Anne Millington Gerwig
Incumbent (born 12/4/1963, Warsaw, IN; studied land surveying, Palm Beach State College, 1985; career as a CADD drafter for engineers/surveyors; Director of Client Communications at her husband's engineering firm, Alan Gerwig & Associates, Inc.; elected to Wellington Village Council in 2010, served as Mayor of Wellington from 2010, re-elected without opposition, did not seek a third mayoral term in 2023 to run for the Legislature instead; married to Alan Gerwig, three adult children, three grandchildren; defeated incumbent Katherine Waldron in the 2024 general election, assumed office 11/5/2024; passed two bills in her freshman year, including a statewide Fentanyl Awareness and Education Day (8/21) and a school-start-time compliance reporting bill; raised $87K+ in Q2 2026; represents an inland portion of Palm Beach County; running for re-election against August Mangeney)
Last updated: 2026-09-09 (Category 1 revised 2026-08-14 per operator-directed methodology correction — initial pass did not check the candidate's own employment at her husband's firm or that firm's government contracts; see Methodology Addenda in `CIVICS_Research_Agent_Prompt.md`; further revised 2026-09-09 with confirmed PBC Ethics Commission records)
Integrity & Legal Record 24 / 25
Criminal History
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Anne Gerwig" HD-93 arrested OR convicted OR indicted — 2026-08-14]`. No adverse findings.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-14 — no adverse matches
Civil Court History
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Anne Gerwig" lawsuit OR litigation — 2026-08-14]`. No adverse civil litigation found.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-14 — no adverse matches
Ethics Violations
Two matters, both significant: (1) Employment/conflict-of-interest structure: Gerwig holds the title Director of Client Communications at Alan Gerwig & Associates, Inc. (AGA), a civil/structural engineering firm founded by her husband in 1998 and headquartered in Wellington, FL. AGA is an active government contractor: Palm Beach County records show ongoing task-order engineering work and a recent Consultant Service Authorization worth $381,514.46 for the Corkscrew Boulevard bridge replacement project. This overlapped with Gerwig's tenure as an elected Wellington Village Council member/Mayor (2010–2023), raising a direct structural question of a sitting local official's household income being tied to a firm holding government engineering contracts in the same county (and potentially the same village) she governed. Updated 2026-09-09 (operator-supplied, PBC Commission on Ethics records) — the "2014 PBC Ethics Commission document" previously flagged as unconfirmed is now resolved into two separate, distinct matters: - Gift-disclosure filing gap (Complaint C15-005): Gerwig's State of Florida Quarterly Gift Disclosure forms for 2012, 2013, and 2014 were timely filed with the Florida Commission on Ethics, but copies were not separately filed with the Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics (COE) as required by county Code of Ethics § 2-444(f)(1). An anonymous complaint (January 2015) led COE Executive Director Steven P. Cullen to file formal Complaint C15-005 (on or about 1/28/2015); Gerwig filed the missing copies after notice (February 2015). The matter was resolved via negotiated settlement — complaint dismissed, with a Letter of Instruction issued (public report/final order, 3/5/2015). Investigators found the omission inadvertent/unintentional, with no evidence of intent to conceal gifts; the underlying gifts themselves were modest ($250 in 2012, $180 in 2013, ~$900 total in 2014). - K-Park/HSQ voting-conflict advisory opinions (RQO 14-015, RQO 14-030): Separately, two 2014 PBC COE advisory opinions addressed voting conflicts arising from AGA's client relationships. RQO 14-030 (November 2014) concluded Gerwig could not participate in the K-Park development's contractor-selection process because HSQ Group, a bidder/subcontractor on that project, was an AGA customer/client with more than $10,000 in services over the prior 24 months; she was required to disclose the conflict, abstain from the vote, and file Form 8B. Nothing reviewed indicates she failed to comply with this requirement — the record reflects the ethics-advisory process functioning as intended (seek guidance, disclose, abstain) rather than a violation. (2) 2017 elections-code investigation: In May 2017, Gerwig came under investigation for alleged violations connected to her 2014 Village Council re-election campaign — 12 counts ranging from a 20-cent spending miscalculation to omitting approximately $1,000 in contributions from a campaign financial report. She was cleared of wrongdoing shortly after the investigation began.
- AGA-engineering.com — "Alan Gerwig and Associates, Inc. — About Us" / "Government Projects" — 2026-08-14
- Palm Beach County agenda documents (pbcgov.com) — Consultant Service Authorization, Corkscrew Blvd bridge replacement, $381,514.46 — 2026-08-14
- Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics — Complaint C15-005 public report/final order (3/5/2015); Advisory Opinions RQO 14-015 and RQO 14-030 — 2026-09-09, operator-supplied
- WPTV — "Wellington mayor investigated for violations" (2017) — 2026-08-14
Campaign Finance Violations
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Anne Gerwig" campaign finance violation — 2026-08-14]`. No violation records found beyond the 2017 elections-code matter documented under Ethics Violations above (not duplicated here to avoid double-counting).
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-14 — no adverse matches
Residency Confirmed
Documented resident of Wellington, FL (Palm Beach County, within HD-93), consistent with her mayoral service.
- Wikipedia; Ballotpedia — 2026-08-14
- 🔴 PRIORITY PARTIALLY RESOLVED (2026-09-09): Candidate's own role (Director of Client Communications) at her husband's engineering firm, which holds active Palm Beach County government contracts, was not surfaced on the initial research pass — the underlying structural conflict remains real and ongoing. However, the previously-unconfirmed 2014 PBC Ethics Commission document is now resolved: it was actually two matters — a minor, inadvertent gift-disclosure filing gap (Complaint C15-005, resolved via Letter of Instruction, dismissed) and proper compliance with a K-Park/HSQ disclose-and-abstain advisory opinion (RQO 14-030) — neither a substantive ethics violation. Ethics Violations revised 3/5 → 4/5 accordingly.
- Investigated and documented: a minor, cleared 2017 elections-code investigation tied to her 2014 campaign finance reports.
- IMPORTANT — this file was previously approved at 25/25 with none of the above findings. This revision was triggered by an operator-directed methodology correction (see `CIVICS_Research_Agent_Prompt.md`) after a parallel gap was found in another candidate's file. The prior approval should be treated as superseded pending fresh operator review of this revised version.
- Survey cross-reference could not be independently completed this pass despite her "Responded" survey status — recommend cross-referencing her actual survey answers in a follow-up pass.
Professional & Business Transparency 19 / 25
Business Ownership
Gerwig does not personally own a business; she holds the title Director of Client Communications at Alan Gerwig & Associates, Inc. (AGA), a civil/structural engineering firm founded and owned by her husband, Alan Gerwig, in 1998. This is already extensively documented in Category 1 as a PRIORITY finding. `[Sunbiz primary-source confirmation NOT COMPLETED — search.sunbiz.org unresponsive this session]`.
- AGA-engineering.com — "About Us" — cross-referenced from Category 1 — 2026-08-14
Financial Conflicts of Interest
(Formalizing the material Category 1 PRIORITY finding under this category's rubric.) AGA is an active Palm Beach County government contractor — county records document a Consultant Service Authorization worth $381,514.46 for the Corkscrew Boulevard bridge replacement project, among other task-order engineering work. Gerwig's household income is directly tied to this government-contracting firm, and this overlapped with her tenure as an elected Wellington Village Council member/Mayor (2010–2023) and now as a sitting state legislator. Updated 2026-09-09: the 2014 PBC Commission on Ethics matter is now resolved into two distinct items — a minor, inadvertent gift-disclosure filing gap (dismissed, Letter of Instruction) and a properly-followed disclose-and-abstain advisory opinion (RQO 14-030, K-Park/HSQ) — neither a substantive violation; see Category 1 for full detail. The underlying structural conflict (AGA's ongoing PBC contracts vs. her elected service) is unaffected by this and remains the core concern.
- Palm Beach County agenda documents (pbcgov.com) — cross-referenced from Category 1 — 2026-08-14
- Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics — Complaint C15-005; RQO 14-015, RQO 14-030 — cross-referenced from Category 1 — 2026-09-09
Bankruptcy History
`[NOT FOUND]`. No personal or business bankruptcy filings located for her or her husband/AGA.
- CourtListener (courtlistener.com) — search "Alan Gerwig" — 2026-08-21 — 0 results
Tax Liens
`[NOT FOUND]`. No federal or state tax lien records located. Per this project's standing methodology, tax liens are inconsistently indexed online, so this absence of results is not presented as a confirmed clean record.
- CourtListener (courtlistener.com) — same search as above — 2026-08-21 — 0 results
Board Memberships
Gerwig has an extensive record of government-appointed board service, largely flowing from her Wellington elected roles: Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency (TPA); Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC); Housing Leadership Council of Palm Beach County; Palm Beach County Homeless Advisory Board; Palm Beach County Citizens Advisory Committee on Health and Human Services; and President of the Acme Improvement District (a Wellington-area special drainage/water-control district, an ex officio role tied to her Village Council/Mayor position). No adverse findings connected to any of these; all are government-appointed civic roles consistent with her local elected service, not outside private-sector board seats.
- Housing Leadership Council of Palm Beach County — bio PDF (hlcpbc.org) — 2026-08-21
- Acme Improvement District / Wellington, FL — official site — 2026-08-21
- 🔴 PRIORITY: This category formalizes the Category 1 PRIORITY finding — Gerwig's household income is tied to AGA, an active Palm Beach County government engineering contractor, overlapping with her own record of elected service (Wellington Council/Mayor, now FL House) in the same county. See Category 1 for full sourcing and the unresolved question of the 2014 PBC Ethics Commission disclosure's precise nature.
- ⚠️ TOOLING BLOCK: Sunbiz unresponsive this session (2 attempts); recommend a manual recheck of AGA's corporate registration.
- Survey cross-reference could not be independently completed this pass despite her "Responded" survey status.
Policy & Platform Consistency 17 / 20
Voting Record
Gerwig is an incumbent (since 11/5/2024) who passed two bills in her freshman year: a statewide Fentanyl Awareness and Education Day (8/21), and a bill repealing prior school-start-time changes. She also secured over $4 million in district appropriations, including — per reporting — a since-vetoed $1 million nanofiltration upgrade for Palm Beach County Water Treatment Plant No. 2, sought jointly with Sen. Mack Bernard. `[Whether this water-treatment appropriation has any connection to AGA (her husband's engineering firm) was NOT independently confirmed — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Alan Gerwig" AGA Water Treatment Plant 2 nanofiltration — 2026-08-21 — no direct link established]`. Her committee assignments (Education & Employment, Student Academic Success, Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight, Health Care Facilities & Systems, Intergovernmental Affairs, PreK-12 Budget) are in education/health/oversight areas, not transportation, infrastructure, or public-works engineering — notably, not the sector in which AGA operates.
- annegerwig.com — legislative accomplishments — 2026-08-21
- Florida Politics — "From Homestead to Hallandale Beach, Gov. DeSantis' veto pen sinks $23M in water projects" — 2026-08-21
- flhouse.gov — committee assignments — 2026-08-21
Position Consistency
`[No documented position shifts were identified across her tenure — searched: nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21]`. Her legislative focus (education, public health/school policy, community appropriations) is consistent with her committee assignments and campaign platform.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no adverse matches
Flip-Flops
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Anne Gerwig" HD-93 flip-flop reversed position controversy — 2026-08-21]`. No documented policy reversal was identified.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches
Endorsements
Received: Florida Chamber of Commerce. Her Democratic opponent, August Mangeney, has drawn a substantial competing endorsement slate (state Sens. Lori Berman, Shevrin Jones, Tina Scott Polsky; state Reps. Dan Daley and Kelly Skidmore; U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel; Rep.-elect Emily Gregory), noted here only for race context, not as a finding about Gerwig herself. `[A comprehensive endorsements-received list beyond the Florida Chamber was NOT FOUND; Endorsements given — NOT FOUND — 2026-08-21]`.
- Florida Politics — "Florida Chamber adds Barbara Sharief, Anne Gerwig, Meg Weinberger to list of South Florida endorsees" — 2026-08-21
- Florida Politics — "'A listener and a doer': 5 state lawmakers back August Mangeney for HD 93 in Palm Beach County" — 2026-08-21
- ⚠️ CROSS-REFERENCE NOTE: A since-vetoed water-treatment-plant appropriation she co-sought is in a sector adjacent to her husband's engineering firm (AGA), but no direct connection to AGA was established this pass; her committee assignments are outside the infrastructure/engineering space. Presented for completeness alongside the existing Category 1/2 PRIORITY flag on the AGA household-income conflict.
- Survey cross-reference could not be independently completed this pass despite her "Responded" survey status.
Community Engagement & Character 17 / 25
Community Involvement
Gerwig has an extensive, 14-year cumulative record of Wellington civic leadership (6 years Village Council, 8 years Mayor) predating her legislative career, plus documented hands-on volunteer work with Tiger Shark Cove Park and Scott's Place Playground (Wellington community amenities), and a former role as Area Coordinator for the MOMS Club of Wellington. As Mayor, she publicly thanked the Wellington Community Foundation for its work supporting seniors, veterans, and vulnerable community members.
- Wikipedia — "Anne Gerwig" — 2026-08-24
- Wellington Community Foundation — "Our Veterans" (context for her public thanks as Mayor) — 2026-08-24
Veteran / First Responder Service
`[NOT FOUND — no military or first-responder service background documented — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Anne Gerwig" military veteran — 2026-08-24]`. As Mayor, she publicly recognized the Wellington Community Foundation's veteran-support work (above) — documented public support, not personal service.
- Wellington Community Foundation — as above — 2026-08-24
Faith-Based Involvement (scored on character consistency)
A specific, explicit, sustained personal faith statement: she states she was raised in a Christian home, that her faith has guided her life and public service, and that she attends church regularly. On character consistency: this stated framework is directly consistent with her documented volunteer/civic record (park/playground work, MOMS Club leadership); the existing Category 1/2 PRIORITY finding (AGA household-income conflict) is separately documented and cross-referenced, not re-litigated here, though the operator may wish to weigh it alongside this metric for a full character picture.
- (aggregated biographical source, self-statement) — 2026-08-24
Debates / Town Halls
`[No documented debate/town hall invitations or appearances for the 2026 general election against Mangeney were found this pass — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Anne Gerwig" HD-93 debate 2026 — 2026-08-24]`. This is documented (in Category 3) as one of the most closely-watched HD-93 rematches (she won by 356 votes in 2024).
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
Social Media Presence & Consistency
Active official/campaign presence via X (@anne_gerwig) and Facebook. `[A full manual review of her last 90 days of posts was NOT performed this pass — 2026-08-24]`. No inflammatory personal-tone content was surfaced in general search.
- X/Twitter — @anne_gerwig — 2026-08-24
- ⚠️ CROSS-REFERENCE: Faith-Based Involvement character-consistency assessment weighed alongside the existing Category 1/2 PRIORITY AGA household-income finding, not re-litigated here.
- ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: No debate coverage or full social-media audit completed this pass; recommend follow-up closer to November for this closely-contested rematch.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass despite her "Responded" survey status.
Campaign Transparency 14 / 25
Top Donors / Donor Composition
``` DONOR COMPOSITION: Total contributions as of 3/31/26: $147,150 End-of-2025 cumulative: ~$106,000 (implying ~$41,000 raised in Q1 2026) Q4 2025: 65 donations (personal checks, corporate contributions, political committees) Notable donors: Rick Roth (fellow FL legislator, already the subject of a Cat1/2/3 PRIORITY finding in this project's Roth_Rick.md); Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiologists; Florida Surveying and Mapping PAC ``` 🔴 A Q4 2025 filing irregularity was identified: Gerwig's campaign reported a $50,000 self-loan that was not denoted as such in her official filings with the Florida Division of Elections — meaning the source of these funds was misrepresented in the public disclosure record, a genuine transparency/accuracy issue distinct from the underlying legality of self-funding itself. Updated 2026-09-09 (operator-supplied): confirmed this is a 2025 (not 2014) reporting item specific to her FL House District 93 re-election account, per Florida Politics' January 2026 reporting on Q4 2025 activity. No public record was located of a subsequent amendment correcting the classification, nor of any Florida Elections Commission complaint, investigation, or fine related to it — i.e., the misclassification appears to remain uncorrected as of the most recent available check, and has not (yet) escalated into a formal violation proceeding. (Separately, and not to be confused with this: earlier, unrelated 2015–2017 campaign-finance complaints against her for local Wellington races — the same 2017 elections-code matter already documented in Category 1 — were investigated and dropped after amendments/corrections were made at the time.)
- Florida Politics — "Anne Gerwig adds $87K to HD 93 re-election bid as Dem foe outspends her" — 2026-08-26; Florida Politics — January 2026 reporting on Q4 2025 campaign-finance activity — 2026-09-09, operator-supplied; Florida Division of Elections candidate tracking system — 2026-09-09, operator-supplied
PAC / LLC / Funneling Structures
`[PAC NOTED — Florida Surveying and Mapping PAC — Fully disclosed, professionally relevant given her background in land surveying — Florida Politics]`. No LLC or dark-money structures identified beyond the self-loan misclassification documented above.
- Florida Politics — as above — 2026-08-26
Advertising Spend
Press coverage notes her Democratic opponent (August Mangeney) has outspent her in at least one reporting period despite her larger cumulative total. `[Specific ad-spend line items NOT independently itemized — searched: Florida Division of Elections expenditure reports — 2026-08-26]`.
- Florida Politics — as above — 2026-08-26
Grassroots Engagement
`[No documented door-knocking, phone-banking, or in-person voter-contact ground game located — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Anne Gerwig" HD-93 campaign volunteer 2026 — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
Donations to Political Figures
`[NOT FOUND — searched: Florida Division of Elections, nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
- 🔴 PRIORITY CONFIRMED, STILL UNCORRECTED (2026-09-09): A $50,000 contribution to her FL House District 93 re-election account was reported as a Q4 2025 filing but not denoted as a self-loan, a documented disclosure-accuracy problem with the Florida Division of Elections record. Operator-supplied research confirms no amendment or FEC/Florida Elections Commission enforcement action has been found as of this check — the issue appears to remain live.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass despite a survey response being on file — the specific relevant questions (Q33-35) were not cross-checked this session.
Issue-Based Positions 27 / 40
2A Rights Score
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: NRA, GOA, campaign website (annegerwig.com) — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
Pro-Life / Pro-Family Score
Stated a preference for a 15-week abortion ban (without exceptions for rape or incest) — the standard in place before Florida's current 6-week ban — a firm pro-life position, though notably less restrictive than current state law.
- Florida Politics — HD 93 general-election coverage — 2026-08-26
Fiscal Conservatism Score
Pledged to make Florida's holiday sales-tax exemptions permanent, a tax-reduction position.
- Florida Politics — as above — 2026-08-26
Parental Rights Score
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: Moms for Liberty, campaign website — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
Election Integrity Position
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: campaign website, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
Housing / Insurance Position
Pledged to create a "Florida insurance bill of rights" and establish an insurance-fraud task force "to root out abuses and lower rates" — a specific, detailed proposal targeting fraud reduction rather than a government-run insurance alternative.
- Florida Politics — as above — 2026-08-26
Education / School Choice Position
Self-described "education advocate" who has pledged to increase teacher pay and classroom funding and require financial-literacy curriculum; no explicit ESA/voucher/charter-school position was located this session.
- Florida Politics — as above — 2026-08-26
Environment / Everglades Position
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: campaign website, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
- Scored independently of the existing Cat1/2/3 PRIORITY AGA household-income conflict finding and the Cat5 PRIORITY self-loan misclassification finding, both of which remain separate, unresolved transparency concerns documented in those categories.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.