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Brevard County
Thad Altman
Brevard County Commissioner, District 5
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
64
/ 100
D
Raw: 14 of 22 dynamic max
· 11 of 30 answered
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✝ God First
12/ 70
🏛️ Local First
2/ 30
National Rank
#4,452 of 8,966 · top 49.7% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Religion: Catholic (Vote Smart biography, soft confirmation)
Education: Florida Institute of Technology (BS, Business Administration)
Birthplace: Florida
Background: Brevard County Commissioner District 5 since January 2025 (now BoCC chair per Wikipedia). 30+ years FL state-legislative experience: FL House 1984-1992, FL House 2003-2008 (D30), FL Senate 2008-2016 (D24/D16), FL House 2016-2024 (D52/D32 successively, term-limited from each chamber). Freedom Index FL scores: 75% (2017-18), 67% (2019-20), 83% (2021-22), 75% (2023-24) — solid but not maximal conservative. Known signature reputation as Kennedy Space Center / space-industry funding advocate and public-records-reform sponsor. Endorsed 'Trump Republican' Terry Cronin for FL House March 2025 (Space Coast Daily). Born September 8 1955. Catholic per Vote Smart.
Next Election Year: 2028
MIXED MODERATE-R PROFILE — 30+ year FL legislator with substantial pro-life + parental-rights + E-Verify signature WITH meaningful red-flag-gun-control + universal-voucher-skeptic deviations. HARD-TRUE CLUSTER (5): (1) sanctity_of_life q0+q1 — HB 5 2022 15-week abortion ban YES + HB 1429 2018 dismemberment-abortion ban YES (consistent pro-life voting); (2) biblical_marriage q2+q4 + family q0+q2 — HB 1557 2022 Parental Rights in Education ('Don't Say Gay') YES (signature parental-rights + biological-sex + SOGI-curriculum-opposition vote); (3) border q2 — HB 89 2018 E-Verify LEAD SPONSOR + anti-sanctuary HB 9 cosponsor (strong border/sanctuary-opposition signature). HARD-FALSE CLUSTER (2 significant deviations): (1) family q1 (school choice) — voted NO on HB 1 2023 universal-voucher expansion per Freedom Index, breaking with DeSantis-era FL GOP consensus on universal school choice (notable break for a long-tenured R); (2) self_defense q0+q1 — voted YES on SB 7026 2018 Parkland Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Act (raised long-gun age to 21, created red-flag/risk-protection orders, 3-day waiting period) + publicly DEFENDED his support including the red-flag provisions in 2023 Phoenix retrospective. ECON q2 FALSE — career Kennedy Space Center pork-advocacy is his signature legislative legacy (his Wikipedia identifies space-industry funding as defining issue), not budget-restraint. PUBLIC JUSTICE all NULL — no direct 'publicly backed police' affirmative statement located meeting the LOCAL-skill HIGH-BAR requirement (voting a budget that funds police is NOT enough); HB 1 2021 anti-riot individual vote not located. CHRISTIAN LIBERTY all NULL — no specific religious-liberty votes located. ELECTION INTEGRITY q1 NULL — SB 90 2021 and SB 524 2022 specific votes not located individually despite being in House. REFUSE_STATE q0-q4 ALL NULL — only ~5 months in county office; no Brevard BoCC RSO-relevant vote located (Bill of Rights Sanctuary County December 2024 ordinance was pulled by Feltner before vote per Yahoo News; Brevard 2025 millage vote not pulled). State-leg HB 1B Nov 2021 anti-vaccine-mandate Special Session YES vote is REFUSE-FEDERAL not REFUSE-STATE territory — kept honest-NULL on RSO. Catholic religion per Vote Smart bio; Endorsed Terry Cronin March 2025 as 'Trump Republican.' Estimated net /100: ~28-35 — moderate-R archetype with pro-life + HB 1557 + E-Verify TRUE cluster offset by red-flag + universal-voucher-NO + space-pork FALSE deviations.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)[1]
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'
TRUE (+2)[1]
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
Not yet verified
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)
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)
TRUE (+2)[2]
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
FALSE (0)[1]
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
TRUE (+2)[2]
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)
Not yet verified
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
FALSE (0)[3]
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
Not yet verified
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 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
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
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
FALSE (0)[6]
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
Not yet verified
Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
Not yet verified
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
1 Center1 Right2 Official2 Reference6 Other
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_AltmanEncyclopedia
freedomindex.us/fl/legislator/1735/Right Advocacy
X / TwitterUnclassified
Vote Smart — Voting RecordReference
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References & footnotes
Every answer above with a [n] marker corresponds to one of the footnotes below. Wayback-archive links preserve the page as it read at our access date so a reader can verify the citation even if the original URL changes or disappears.
- [1]Voted YES on HB 5 (2022 15-week abortion ban) and HB 1429 (2018 dismemberment-abortion ban) — consistent pro-life voting across multiple sessions. Right Advocacy
Voted YES on HB 5 (2022 15-week abortion ban) and HB 1429 (2018 dismemberment-abortion ban) — consistent pro-life voting across multiple sessions.
- [2]Voted YES on HB 1557 2022 Parental Rights in Education Act — bill restricts classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity K-3 and requires age-appropriate framing thereafter; treats biological sex as the framework for K-12 instruction. Encyclopedia
Voted YES on HB 1557 2022 Parental Rights in Education Act — bill restricts classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity K-3 and requires age-appropriate framing thereafter; treats biological sex as the framework for K-12 instruction.
- [3]DEVIATION: Kennedy Space Center / space-industry funding advocacy is his signature legislative legacy per Wikipedia — not budget-restraint posture. Freedom Index 67-83% across sessions reflects this moderate fiscal profile. Encyclopedia
DEVIATION: Kennedy Space Center / space-industry funding advocacy is his signature legislative legacy per Wikipedia — not budget-restraint posture. Freedom Index 67-83% across sessions reflects this moderate fiscal profile.
- [4]Filed HB 89 (2018) E-Verify employment-verification bill as LEAD SPONSOR — strong pro-citizenship-enforcement signature consistent with opposition to foreign-influenced or noncitizen election participation. Unclassified
Filed HB 89 (2018) E-Verify employment-verification bill as LEAD SPONSOR — strong pro-citizenship-enforcement signature consistent with opposition to foreign-influenced or noncitizen election participation.
- [5]Filed HB 89 (2018) E-Verify employment-verification bill as LEAD SPONSOR — strong pro-citizenship-enforcement signature consistent with opposition to foreign-influenced or noncitizen election participation. Reference
Filed HB 89 (2018) E-Verify employment-verification bill as LEAD SPONSOR — strong pro-citizenship-enforcement signature consistent with opposition to foreign-influenced or noncitizen election participation.
- [6]DEVIATION: voted YES on SB 7026 2018 Parkland Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Act (raised long-gun age to 21, 3-day waiting period); publicly DEFENDED his support including the red-flag provisions in 2023 retrospective; 2013 voted to bar mentally-committed individuals from firearms purchase per Wikipedia (NAGR criticized). Did not support constitutional-carry posture. Unclassified
DEVIATION: voted YES on SB 7026 2018 Parkland Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Act (raised long-gun age to 21, 3-day waiting period); publicly DEFENDED his support including the red-flag provisions in 2023 retrospective; 2013 voted to bar mentally-committed individuals from firearms purchase per Wikipedia (NAGR criticized). Did not support constitutional-carry posture.
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