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City of Melbourne, Florida
Mimi Hanley
City Council, District 5, City of Melbourne, Florida (sitting · term to Nov 2028; first elected Nov 3, 2020 succeeding Paul Alfrey who vacated D5 to become Mayor; re-elected Nov 5, 2024 with ~65%)
Democrat
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✝ God First
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🏛️ Local First
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National Rank
#8,513 of 8,966 · bottom 5.1% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Background: Mariann 'Mimi' Hanley — sitting D5 council member, City of Melbourne, FL. Long-time Melbourne resident. Licensed CPA, operating Mimi Hanley CPA (700 N Wickham Rd, Melbourne); small woman-owned business owner; licensed pilot. Stated priorities: maintain/improve current services, restore the Indian River Lagoon, change codes to prohibit clear-cutting for new development, increase environmental protection. Melbourne council seats are 4-year at-large elected, officially NON-PARTISAN — but Hanley is listed by name in the 'Elected Officials' section of the Brevard County Democratic Executive Committee (brevarddems.org) and BrevardDems publicly congratulated her on Facebook, providing HARD evidence of D affiliation. Elected Nov 3, 2020 succeeding Paul Alfrey (who vacated D5 to run for Mayor); re-elected Nov 5, 2024 with ~65%. Current term runs to Nov 2028.
Next Election Year: 2028
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Roster verified: sitting D5 council member; first elected Nov 3, 2020 (succeeded Paul Alfrey, who vacated D5 to become Mayor); re-elected Nov 5, 2024 with ~65%; current term to Nov 2028. Partisan registration: officially non-partisan race, but Hanley is listed by name in the 'Elected Officials' section of brevarddems.org (Brevard County Democratic Executive Committee) and BrevardDems publicly congratulated her on Facebook — HARD party evidence; party set to D. NOT scored on christian_liberty q4 for her Sept 24, 2025 NO vote on Mayor Alfrey's 'Charlie Kirk Lane' rename — applying the same discipline used for Bassett / Smith / LaRusso / Kennedy in the prior Melbourne batch: Kirk Lane is a memorial naming of a Christian-affiliated public figure, not a Christian symbol or prayer policy, and Hanley's stated on-the-record rationale was 'Charlie Kirk didn't even know where Brevard County was. He never even heard of Melbourne. I feel we have other people in this community who could be honored.' That is a 'no local ties / pick someone with Melbourne roots' rationale, NOT an anti-Christian-display statement; per the no-overread rule, null. Logged here in the audit trail because the dismissive tone is on the record. NOT scored on economic_stewardship q2 despite AYE on FY25-26 budget raising operating millage to 7.0112 mills: q2 is narrowly about deficit/federal-BBA, not millage; per FXBG discipline null. NOT scored on border_immigration q1/q2 despite Melbourne International Airport PD's 287(g) MOA dated 4/25/2025: the Airport Authority is an independent body governing the airport PD, not a Hanley individual roll call; null. NO EVIDENCE FOUND on sanctity of life, biblical marriage (no Hanley-specific statement on Pride / drag / Pride flags / trans-affirming policy), family-child-sovereignty, christian_liberty q0/q2/q3, election integrity, AFFIRMATIVE pro-LE advocacy (no Sheriff Ivey endorsement, no FOP endorsement, no anti-defund resolution found — routine MPD budget votes do not clear the FXBG high bar), refuse_state_overreach, or self_defense — null. Religion / church: NO EVIDENCE FOUND. DEVIATION ALERT: BrevardDems public listing as one of 'their elected officials' is the strongest single signal of left-of-center alignment but per rubric rules is documented context, not scoring evidence.
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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'
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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)
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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)
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Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
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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
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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
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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 (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
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Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
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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
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Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
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Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
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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
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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
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Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
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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
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Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
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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 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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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne,_FloridaEncyclopedia
www.melbourneflorida.orgUnclassified
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
brevarddems.org/elected-officials/Unclassified
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