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Brevard County
Rachel Sadoff
Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Brevard County
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
100
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A
Raw: 2 of 2 dynamic max
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✝ God First
2/ 70
🏛️ State First
0/ 30
National Rank
#5,068 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: Catholic (proxy: Saint Joseph Catholic School board service + Barry University MPA — not self-declared)
Background: Brevard County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller since January 1 2021 (sworn ad interim Jan 1 2021 after predecessor Scott Ellis resigned Dec 31 2020; officially sworn Jan 5 2021). First female Brevard Clerk in 167 years. Dual-hat role: Clerk + County Comptroller + Auditor + County Recorder. Career deputy clerk: started Brevard Clerk's office 1997 under Sandy Crawford; rose to Viera Branch Manager (Viera + Brevard County Jail). First elected 2020 unopposed after Sandra Ruizzo failed to qualify in GOP primary. Re-elected unopposed 2024 through December 31 2028. EFSC (B.A. Professional Studies); Barry University (MPA). Married to Steve Sadoff; three children. Board service: Saint Joseph Catholic School (Palm Bay), Space Coast Marine Institute youth diversion program, Bays Florida. Official bio language: family 'values public service, veterans, and law enforcement.'
Next Election Year: 2028
ARCHETYPE: career-administrator R-comptroller continuing Scott-Ellis-watchdog tradition; SINGLE HARD-TRUE on economic_stewardship q2 for the 2022 Lober purchasing-card audit. Headline finding: After unanimous BoCC request February 22 2022, Sadoff conducted full audit of Commissioner Bryan Lober (R, then-District 2)'s ~$40K p-card spending. Final audit concluded card use 'was often indiscriminate, wasteful, and not for a legitimate public use.' Over $9,000 unaccounted-for items; suspected misuse of tax-exemption certificate; personal email used to evade public-records law. Referred to FDLE for criminal investigation November 2022. When Lober personally requested she NOT audit him, Sadoff publicly disclosed the request: 'I would never let a friendship influence how myself or my office exercises authority under the law' (Space Coast Rocket, 2022). She also rejected suggestion that contracted auditors are preferable to an elected comptroller answerable to voters. Sadoff v. Board of County Commissioners of Brevard County (2022) appellate-court litigation exists per FindLaw — confirming her willingness to take BoCC to court as Comptroller. Stated mission to 'expand upon Clerk Ellis's legacy of transparency, accountability, and accessibility' — Ellis was the famously combative gadfly; Sadoff has delivered. CONSTITUTIONAL-OFFICE ARCHETYPE BREAK: unlike the other 3 Brevard constitutional officers in this batch (Blickley/Cullen/Ivey-prior who are roster_verified-only), Sadoff has produced a named-target, named-amount, public-record fiscal-watchdog action against a fellow Republican commissioner — a real on-record-deviation TRUE on economic_stewardship q2. Biblical marriage q0 honest-NULL: was deputy clerk (Viera branch manager) in 2015 when Obergefell came down, NOT a policymaker; Brevard's then-Clerk Scott Ellis quietly complied (no public refusal incident comparable to Baker Co Stacie Harvey or KY Kim Davis); no Sadoff public statement on Obergefell, same-sex marriage policy, or conscience-refusal located. Catholic-affiliation is proxy-strength (St Joseph Catholic School board + Barry MPA at Adrian-Dominican Catholic institution), not self-declared. Other categories NULL per office-scope + no findable positions.
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)
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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]DEVIATION (HARD-TRUE in admin-office context): 2022 Lober purchasing-card audit. After unanimous BoCC request Feb 22 2022, Sadoff completed full audit of Commissioner Bryan Lober's ~$40K p-card spending. Audit conclusion: 'often indiscriminate, wasteful, and not for a legitimate public use.' Over $9,000 unaccounted-for items; suspected tax-exemption-certificate misuse; personal-email evasion of public records. Referred to FDLE Nov 2022. When Lober personally asked her not to audit him, Sadoff publicly disclosed: 'I would never let a friendship influence how myself or my office exercises authority under the law.' Named-target, named-amount, public-record fiscal watchdog action against a fellow R Commissioner. Unclassified
DEVIATION (HARD-TRUE in admin-office context): 2022 Lober purchasing-card audit. After unanimous BoCC request Feb 22 2022, Sadoff completed full audit of Commissioner Bryan Lober's ~$40K p-card spending. Audit conclusion: 'often indiscriminate, wasteful, and not for a legitimate public use.' Over $9,000 unaccounted-for items; suspected tax-exemption-certificate misuse; personal-email evasion of public records. Referred to FDLE Nov 2022. When Lober personally asked her not to audit him, Sadoff publicly disclosed: 'I would never let a friendship influence how myself or my office exercises authority under the law.' Named-target, named-amount, public-record fiscal watchdog action against a fellow R Commissioner.
- [2]DEVIATION (HARD-TRUE in admin-office context): 2022 Lober purchasing-card audit. After unanimous BoCC request Feb 22 2022, Sadoff completed full audit of Commissioner Bryan Lober's ~$40K p-card spending. Audit conclusion: 'often indiscriminate, wasteful, and not for a legitimate public use.' Over $9,000 unaccounted-for items; suspected tax-exemption-certificate misuse; personal-email evasion of public records. Referred to FDLE Nov 2022. When Lober personally asked her not to audit him, Sadoff publicly disclosed: 'I would never let a friendship influence how myself or my office exercises authority under the law.' Named-target, named-amount, public-record fiscal watchdog action against a fellow R Commissioner. Unclassified
DEVIATION (HARD-TRUE in admin-office context): 2022 Lober purchasing-card audit. After unanimous BoCC request Feb 22 2022, Sadoff completed full audit of Commissioner Bryan Lober's ~$40K p-card spending. Audit conclusion: 'often indiscriminate, wasteful, and not for a legitimate public use.' Over $9,000 unaccounted-for items; suspected tax-exemption-certificate misuse; personal-email evasion of public records. Referred to FDLE Nov 2022. When Lober personally asked her not to audit him, Sadoff publicly disclosed: 'I would never let a friendship influence how myself or my office exercises authority under the law.' Named-target, named-amount, public-record fiscal watchdog action against a fellow R Commissioner.
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