Florida Files

Officeholders

James Sherman

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-05-30 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$972,910
Income listed$205,553
Real estate$1,135,0002 properties
Debts listed$399,080
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 87% $178,553 · State of Florida
  • Real estate 13% $27,000 · Rental Property

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 3 investment accounts ($124,685) 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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $972,910; listed items add up to $982,760

Reported net worth: $972,910. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $982,760. 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

87% of listed income ($178,553) comes from State of Florida

Listed income totals $205,553 from 2 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 Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $1,135,000 across 2 properties (117% 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

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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
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-05-22$774,700
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 $1,371,840 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $399,080 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $205,553 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”.

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-11T06:51:01+00:00
SHA-256
444ab0ecdac5d1bac7463fbbc6615fa99786710469bb14847dc3ab5c9fe0fc40
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 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)