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City of Cocoa, Florida
Matthew Barringer
City Council, District 3, City of Cocoa (appointed Oct 2023; term ended Nov 2024)
Nonpartisan
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✝ God First
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🏛️ Local First
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National Rank
#8,515 of 8,966 · bottom 5.0% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Background: Matthew 'Matt' Barringer was appointed by the City of Cocoa Council in late 2023 to fill the District 3 unexpired term following the resignation of the prior councilmember. The vacancy notice was posted by the City of Cocoa on October 11, 2023 with applications due October 18, 2023; the appointment was explicitly for 'the remainder of the unexpired term which expires in November 2024.' Per third-party profile aggregators his credentials include a Doctor of Education with prior M.Ed. and B.A. from UCF, prior service as a U.S. Army Sergeant, work as an Assistant Principal/Program Director in Career & Technical Education, and a community-liaison role at VITAS Healthcare (caution: a SEPARATE Matt Barringer ran for Titusville Council Seat 1 and is/was a Space Coast Jr/Sr High teacher; do NOT conflate). His campaign FB page posted July 17, 2024 'Thank you Cocoa for the privilege to serve our City!' consistent with end of appointed-term service. The Nov 5, 2024 Cocoa election was won by Patricia Weeks (a Brevard real-estate professional), who was sworn in approximately August 29, 2024 and elected to the full term in November 2024; Weeks now serves as D3 + Deputy Mayor. Religion/church / family / specific election margin NOT FOUND. Barringer has NO public party affiliation documented (NOT listed on BrevardDems Elected Officials page, where Mayor Blake / Goins / Hearn / Koss appear).
ARCHETYPE: STALENESS-FIX — Barringer served a brief appointed District 3 term Oct 2023 to ~Aug 2024, with the seat now held by Patricia Weeks (D3 + Deputy Mayor) since the Nov 2024 election. The original scorecard record was seeded from Wikipedia, which is STALE; cocoafl.gov is authoritative and shows Weeks as current D3. Status set to 'former' with candidacy_status 'not_running'; this removes him from the active queue. All 30 cells = honest NULL because his brief tenure produced no documented rubric-level positions on the issues this scorecard tracks (FB social footprint largely login-walled; no press coverage on rubric-relevant questions). No party affiliation documented (NOT on BrevardDems alongside the 4 other Cocoa officials, which is a meaningful negative signal but is not by itself confirmation of R registration; left null). DISAMBIGUATION WARNING: there is a separate Matt Barringer who ran for Titusville Council Seat 1 and is a Space Coast Jr/Sr High teacher; do not conflate. NEXT-QUEUE FLAG: Patricia Weeks (D3 + Deputy Mayor since Nov 2024) needs a new candidate record added to scorecard.json; engine has no add-candidate path so this is flagged for a future hand-add sweep (not this batch's scope).
Category Breakdown
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[1]
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
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
Not yet verified
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)
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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
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
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
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Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
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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
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
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)
Not yet verified
Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
Not yet verified
Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
Not yet verified
Sources & Evidence
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa,_FloridaEncyclopedia
www.cocoafl.orgUnclassified
www.cocoafl.gov/85/City-CouncilOfficial
brevarddems.org/elected-officials/Unclassified
cocoa.legistar.com/MainBody.aspxUnclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Cocoa has not issued a Pride proclamation during his tenure (Oct 2023-Aug 2024) per available reporting; no Barringer statement either direction. Official
Cocoa has not issued a Pride proclamation during his tenure (Oct 2023-Aug 2024) per available reporting; no Barringer statement either direction.
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