Florida Files

Officeholders

James Sherman

2022 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2023-05-22 · 4 pages (text)

Net worth$774,700
Income listed$159,033
Real estate$1,080,0002 properties
Debts listed$370,500
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 69% $109,960 · State of Florida
  • Other / unclassified 26% $42,116 · South Florida Water Management District
  • Real estate 4% $6,957 · Rental Property

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 1 investment account ($4,200) 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 $774,700; listed items add up to $799,700

Reported net worth: $774,700. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $799,700. 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

69% of listed income ($109,960) comes from State of Florida

Listed income totals $159,033 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 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

Real estate worth $1,080,000 across 2 properties (139% 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

Their campaign

Other filings by James Sherman

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6X — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-24$927,830
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics) · amended later2026-04-08$927,830
2024 Form 6X — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-09-18$996,204
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics) · amended later2025-06-13$1,022,095
2023 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2024-05-30$972,910
Form — qualifying copy2026-04-10—

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

Campaign money

2026 campaign for Circuit Judge, District 15

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 $1,155,200 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $370,500 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $159,033 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
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-11T02:40:36+00:00
SHA-256
c1db5131cfa10ec5b984f206d032ef2d73f7a9c80b7410aacf96f68ca44cad4c
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

  • 02/13/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 02/13/26 — Statement of Candidate for Judicial Office (not downloaded)
  • 02/13/26 — Statement of Candidate (not downloaded)
  • 02/18/26 — Acknowledgment Letter (not downloaded)
  • 04/10/26 — Check (not downloaded)
  • 04/10/26 — Candidate Oath - Judicial Office (not downloaded)
  • 04/10/26 — Financial Disclosure PDF (2p)
  • 04/14/26 — Candidate Oath - Judicial Office (not downloaded)
  • 04/28/26 — Term Report Notice (not downloaded)