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City of Palm Bay, Florida
Mike Jaffe
Deputy Mayor / City Council Seat 5, City of Palm Bay, Florida (elected Nov 5, 2024 with 44.24% in 5-way special; sworn in + unanimously elevated to Deputy Mayor Nov 20, 2024; Seat 5 on Nov 3, 2026 regular ballot — re-election filed July 1, 2025)
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
100
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Raw: 6 of 6 dynamic max
· 3 of 30 answered
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✝ God First
4/ 70
🏛️ Local First
2/ 30
National Rank
#4,746 of 8,966 · bottom 47.1% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Religion: No public faith profession located
Background: Mike Jaffe — 20+ year Palm Bay resident. Director of Operations for a regional home builder; small-business owner; licensed FL realtor. Married 22 years to high-school sweetheart Kim; two children (ages 9 and 7). Little League coach. Self-described fiscal conservative focused on infrastructure (flooding / Indian River Lagoon), public safety budget protection, and responsible development. Reports knocking 5,000+ doors during 2024 campaign. Won Seat 5 with 44.24% on Nov 5, 2024 (5-way special election); sworn in + unanimously elevated to Deputy Mayor Nov 20, 2024 (Hammer nominated). Authored the Oct 17, 2025 motion to censure colleague Chandler Langevin (3-2) over Langevin's 'Deport every Indian immediately' remarks and citation of Robert Rundo, requesting Gov. DeSantis suspend Langevin under FS 112.51 + an ethics complaint. Soft-R signal: spoke at the Brevard Republican Party Straw Poll (June 22, 2024); no primary-source party registration confirmed. Announced re-election bid July 1, 2025.
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Web-verified sitting Deputy Mayor + Seat 5 Councilman of Palm Bay as of June 2026 (palmbayfl.gov bio + Nov 2024 election certification + The Palm Bayer swearing-in coverage). Sweep of palmbayfl.gov, jaffeforpalmbay.com, The Palm Bayer, The Space Coast Rocket, Space Coast Daily, Hometown News Brevard, FL Voice News, CFPublic, Spectrum News 13, his Facebook campaign page. HARD evidence — 3 TRUE / 0 FALSE / 27 NULL after exhaustive sweep. TRUE: economic_stewardship.2 (campaign platform commits to 1-mill property-tax reduction in FY 2026-27 via 20% across-the-board budget cuts; mandated 'Owner Direct Purchasing' to eliminate contractor markups; saved ~$50K on city-manager search by foregoing outside consultants — affirmative restraint posture beyond routine governance, despite mixed-signal Sept 8 2025 vote AYE on 6.7000 millage and his characterization of below-rate advocates as engaged in 'political play'); public_justice.0 (campaign program funds $3.7M for two new temporary fire stations + permanent buildouts of Stations 8 and 9; procurement of 24 replacement patrol vehicles; places police HQ + substations 'in high-growth corridors' as policy benchmark; ties development approvals to public-safety response times — affirmative pro-LE program beyond budget); border_immigration.2 (Aye on unanimous 5-0 Palm Bay 287(g) MOA April 3, 2025). NULL HOLDS (downgraded per skill): religion NULL — no faith profession found; don't infer from Jewish-sounding surname. Public_justice.1 NULL on Langevin-censure motion — that targets a colleague's racist speech under FS 112 ethics rather than the rubric's rogue-prosecutor/cashless-bail cell; ethics-enforcement-on-colleague is adjacent but not the same cell; honest discipline kept NULL. All other 26 cells NULL after exhaustive sweep — no public statements on life, marriage, family/schools, religious-liberty, election integrity beyond vague 'Integrity should always be first when representing the citizens of Palm Bay,' refuse-state-overreach (was not in office during COVID), broader border cells, or 2A.
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'
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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)
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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
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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
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
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
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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
1 Center2 Official13 Other
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Bay,_FloridaEncyclopedia
www.palmbayflorida.orgUnclassified
jaffeforpalmbay.com/Unclassified
jaffeforpalmbay.com/about-me/Unclassified
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- [1]Campaign platform commits to a 1-mill property-tax reduction in FY 2026-27 via 20% across-the-board departmental budget cuts; mandated 'Owner Direct Purchasing' to eliminate contractor markups; saved ~$50K on city-manager search by foregoing outside consultants — affirmative restraint posture beyond routine governance. Mixed signal noted: Sept 8 2025 voted AYE on 6.7000 millage (4-1; Langevin alone NAY for higher rate) and characterized below-rate advocates as engaged in 'political play' that would 'set up the city manager to fail' — held net-TRUE on platform-level + Feb 2026 cuts push; hostile-reader flag in audit trail Unclassified
Campaign platform commits to a 1-mill property-tax reduction in FY 2026-27 via 20% across-the-board departmental budget cuts; mandated 'Owner Direct Purchasing' to eliminate contractor markups; saved ~$50K on city-manager search by foregoing outside consultants — affirmative restraint posture beyond routine governance. Mixed signal noted: Sept 8 2025 voted AYE on 6.7000 millage (4-1; Langevin alone NAY for higher rate) and characterized below-rate advocates as engaged in 'political play' that would 'set up the city manager to fail' — held net-TRUE on platform-level + Feb 2026 cuts push; hostile-reader flag in audit trail
- [2]Campaign platform commits to a 1-mill property-tax reduction in FY 2026-27 via 20% across-the-board departmental budget cuts; mandated 'Owner Direct Purchasing' to eliminate contractor markups; saved ~$50K on city-manager search by foregoing outside consultants — affirmative restraint posture beyond routine governance. Mixed signal noted: Sept 8 2025 voted AYE on 6.7000 millage (4-1; Langevin alone NAY for higher rate) and characterized below-rate advocates as engaged in 'political play' that would 'set up the city manager to fail' — held net-TRUE on platform-level + Feb 2026 cuts push; hostile-reader flag in audit trail Unclassified
Campaign platform commits to a 1-mill property-tax reduction in FY 2026-27 via 20% across-the-board departmental budget cuts; mandated 'Owner Direct Purchasing' to eliminate contractor markups; saved ~$50K on city-manager search by foregoing outside consultants — affirmative restraint posture beyond routine governance. Mixed signal noted: Sept 8 2025 voted AYE on 6.7000 millage (4-1; Langevin alone NAY for higher rate) and characterized below-rate advocates as engaged in 'political play' that would 'set up the city manager to fail' — held net-TRUE on platform-level + Feb 2026 cuts push; hostile-reader flag in audit trail
- [3]Campaign platform commits to a 1-mill property-tax reduction in FY 2026-27 via 20% across-the-board departmental budget cuts; mandated 'Owner Direct Purchasing' to eliminate contractor markups; saved ~$50K on city-manager search by foregoing outside consultants — affirmative restraint posture beyond routine governance. Mixed signal noted: Sept 8 2025 voted AYE on 6.7000 millage (4-1; Langevin alone NAY for higher rate) and characterized below-rate advocates as engaged in 'political play' that would 'set up the city manager to fail' — held net-TRUE on platform-level + Feb 2026 cuts push; hostile-reader flag in audit trail Unclassified
Campaign platform commits to a 1-mill property-tax reduction in FY 2026-27 via 20% across-the-board departmental budget cuts; mandated 'Owner Direct Purchasing' to eliminate contractor markups; saved ~$50K on city-manager search by foregoing outside consultants — affirmative restraint posture beyond routine governance. Mixed signal noted: Sept 8 2025 voted AYE on 6.7000 millage (4-1; Langevin alone NAY for higher rate) and characterized below-rate advocates as engaged in 'political play' that would 'set up the city manager to fail' — held net-TRUE on platform-level + Feb 2026 cuts push; hostile-reader flag in audit trail
- [4]Aye on unanimous 5-0 vote April 3, 2025 to enroll Palm Bay PD in ICE's 287(g) Task Force Model after 40-hr DHS training — affirmative anti-sanctuary / pro-federal-preemption posture Unclassified
Aye on unanimous 5-0 vote April 3, 2025 to enroll Palm Bay PD in ICE's 287(g) Task Force Model after 40-hr DHS training — affirmative anti-sanctuary / pro-federal-preemption posture
- [5]Aye on unanimous 5-0 vote April 3, 2025 to enroll Palm Bay PD in ICE's 287(g) Task Force Model after 40-hr DHS training — affirmative anti-sanctuary / pro-federal-preemption posture Unclassified
Aye on unanimous 5-0 vote April 3, 2025 to enroll Palm Bay PD in ICE's 287(g) Task Force Model after 40-hr DHS training — affirmative anti-sanctuary / pro-federal-preemption posture
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