLETON WORLDWIDE, INC.Income sourceActive
formed 1993 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLCCreditorActive
formed 2010 · last annual report 2026
matched by name

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-11T01:14:37+00:00
SHA-256
35b39fd3888da02ea77177a3d9ceb7be00b329d5eb34044f39b19cfa635ad2fe
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 0 value(s) below 80% confidence

Other documents in the qualifying packet

  • 04/10/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 04/10/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 04/10/26 — Statement of Candidate for Judicial Office (not downloaded)
  • 04/10/26 — Statement of Candidate (not downloaded)
  • 04/13/26 — Acknowledgment Letter (not downloaded)
  • 04/17/26 — Check (not downloaded)
  • 04/17/26 — Candidate Oath - Judicial Office (not downloaded)
  • 04/17/26 — Statement of Candidate for Judicial Office (not downloaded)
  • 04/17/26 — Statement of Candidate (not downloaded)
  • 04/17/26 — Financial Disclosure PDF (6p)
  • 04/28/26 — Term Report Notice (not downloaded)
  • 05/21/26 — Pin/Password Reset Request (not downloaded)