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Brevard County
Lisa Cullen
Tax Collector, Brevard County
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
100
/ 100
A
Raw: 2 of 2 dynamic max
· 1 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
2/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
National Rank
#5,069 of 8,966 · bottom 43.5% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 7, 2028
General · Not up at next scheduled election
— until
Registration deadline: 2026-10-05
Early voting: 2026-10-22 – 2026-11-01
Elections office: (850) 245-6200
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Florida Division of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: Self-stated 'on ministry staff of a local church for 34 years' (Hometown News Brevard 2024 candidate questionnaire) — denomination and specific church not publicly identified
Background: Lisa Cullen, CFC, is the elected constitutional officer Tax Collector of Brevard County, Florida (Republican). Born in Logan, West Virginia; family relocated to Brevard County early 1980s. Education: Merritt Island High School; A.A. Brevard Community College / Eastern Florida State College; B.S. Accounting & Finance, University of Central Florida. Career: began at the Brevard Tax Collector's Office front counter in 1985; Certified Florida Collector (CFC) since February 2009. First elected November 2008; assumed office January 2009; re-elected unopposed in 2012, 2016, and 2020. August 20, 2024 Republican primary: defeated County Commissioner Rita Pritchett 84.8% to 15.9%; write-in opponent Daniel Edwin Lopez withdrew early September 2024 making her re-elected unopposed in the general for a term to January 2029. President of the Florida Tax Collectors Association 2014-2015. Married to high-school sweetheart Robert Cullen, a RETIRED Brevard County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant. EFSC Foundation Board (2012-2018, Board Chair); Michael-Gene Basketball Foundation; National Homeless Veterans Support. 2016 TDC Portrait of Excellence; 2022 EFSC Distinguished Alumni. Rated 'A' by Ultra MAGA Patriots Brevard County (May 2024).
Next Election Year: 2028
ARCHETYPE: Administrative constitutional officer (county tax collector) with one HARD self-statement of multi-decade church ministry role and no other public positions on rubric cells. 1 HARD TRUE (christian_liberty.q0 — 34-year ministry staff self-statement) + 0 FALSE = 100% on the single scoreable cell — sparse-data trap noted but evidence_local is honest given the cited self-statement. HIGH BAR discipline preserved: husband Robert is retired BCSO Lieutenant (strong personal LE tie) but that is BIOGRAPHICAL not affirmative pro-LE policy advocacy — public_justice.q0 NULL not TRUE (mirrors Cocoa Hearn FF/EMT biographical NULL pattern from prior batch). Office's mission slogan 'Transparency and Accountability; Every Day in Every Way' is administrative tone, not specific Pillar A/B advocacy. Office issues Concealed Weapon Licenses at 4 branches under FDACS partnership — statutory implementation NOT a 2A advocacy stance (self_defense cells NULL). Office implements FL HB 1451 (2023) driver-license posture and FL HB 543 (2023) constitutional carry by statutory compliance — not policy advocacy. Brevard BoCC pursued 'Bill of Rights Sanctuary County' ordinance late 2024 (Commissioner Feltner, pulled Dec 3 2024 agenda); Cullen took no public position. Brevard BoCC unanimously passed anti-sanctuary-city resolution 2018 (Commissioner Tobia); Cullen took no documented sign-on. COVID-era office took 'extra precautions' with PPE/distancing — standard compliance, not mandate-refusal (refuse_state_overreach.q2 NULL). Ultra MAGA Patriots 'A' rating is THIRD-PARTY grassroots assessment, not specific-cell advocacy. The 34-year ministry staff self-statement is HARD evidence of long-term Christian-church involvement meeting SKILL's public-profession definition — TRUE for christian_liberty.q0 with the caveat that denomination is unverified. Currency: 84.8% Aug-2024 GOP primary + January 2029 term = high-confidence still in office.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
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Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
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Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
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Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
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Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
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Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
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Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in state-funded schools, state agencies, and state corporate-partnership programs
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Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
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Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
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Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
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Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
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Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
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Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
TRUE (+2)[2]
Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
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Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
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Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
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Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays/curricula/holidays in state institutions
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Candidate has voted for state law protecting cash as legal tender, opposing state-level CBDC pilot programs, and protecting crypto-as-property status
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Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
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Candidate has voted for state balanced-budget compliance + opposed state borrowing for non-capital expenditures
Candidate has voted for state usury caps + state predatory-lending protections + state charitable-deduction parity
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Candidate has voted for state pension/treasury divestment from ESG-aligned funds (e.g., BlackRock) + state anti-monopoly enforcement against financial cartels
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
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Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
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Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
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Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
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Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
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Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
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Candidate (state) has voted for state E-Verify mandate (beyond federal floor) for state employers + state-benefit eligibility verification
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Candidate (state) has voted to restrict foreign ownership of state farmland (e.g., China-buyer prohibitions)
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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
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Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
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Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
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Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
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Candidate (state) has voted to enact / strengthen state Castle Doctrine + stand-your-ground statute
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Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
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Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
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Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
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Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
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Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
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Official has voted for or sponsored 10th-Amendment nullification or anti-commandeering measures
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Official has declined unconstitutional federal mandates or federal strings on the state
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Official has resisted federal overreach on guns, life, education, or religious liberty
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Official affirms state sovereignty against unconstitutional federal action
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Official has opposed federal capture of state elections, data, or land
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Brevard BoCC denied $5,000 Space Coast Pride-Fest grant 2025 (board-level posture). Cullen as Tax Collector took NO documented public position. Office has not issued Pride proclamation or flown rainbow flag. Honest null at the Cullen level. Unclassified
Brevard BoCC denied $5,000 Space Coast Pride-Fest grant 2025 (board-level posture). Cullen as Tax Collector took NO documented public position. Office has not issued Pride proclamation or flown rainbow flag. Honest null at the Cullen level.
- [2]HARD TRUE — Cullen's own candidate-questionnaire statement (Hometown News Brevard 2024): 'I have been on ministry staff of a local church for 34 years.' Self-declared multi-decade Christian-church ministry role from a candidate's own words in a primary-source forum. Meets SKILL definition of public profession of Christian faith / church affiliation. Denomination and specific church unverified. Unclassified
HARD TRUE — Cullen's own candidate-questionnaire statement (Hometown News Brevard 2024): 'I have been on ministry staff of a local church for 34 years.' Self-declared multi-decade Christian-church ministry role from a candidate's own words in a primary-source forum. Meets SKILL definition of public profession of Christian faith / church affiliation. Denomination and specific church unverified.
- [3]Office mission 'Transparency and Accountability; Every Day in Every Way'; FY24-25 budget processed 640,552 transactions collecting/distributing $1.05B in ad-valorem and non-ad-valorem plus $41.1M in fees and $16.8M in TDT. Florida law REQUIRES tax collectors to return unused fees to BoCC by statute, not by Cullen advocacy. No public anti-tax-hike / pro-rate-cut advocacy statement located. Routine administrative compliance per HIGH BAR is NULL not TRUE. Unclassified
Office mission 'Transparency and Accountability; Every Day in Every Way'; FY24-25 budget processed 640,552 transactions collecting/distributing $1.05B in ad-valorem and non-ad-valorem plus $41.1M in fees and $16.8M in TDT. Florida law REQUIRES tax collectors to return unused fees to BoCC by statute, not by Cullen advocacy. No public anti-tax-hike / pro-rate-cut advocacy statement located. Routine administrative compliance per HIGH BAR is NULL not TRUE.
- [4]Office mission 'Transparency and Accountability; Every Day in Every Way'; FY24-25 budget processed 640,552 transactions collecting/distributing $1.05B in ad-valorem and non-ad-valorem plus $41.1M in fees and $16.8M in TDT. Florida law REQUIRES tax collectors to return unused fees to BoCC by statute, not by Cullen advocacy. No public anti-tax-hike / pro-rate-cut advocacy statement located. Routine administrative compliance per HIGH BAR is NULL not TRUE. Official
Office mission 'Transparency and Accountability; Every Day in Every Way'; FY24-25 budget processed 640,552 transactions collecting/distributing $1.05B in ad-valorem and non-ad-valorem plus $41.1M in fees and $16.8M in TDT. Florida law REQUIRES tax collectors to return unused fees to BoCC by statute, not by Cullen advocacy. No public anti-tax-hike / pro-rate-cut advocacy statement located. Routine administrative compliance per HIGH BAR is NULL not TRUE.
- [5]Brevard BoCC unanimously passed anti-sanctuary-city resolution 2018 (Commissioner Tobia) — board action, not Cullen. No documented Cullen sign-on or public position. Honest null. Unclassified
Brevard BoCC unanimously passed anti-sanctuary-city resolution 2018 (Commissioner Tobia) — board action, not Cullen. No documented Cullen sign-on or public position. Honest null.
- [6]Office issues CWLs at 4 branches under FDACS partnership — statutory implementation, NOT a 2A advocacy stance. Brevard BoCC pursued an 'uphold the entire Constitution' resolution Jan 2020 (Commissioner Isnardi) instead of 2A-specific sanctuary; no documented Cullen sign-on. Honest null. Unclassified
Office issues CWLs at 4 branches under FDACS partnership — statutory implementation, NOT a 2A advocacy stance. Brevard BoCC pursued an 'uphold the entire Constitution' resolution Jan 2020 (Commissioner Isnardi) instead of 2A-specific sanctuary; no documented Cullen sign-on. Honest null.
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