Florida Files

Officeholders

James Robert Shenko

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-03-24 · 4 pages (text)

Net worth$3,727,500
Income listed$229,000
Real estate$2,000,0003 properties
Debts listed$80,000
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 81% $185,000 · State of Florida Judicial Salary
  • Other / unclassified 19% $44,000 · The Cove Management, Inc., Northern Trust ETF PASS GRTH INC

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $3,727,500; listed items add up to $3,757,500

Reported net worth: $3,727,500. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $3,757,500. 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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

81% of listed income ($185,000) comes from State of Florida Judicial Salary

Listed income totals $229,000 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”2023 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 $3,727,500 — 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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $2,000,000 across 3 properties (54% 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.”2023 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

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by James Robert Shenko

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-04-15$3,927,918
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-04-11$4,047,356
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-04-11$3,497,000

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $3,807,500 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $80,000 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $229,000 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Reported as “N/A”.

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
THE COVE MANAGEMENT, INC.Income sourceActive
formed 1977 · last annual report 2026
matched by name

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-11T04:11:24+00:00
SHA-256
8910bfbb3928c89e026b9be25f47bd742d1f7becedf06564339186db8a8da6a2
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6
Extraction
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