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Officeholders

Patricia A. Doherty

2022 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2023-06-11 · 18 pages (text)

Net worth$7,329,904
Income listed$64,951
Real estate$2,800,0004 properties
Debts listed$0
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Investments & retirement 86% $55,862 · Florida Retirement System
  • Real estate 9% $5,589 · Rental Income
  • Government & public payroll 5% $3,500 · State of Florida
  • Other / unclassified 0% $0 · See Attached

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 6

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $7,329,904; listed items add up to $7,329,904

Reported net worth: $7,329,904. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $7,329,904. They roughly agree. 1 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.”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Missing or incomplete

$3,865,323 of assets itemized in an attachment on pages 5–18; $3,342,960 of it couldn't be confirmed from the low-resolution pages

The form says “see attached” for 4 entries, and this copy includes the attachment (pages 5–18). Merrill Lynch Brokerage Acct. (attached) — $1,789,894: no matching amount found on the attachment; Raymond James IRA (attached) — $1,553,066: no matching amount found on the attachment; Ameritrade Brokerage Account (attached) — $360,219: matches “TOTAL ACCOUNT VALUE ‘ $360,218.39” (page 15); Vanguard IRA (attached) — $162,144: matches “Total Est. annual income: $5,098.78; Est. yield: 3.14% $0.00 $162,143.68” (page 18). 14 of the 14 attachment pages are low-resolution images (about 149 dpi), where digits are often misread, so these totals couldn't be checked automatically. The pages may also be holdings detail without the account summary — compare them with the form.

What to check
  • Open the attachment page to see the individual holdings behind each total.
  • Compare the unmatched entries with the attachment, and with the filer's annual filing.

Rule: Itemized in an attachment
“A filer may include and submit attachments or other supporting documentation when filing”2022 Form 6 instructions, Attachments ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

86% of listed income ($55,862) comes from Florida Retirement System

Listed income totals $64,951 from 4 sources. The largest is classed as investments & retirement.

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 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 $7,329,904 — 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”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $2,800,000 across 4 properties (38% 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

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Their filings

Other filings by Patricia A. Doherty

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-05-26$9,442,990
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-05-15$8,970,0951
2023 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2024-05-31$7,783,5531

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $7,079,904 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $0 listed

Reported as “N/A”.

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $64,951 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
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Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-11T01:20:06+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 attachment · p6 attachment · p7 attachment · p8 attachment · p9 attachment · p10 other · p11 attachment · p12 attachment · p13 attachment · p14 attachment · p15 attachment · p16 other · p17 attachment · p18 attachment
Extraction
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