Florida Files

Officeholders

Martin Bidwill

2022 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2023-06-30 · 4 pages (text)

Net worth$2,850,497
Income listed$181,675
Real estate$2,641,7002 properties
Debts listed$579,293
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 92% $166,411 · State of Florida
  • Investments & retirement 7% $13,500 · Merrill Lynch
  • Other / unclassified 1% $1,764 · Gulfstream Park Racing Association, Inc.

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 1 investment account ($31,078) 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 $2,850,497; listed items add up to $2,918,163

Reported net worth: $2,850,497. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $2,918,163. 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

92% of listed income ($166,411) comes from State of Florida

Listed income totals $181,675 from 3 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 $2,850,497 — 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

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $2,641,700 across 2 properties (93% 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.”2022 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ 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 Martin Bidwill

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-04-10$2,637,900
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-28$3,025,343
2023 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2024-06-25$2,931,753
Form — qualifying copy2026-04-14—

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

Campaign money

2026 campaign for Circuit Judge, District 17

Raised
$31,689 from 69 contributions (incl. $29 in kind)
Their own money
$100 given

Largest contributors

  • MORITT, HOCK & HAMROFF, LLP $1,000
  • JACK TUTER, PA $1,000
  • TOM LYNCH, PA $1,000
  • DIPIETRO DAVID $1,000
  • UUSTAL JOHN $1,000

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 $3,346,456 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $579,293 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $181,675 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
GULFSTREAM PARK RACING ASSOCIATION, INC.Income sourceActive
formed 1944 · last annual report 2026
matched by name

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-11T00:53:31+00:00
SHA-256
455f56808c2aa40b11d45615221525bf5ffcedfecf8f83164836846389adbbfb
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

  • 02/02/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 02/02/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 02/02/26 — Statement of Candidate (not downloaded)
  • 02/02/26 — Statement of Candidate for Judicial Office (not downloaded)
  • 02/02/26 — Acknowledgment Letter (not downloaded)
  • 04/14/26 — Check (not downloaded)
  • 04/14/26 — Candidate Oath - Judicial Office (not downloaded)
  • 04/14/26 — Financial Disclosure PDF (2p)
  • 04/28/26 — Term Report Notice (not downloaded)