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City of Palm Bay, Florida
Kenny Johnson
City Council Seat 4 / Deputy Mayor designate, City of Palm Bay, Florida (first elected 2018; re-elected Nov 2022; current term to Nov 2026; Seat 4 on Nov 3, 2026 regular ballot — re-election bid filed via johnson4palmbay.com)
Nonpartisan
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
100
/ 100
A
Raw: 6 of 6 dynamic max
· 3 of 30 answered
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✝ God First
4/ 70
🏛️ Local First
2/ 30
National Rank
#4,747 of 8,966 · bottom 47.1% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Religion: Christian — publicly self-identified: 'committed to aligning with individuals who dedicate their talents and skills to advance God's purpose and fulfill the Great Commission'; mission 'to bring unity within the body of Christ, fostering connections that are grounded in love, service, and faith.' Fellowship of Christian Athletes 2005-2012; has spoken at Greater Palm Bay Church of God events. Denomination not specified.
Background: Kenny Johnson, MPA — Melbourne, FL native; Bayside High School; full football scholarship to Charleston Southern University (defensive back); B.S. Criminal Justice; Master of Public Administration. Member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Returned to Brevard 2013; juvenile case manager, juvenile detention officer, teacher, coach, personal trainer. Founded Top Notch Training of Brevard, Inc. (2016) and the 'Top Notch Leaders' mentoring program for 5th-6th-grade boys. First elected to Palm Bay Council Seat 4 in 2018 (~58%); re-elected 2022. Currently Deputy Mayor (rotating peer designation, sequence overlaps with Jaffe) + Chair of the Florida League of Cities Finance & Taxation Policy Committee. Established Palm Bay's Annual Black History Event, Inaugural Veterans Day Parade, Youth Advisory Board, and Civil Citation Program for misdemeanor cannabis (diversion alternative to arrest). Father; local business owner. Notably feuded with then-State Rep Randy Fine (2022 confrontation; State Attorney declined to charge Johnson — 'no prosecutable crimes').
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Web-verified sitting Seat 4 Councilman of Palm Bay as of June 2026 (palmbayfl.gov staff directory + johnson4palmbay.com re-election campaign site + Hometown News Brevard 2021 profile + multiple 2024-2026 news mentions). Sweep of palmbayfl.gov, johnson4palmbay.com, his Facebook + Instagram + LinkedIn, Hometown News Brevard, The Space Coast Rocket, The Palm Bayer, FL Voice News, WFTV, ClickOrlando, Spectrum News 13, CFPublic, mobilize.us / BrevardDems pages, Greater Palm Bay Church of God videos. PARTY NOTE: Palm Bay city offices are officially nonpartisan; Johnson himself has not publicly stated a party label, but his civic activity is openly Democratic-aligned (FL Democratic Party / BrevardDems hosted 'Palm Bay Knockathon with Kenny Johnson' voter-canvass events at precincts 310, 313, 510) — left party field NULL absent primary-source registration confirmation. HARD evidence — 3 TRUE / 0 FALSE / 27 NULL after exhaustive sweep. TRUE: economic_stewardship.2 (at Sept 8 2025 budget hearing Johnson + Hammer advocated for a LOWER millage; Johnson on record city must 'trim fat' when 'things get tight for the residents' and pushed 'zero-based budgeting'; voted Aye on the compromise 6.7000 rate — affirmative restraint posture beyond a routine vote, cross-direction for a D-aligned councilor); public_justice.0 (campaign site / city bio documents Johnson 'led efforts in funding our police and fire departments, along with creating new community policing programs that have kept crime rates low and increased trust in law enforcement'; statements at the Compound-crime workshop pushed police-led safety solutions; Aye on $78,500 police staffing study Feb 5 2026; Compound rezoning push tied directly to public-safety justification — affirmative advocacy beyond a budget vote); border_immigration.2 (Aye on unanimous 5-0 Palm Bay 287(g) MOA April 3 2025 — affirmative anti-sanctuary cooperation, cross-direction for a D-aligned councilor). NULL HOLDS (downgraded per skill): christian_liberty ALL NULL — personal Christian profession is biographical (goes in profile.religion), but cell-positions require policy acts/votes, none located. Civil-Citation Program for misdemeanor cannabis is soft-on-low-level-drug enforcement but does not map cleanly to any public_justice cell as written → NULL with note rather than force-fit. refuse_state_overreach.0 NULL — rubric targets resistance to UNCONSTITUTIONAL state mandates; 287(g) Aye is COMPLIANCE with state direction, not resistance. All other 26 cells NULL after exhaustive sweep — no Pride/drag/SOGI vote at Palm Bay during his tenure, no abortion/personhood statement, no election-integrity statement, no 2A statement (FL preempts most local gun regulation), no broader refuse-state-overreach or border-immigration cells. DEVIATION ALERT (D-aligned with R-coded votes): Johnson is openly D-aligned but VOTES consistently fiscally-conservative (pushed below-staff millage, 'trim fat,' zero-based budgeting) and voted YES on 287(g) ICE MOA — exactly the cross-pressure profile the brand should surface honestly.
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Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
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Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county Pride proclamations, Pride flags at city facilities, drag programming in libraries, and LGBT-affirming K-12 curriculum (school-board-relevant)
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
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Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
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Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
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Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
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Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
Not yet verified
Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
Not yet verified
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
Not yet verified
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
Not yet verified
Official has asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
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Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
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Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
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Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
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Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
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Sources & Evidence
3 Official15 Other
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Bay,_FloridaEncyclopedia
www.palmbayflorida.orgUnclassified
johnson4palmbay.com/Unclassified
johnson4palmbay.com/about/Unclassified
johnson4palmbay.com/issues/Unclassified
www.mobilize.us/floridadems/event/3475/Unclassified
www.mobilize.us/floridadems/event/3006/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Sept 8 2025 budget hearing — Johnson + Hammer advocated for a LOWER millage rate than staff proposed; Johnson on record city must 'trim fat' when 'things get tight for the residents' and pushed 'zero-based budgeting'; voted Aye on the compromise 6.7000 rate (4-1; Langevin alone NAY for higher) — affirmative fiscal-restraint posture, cross-direction for a D-aligned councilor Unclassified
Sept 8 2025 budget hearing — Johnson + Hammer advocated for a LOWER millage rate than staff proposed; Johnson on record city must 'trim fat' when 'things get tight for the residents' and pushed 'zero-based budgeting'; voted Aye on the compromise 6.7000 rate (4-1; Langevin alone NAY for higher) — affirmative fiscal-restraint posture, cross-direction for a D-aligned councilor
- [2]Aye on unanimous 5-0 vote April 3, 2025 to enroll Palm Bay PD in ICE's 287(g) Task Force Model — affirmative anti-sanctuary / pro-federal-immigration-cooperation, cross-direction for a D-aligned councilor Unclassified
Aye on unanimous 5-0 vote April 3, 2025 to enroll Palm Bay PD in ICE's 287(g) Task Force Model — affirmative anti-sanctuary / pro-federal-immigration-cooperation, cross-direction for a D-aligned councilor
- [3]Aye on unanimous 5-0 vote April 3, 2025 to enroll Palm Bay PD in ICE's 287(g) Task Force Model — affirmative anti-sanctuary / pro-federal-immigration-cooperation, cross-direction for a D-aligned councilor Unclassified
Aye on unanimous 5-0 vote April 3, 2025 to enroll Palm Bay PD in ICE's 287(g) Task Force Model — affirmative anti-sanctuary / pro-federal-immigration-cooperation, cross-direction for a D-aligned councilor
- [4]Campaign site / city bio documents Johnson 'led efforts in funding our police and fire departments, along with creating new community policing programs that have kept crime rates low and increased trust in law enforcement'; Compound-crime workshop statements pushed police-led safety solutions; Aye on $78,500 police staffing study Feb 5 2026; Compound rezoning push tied directly to public-safety justification — affirmative advocacy beyond a budget vote Unclassified
Campaign site / city bio documents Johnson 'led efforts in funding our police and fire departments, along with creating new community policing programs that have kept crime rates low and increased trust in law enforcement'; Compound-crime workshop statements pushed police-led safety solutions; Aye on $78,500 police staffing study Feb 5 2026; Compound rezoning push tied directly to public-safety justification — affirmative advocacy beyond a budget vote
- [5]Campaign site / city bio documents Johnson 'led efforts in funding our police and fire departments, along with creating new community policing programs that have kept crime rates low and increased trust in law enforcement'; Compound-crime workshop statements pushed police-led safety solutions; Aye on $78,500 police staffing study Feb 5 2026; Compound rezoning push tied directly to public-safety justification — affirmative advocacy beyond a budget vote Unclassified
Campaign site / city bio documents Johnson 'led efforts in funding our police and fire departments, along with creating new community policing programs that have kept crime rates low and increased trust in law enforcement'; Compound-crime workshop statements pushed police-led safety solutions; Aye on $78,500 police staffing study Feb 5 2026; Compound rezoning push tied directly to public-safety justification — affirmative advocacy beyond a budget vote
- [6]Campaign site / city bio documents Johnson 'led efforts in funding our police and fire departments, along with creating new community policing programs that have kept crime rates low and increased trust in law enforcement'; Compound-crime workshop statements pushed police-led safety solutions; Aye on $78,500 police staffing study Feb 5 2026; Compound rezoning push tied directly to public-safety justification — affirmative advocacy beyond a budget vote Unclassified
Campaign site / city bio documents Johnson 'led efforts in funding our police and fire departments, along with creating new community policing programs that have kept crime rates low and increased trust in law enforcement'; Compound-crime workshop statements pushed police-led safety solutions; Aye on $78,500 police staffing study Feb 5 2026; Compound rezoning push tied directly to public-safety justification — affirmative advocacy beyond a budget vote
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