Florida Files

Officeholders

Lauren Book

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-06-21 · 7 pages (text)

Net worth$4,378,021
Income listed$309,452
Real estate$2,350,0002 properties
Debts listed$350,698
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Nonprofit 83% $257,500 · Lauren's Kids, Inc.
  • Government & public payroll 10% $29,697 · State of Florida
  • Investments & retirement 7% $22,255 · UBS-John Hancock Fundamental Large Cap Core Fund CL A - Dividends, UBS-Delaware Value Fund Institutional Class I - Dividends, Merrill-Microsoft Corp - Dividends

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $4,378,021; listed items add up to $4,378,021

Reported net worth: $4,378,021. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $4,378,021. 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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Missing or incomplete

$1,945,420 of assets itemized in an attachment on pages 6–7 — the totals match

The form says “see attached” for 1 entry, and this copy includes the attachment (pages 6–7). Intangible Assets - Schedule Attached — $1,945,420: matches “Total $1,945,419.76” (page 7).

What to check
  • Open the attachment page to see the individual holdings behind each total.

Rule: Itemized in an attachment
“A filer may include and submit attachments or other supporting documentation when filing”2023 Form 6 instructions, Attachments ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

83% of listed income ($257,500) comes from Lauren's Kids, Inc.

Listed income totals $309,452 from 5 sources. The largest is classed as nonprofit.

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 Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $4,378,021 — 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 $2,350,000 across 2 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

Their campaign

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Lauren Book

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — qualifying copy2026-06-04$5,566,3991
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-05-11$5,566,399
2024 Form 6F — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-01-06$5,317,059
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-06-22$3,729,682

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

Campaign money

2026 campaign for State Senator, District 30

Raised
$456,151 from 511 contributions
Their own money
$26,000 lent, $10,000 given
Loans
$26,000 lent to the campaign

Largest contributors

  • BOOK LAUREN $10,000
  • GIFT SCENARIO, INC. $2,000
  • CAPITAL ADVOCACY GROUP, INC. $2,000
  • RONALD L. BOOK GOVERNMENT CONSULTANTS, INC. $2,000
  • CONFECTION CONNECTION, INC. $2,000

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 $4,295,420 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $350,698 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $309,452 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
LAUREN'S KIDS, INC.Income sourceActive
formed 2007 · last annual report 2026
matched by name

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-11T05:31:54+00:00
SHA-256
f9de0e817f12690084938553e78eb3b52d343ca649b2acc4ce4255cfafcb5cf9
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6 · p6 attachment · p7 attachment
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 0 value(s) below 80% confidence

Other documents in the qualifying packet

  • 01/21/25 — Audit Letter PDF (3p)
  • 02/06/25 — Response to Audit Letter PDF (3p)
  • 02/12/25 — Audit Final Notice PDF (2p)
  • 02/28/25 — Response to Audit Letter PDF (1p)
  • 05/27/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer PDF (1p)
  • 05/27/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer PDF (1p)
  • 05/27/26 — Statement of Candidate PDF (1p)
  • 06/01/26 — Redesignation Letter PDF (1p)
  • 06/02/26 — Response to Redesignation PDF (1p)
  • 06/04/26 — Financial Disclosure PDF (6p)
  • 06/04/26 — Check PDF (1p)
  • 06/04/26 — State Partisan Candidate Oath - Party Affiliated PDF (2p)
  • 11/25/24 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer PDF (1p)
  • 11/25/24 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer PDF (1p)
  • 11/25/24 — Statement of Candidate PDF (1p)
  • 11/26/24 — Acknowledgment Letter PDF (2p)