Blaise Ingoglia
Incumbent (appointed by Gov. DeSantis, sworn in as 5th Florida CFO 7/21/2025; born 11/4/1970, New York City; moved to Spring Hill, FL (Hernando County) in 1996; former mortgage broker; founder of homebuilding company Hartland Homes; served in the Florida House (District 35, 2014–2022) and Florida Senate (District 11, 2022–2025); chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, 2015–2019; running for a full four-year term)
Last updated: 2026-08-21
Integrity & Legal Record 22 / 25
Criminal History
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Blaise Ingoglia" 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 "Blaise Ingoglia" lawsuit OR litigation — 2026-08-14]`. No adverse civil litigation found against him personally.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-14 — no adverse matches
Ethics Violations
A documented conflict-of-interest controversy from his time as a sitting state representative: in 2019–2020, Hernando County commissioners sold ~40 acres across six park-designated lots in Spring Hill to Hartland Homes, Ingoglia's home-building company, despite public opposition from residents who said the county had previously promised the sites would remain parks and called the deal corrupt. A planning commission subsequently approved 5 of 6 housing development plans for the company, and the sale proceeded; commissioners agreed to consider changes to future county land-sale processes following the public backlash. No formal ethics complaint, investigation finding, or legal violation against Ingoglia personally was located regarding this matter — it is documented here as a sourced conflict-of-interest controversy, not an adjudicated violation.
- Tampa Bay Times — "Hernando County sells park sites to company of state Rep. Blaise Ingoglia" (11/7/2019) — 2026-08-14
- Tampa Bay Times — "Hernando commissioners poised to sell park sites to state rep's homebuilding company" (10/24/2019) — 2026-08-14
- Tampa Bay Times — "Hernando planning commission says yes to 5 of 6 housing plans for state Rep. Blaise Ingoglia's company" (2/11/2020) — 2026-08-14
Campaign Finance Violations
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Blaise Ingoglia" campaign finance FEC Florida Elections Commission violation — 2026-08-14]`. No violation records found.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-14 — no adverse matches
Residency Confirmed
Documented resident of Spring Hill, FL (Hernando County), consistent with decades of local business ownership and legislative representation of the area.
- Multiple news sources (Tampa Bay Times, Florida Phoenix, Wikipedia) — 2026-08-14
- ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: 2019–2020 Hernando County park-land sale to Ingoglia's own homebuilding company — documented conflict-of-interest controversy, not an adjudicated violation; recommend operator review given his current CFO/financial-oversight role.
- ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG (added 2026-08-21): Florida Bulldog investigation (8/2026) found 112+ properties worth $10M+, held through four Ingoglia-controlled companies, were not individually identified by address/location on his 2025 Form 6 financial disclosure as Florida law arguably requires; carries potential civil penalties up to $20,000 and sanctions up to removal from office if a violation were formally found, though no such finding exists as of this research (his office maintains the filing is accurate and was reviewed by counsel). Full detail in Category 2 § Business Ownership. Recommend monitoring for any Florida Commission on Ethics action.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate per the roster, and the CIVICS Disclosure Survey PDF answers have not yet been extracted/indexed per-candidate in general.
Professional & Business Transparency 17 / 25
Business Ownership
A Florida Sunbiz Officer/Registered Agent search under "Ingoglia, Blaise" (full result set reviewed, through the transition to other Ingoglia family members — Brooke, Charles, Crystal B, Dana A, and the "Di Prima" branch — all confirmed different individuals) found an extensive ~21-entity real estate, mortgage, and political-media portfolio, consistent with his documented career as a mortgage broker turned homebuilder turned political operative: - Homebuilding/real estate (his primary, currently active business): HARTLAND HOMES, INC. (P02000026766) — his flagship company, filed 2002, ACTIVE, current on annual reports through 2026, Ingoglia as President/Director; HARTLAND HOLDINGS, INC. (P04000104664); THE HARTLAND CENTRE, LLC (L07000068968); HARTLAND COMMONS, LLC (L09000053031); HARTLAND PLAZA LLC (L24000169679, filed 2024 — during his time in elected office); HARTLAND CONSTRUCTION CORP. (P06000037139). - Mortgage/lending (historical, now inactive): AMERICA ONE MORTGAGE, INC. (P98000084055, filed 1998, administratively dissolved 2014) and AMERICA ONE HOME LOANS, LLC/INC. (L07000014546 / P06000037133) — both dissolved before or around his entry into full-time elected office (2014). - Title company: ARRIVISTE TITLE GROUP, INC (P03000059851). - Other real estate/business entities: EQUITY ACCEL, INC.; HOMEVIZIONS, INC; THE HOME SHOW, INC.; AFFORDABILITY FIRST, INC. (not-for-profit). - Political-media/data entities (consistent with his "Government Gone Wild" political brand and RPOF chairmanship): GOVERNMENT GONE WILD PRODUCTIONS, LLC; RED STATE DATA SOLUTIONS, LLC; CONSERVATIVE HOLDINGS, LLC; RAINMAKER MARKETING, LLC; THE NOVO GROUP OF FLORIDA, LLC. - HOA-type nonprofit: OLETA FARMS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. - Official capacity, not personal business: STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION FINANCE CORPORATION (N96000003608) — ex officio CFO board seat (see Board Memberships below). 🔴 A significant, current disclosure-completeness finding: A Florida Bulldog investigation (8/2026), cross-referencing his 2025 Form 6 financial disclosure against corporate and property records, found that 112+ real estate parcels worth over $10 million, held through four of his companies, were not individually identified by street address or location on his disclosure as Florida law requires ("[i]dentify by providing the street address of the property... sufficient to enable a member of the public to ascertain its location without resorting to any other source"). Specifically: ~50 mostly-vacant Hartland Homes parcels in Hernando County plus 57 more in Citrus County; Hartland Centre LLC properties ($2.4M); three Hartland Holdings Inc. properties (~$3.5M); and Hartland Plaza LLC's Jacqueline Road property ($344,532). Ingoglia's Form 6 instead listed the parent companies' aggregate values (Hartland Homes $8.8M, Hartland Holdings $16.1M, Hartland Centre ~$2.6M) without the underlying parcel-level detail. His spokeswoman said the form was completed "ACCURATELY in accordance with the law" and reviewed by counsel, and declined to answer questions about individual properties. This is not an adjudicated violation — the Florida Commission on Ethics has not ruled on it — but intentionally omitting required disclosure detail carries potential civil penalties up to $20,000 and sanctions up to removal from office if such a finding were ever made.
- Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), search.sunbiz.org, Officer/Registered Agent Name search "Ingoglia, Blaise" — 2026-08-21 — full returned result set reviewed (~21 entities)
- Sunbiz entity detail — HARTLAND HOMES, INC. (P02000026766), AMERICA ONE MORTGAGE, INC. (P98000084055) — 2026-08-21
- Florida Bulldog — "Millions of Dollars in Real Estate Absent from Florida CFO Ingoglia's Financial Disclosure" (8/2026) — 2026-08-21
- Florida Division of Financial Services Electronic Financial Disclosure Management System — Form 6 filing history for Blaise Ingoglia — referenced 2026-08-21
Financial Conflicts of Interest
Multiple documented overlaps between Ingoglia's active homebuilding business and government bodies: 1. Already documented in Category 1: In 2019–2020, while a sitting state representative, Hernando County sold ~40 acres of park-designated land across six lots to Hartland Homes, Ingoglia's company, despite public opposition; a planning commission then approved 5 of 6 housing plans for the company. 2. New, current structural overlap: As CFO, Ingoglia sits on the Florida Cabinet, which collectively serves as the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund — the body that manages and approves many state land transactions and conservation matters — while Hartland Homes remains an active land-development/homebuilding company with dozens of Florida parcels (see Business Ownership above). This is not itself a violation (no specific state-land transaction by Hartland Homes with the Trustees was identified) but is a direct, voter-relevant structural overlap between his personal business and a board he now sits on. 3. Historical regulatory overlap: Ingoglia personally founded and ran two mortgage lending companies (America One Mortgage, America One Home Loans) — the type of entity regulated by Florida's Office of Financial Regulation, which now operates under the Financial Services Commission that Ingoglia, as CFO, is a member of. Both companies are dissolved/inactive (dissolved 2014, before his mortgage-regulation nexus existed), so this is historical context, not a current conflict.
- Tampa Bay Times reporting on the Hernando park-land sale (see Category 1) — 2026-08-14
- Sunbiz entity detail — STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION FINANCE CORPORATION (N96000003608), AMERICA ONE MORTGAGE, INC. (P98000084055) — 2026-08-21
- myfloridacfo.com — "About the CFO" (Cabinet/Trustees role description) — 2026-08-21
Bankruptcy History
`[NOT FOUND]`. No personal or business bankruptcy filings located.
- CourtListener (courtlistener.com) — search "Blaise Ingoglia" bankruptcy — 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) — search "Blaise Ingoglia" tax lien — 2026-08-21 — 0 results
Board Memberships
Ingoglia's one board seat beyond his own companies is an ex officio Director seat on the State Board of Administration Finance Corporation (N96000003608), attached to the CFO office (Gov. DeSantis and AG Uthmeier are also listed as directors in their official capacities) — not a personal appointment. Per this project's standing spouse-check methodology, a Sunbiz search under his wife's name (Julie Ingoglia, married 2015) returned no entities. No other outside corporate or nonprofit board membership was identified via web search.
- Sunbiz entity detail — STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION FINANCE CORPORATION (N96000003608) — 2026-08-21
- Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Officer/Registered Agent Name search "Ingoglia, Julie" — 2026-08-21 — 0 results
- Nationwide Google/news search: "Blaise Ingoglia" board member/director nonprofit — 2026-08-21 — no additional matches
- 🔴 PRIORITY: Florida Bulldog's financial-disclosure investigation (8/2026) — see Business Ownership above and the corresponding Category 1 revision. Recommend monitoring for any Florida Commission on Ethics action, since a formal violation finding (unlikely but possible) would carry real penalties (up to $20,000, sanctions up to removal from office).
- ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: Structural overlap between Ingoglia's active land-development business and his Cabinet/Internal Improvement Trust Fund role as CFO — not a violation, flagged for context layered onto the already-documented Hernando park-land sale.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate per the roster.
Policy & Platform Consistency 20 / 20
Voting Record
Ingoglia served in the Florida House (District 35, 2014–2022) and Florida Senate (District 11, 2022–2025), chairing the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee and serving on Rules, Fiscal Policy, and Appropriations (Transportation/Tourism/Economic Development). As a senator he sponsored 27 bills and cosponsored 10, recently covering elections, firearms, harm to minors, insurance, and public-employee relations. His single most nationally-noted piece of legislation was a February 2023 bill that would have eliminated the Florida Democratic Party (over ballot-access-law violations the party had committed) — a notable, controversial, and widely-covered position. He also served as Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, 2015–2019. As sitting CFO since July 2025, his notable policy actions include repeated public criticism of Jacksonville's municipal spending as "wasteful," which Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan's office characterized as "hyper-partisan."
- FastDemocracy — "Florida Senator Blaise Ingoglia" bill list — 2026-08-21
- Ballotpedia — "Blaise Ingoglia" — 2026-08-21
- Yahoo News — "Florida CFO again calls out Jacksonville's government for 'wasteful spending'" — 2026-08-21
Position Consistency
Ingoglia's positions (fiscal conservatism, aggressive partisan messaging, insurance-industry focus) have been consistent from his legislative tenure through his CFO service. `[No specific documented reversal was identified — searched: nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21]`. Jacksonville Mayor Deegan's office's use of the word "flip flop" in disputing his spending criticism was a rhetorical characterization in a political dispute over current budget figures, not a substantiated claim that Ingoglia reversed a prior personal position — noted for completeness but not treated as a confirmed flip-flop.
- Yahoo News — "Florida CFO again calls out Jacksonville's government for 'wasteful spending'" — 2026-08-21
Flip-Flops
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Blaise Ingoglia" flip-flop reversed changed position criticized — 2026-08-21]`. See Position Consistency above regarding the Jacksonville Mayor's office's rhetorical "flip flop" characterization, which was not substantiated as an actual personal reversal.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no substantiated matches
Endorsements
Received: Gov. Ron DeSantis (who originally appointed him); 61 Florida sheriffs; 10 members of Florida's congressional delegation; three former Florida CFOs; 13 State Attorneys; 70+ current/former state legislators; the Florida Chamber of Commerce; the Republican Party of Florida (formal endorsement for a full term); Sen. Ashley Moody. Notable primary-season split: President Trump endorsed Ingoglia's primary opponent, state Sen. Joe Gruters, for CFO — a genuine intra-party divide between the Trump and DeSantis wings of Florida Republican politics — though Ingoglia won the 8/18/2026 primary regardless. `[Endorsements given — NOT FOUND — 2026-08-21]`.
- FL Voice News — "Florida GOP backs 'conservative fighter' Blaise Ingoglia for full term as CFO in 2026" — 2026-08-21
- Florida Politics — "'Leading the charge to make Florida affordable': Ashley Moody backs Blaise Ingoglia for CFO" — 2026-08-21
- Yahoo News — "Gov. DeSantis taps ally Blaise Ingoglia as Florida CFO, snubbing President Trump's pick" — 2026-08-21
- Florida Trib — "DeSantis-appointed Blaise Ingoglia wins primary to keep CFO post" — 2026-08-21
- This category does not re-litigate the Florida Bulldog financial-disclosure PRIORITY finding already documented in Category 1/Category 2.
- Documented for context: a genuine Trump/DeSantis primary-season endorsement split (Trump backed opponent Joe Gruters; DeSantis backed Ingoglia), resolved when Ingoglia won the 8/18/2026 primary.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.
Community Engagement & Character 13 / 25
Community Involvement
`[No specific nonprofit board membership, volunteer role, or civic organization affiliation beyond his elected/party offices was found — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Blaise Ingoglia" volunteer nonprofit board Hernando County — 2026-08-24]`. He has an extensive record of elected/party civic leadership (Hernando County office since 2008, FL House 2014–2022, FL Senate 2022–2025, Republican Party of Florida Chair 2015–2019, appointed CFO 2025), and appears as a guest speaker at Pasco-Hernando State College, but a distinct volunteer/nonprofit record was not independently confirmed.
- Pasco-Hernando State College — speaker listing — 2026-08-24
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no additional matches
Veteran / First Responder Service
`[NOT FOUND — no military or first-responder service background documented — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Blaise Ingoglia" military veteran — 2026-08-24]`. No claim of personal service was found in his official or campaign materials.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
Faith-Based Involvement (scored on character consistency)
`[No specific denomination/congregation membership was documented — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Blaise Ingoglia" church faith Catholic — 2026-08-24]`. His campaign material and voter-guide presence explicitly reference faith-based/"biblical values" messaging as part of his political identity, though a specific personal congregation or volunteer role was not independently confirmed. Per protocol, absence of a confirmed specific affiliation is not scored negatively; character consistency is weighed alongside the existing Category 1/2 Florida Bulldog Form 6 PRIORITY finding, which the operator may wish to consider relevant context here without this section re-litigating it.
- iVoterGuide — FL CFO candidate profile (faith-voter-mobilization messaging) — 2026-08-24
Debates / Town Halls
`[No documented debate/town hall invitations or appearances for the 2026 general election were found this pass — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Blaise Ingoglia" CFO debate 2026 — 2026-08-24]`. He won a contested five-candidate Republican primary (against Collige, Gruters, Horbowy, Steele, per Category 3 background).
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
Social Media Presence & Consistency
Active official/campaign presence consistent with his role as a sitting statewide Cabinet officer and former state party chair. `[A full manual review of his last 90 days of posts was NOT performed this pass — 2026-08-24]`. No inflammatory personal-tone content was surfaced in general search.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no adverse content found
- ⚠️ CROSS-REFERENCE: The Faith-Based Involvement character-consistency assessment is scored in light of the existing Category 1/2 Florida Bulldog Form 6 PRIORITY finding, not re-litigated here.
- ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: No debate coverage or full social-media audit completed this pass; recommend follow-up closer to November.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.
Campaign Transparency 13 / 25
Top Donors / Donor Composition
``` DONOR COMPOSITION (through mid-July 2026): Campaign account: $1,187,301 from 927 donors Political committees (Friends of Blaise Ingoglia + Government Gone Wild PAC): ~$4.9 million Total available resources: ~$6.5 million In-kind support from Republican Party of Florida: $600,000+ (staffing/consulting) Top donor: U.S. Sugar — $50,000 to political committee Notable cluster: nearly 1/3 of a 54-donor reporting-period sample were in construction, real estate, or roofing ``` The roofing/construction/real estate donor cluster is directly relevant given the CFO's regulatory role over the insurance industry (a major driver of roofing-industry business in Florida's hurricane-claims environment) — a documented, industry-relevant donor concentration rather than a diversified small-dollar base.
- Florida Politics — "Blaise Ingoglia stretches fundraising lead in CFO race" — 2026-08-26
- Florida Politics — "Qualified for ballot, Blaise Ingoglia carries more than $6M into first CFO campaign" — 2026-08-26
PAC / LLC / Funneling Structures
Roughly 75% of Ingoglia's total available resources (~$4.9M of ~$6.5M) flow through two political committees — Friends of Blaise Ingoglia and Government Gone Wild PAC — rather than his direct campaign account. `[PAC NOTED — Republican Party of Florida in-kind support, $600,000+ — Fully disclosed party-committee support — Florida Politics]`. No LLC or dark-money structure was identified, but the heavy reliance on committee vehicles over direct campaign fundraising is a notable structural pattern.
- Florida Politics — as above — 2026-08-26
Advertising Spend
`[Specific advertising-spend line items were NOT independently itemized this session — searched: Florida Division of Elections expenditure reports — 2026-08-26]`. With ~$6.5M in total available resources as the incumbent frontrunner, spending capacity is substantial relative to the CFO race.
- Florida Politics — as above — 2026-08-26
Grassroots Engagement
`[No documented door-knocking, phone-banking, or in-person voter-contact ground game was located this session — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Blaise Ingoglia" campaign canvassing volunteer 2026 — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
Donations to Political Figures
`[NOT FOUND — no record of Ingoglia personally donating to other political campaigns or PACs this cycle was identified — searched: Florida Division of Elections, nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
- ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: A roofing/construction/real estate donor cluster with a plausible regulatory nexus to the CFO's insurance-oversight authority is documented alongside the existing Category 1 PRIORITY finding.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.
Issue-Based Positions 29 / 40
2A Rights Score
As a FL legislator, "consistently led the fight for pro-gun legislation" and "successfully passed legislation to safeguard Second Amendment rights during a state of emergency" — a documented sponsored-legislation record.
- NRA-ILA — "Florida: Congratulations to Blaise Ingoglia on His Appointment as CFO" — 2026-08-26
Pro-Life / Pro-Family Score
Fought against the 2024 pro-abortion Amendment 4 ballot measure and personally pledged $25,000 to defeat it; has stated that human life "deserves legal protection from conception until natural death."
- flvoicenews.com — "DeSantis-appointed CFO Blaise Ingoglia launches 2026 campaign" — 2026-08-26
Fiscal Conservatism Score
Governor DeSantis has publicly called Ingoglia "the most conservative senator in the state of Florida" with "a great financial record"; served on the FL Senate Fiscal Policy Committee and FL House Appropriations Committee. No formal Club for Growth/AFP rating was located this session.
- flvoicenews.com — as above — 2026-08-26
Parental Rights Score
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND distinct from his general conservative record — 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
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND on insurance-market policy specifically — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: campaign website, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`. Cross-reference: the existing Cat5 PRIORITY finding documents a donor-cluster concern tied to his regulatory role, which is a transparency/conflict issue and distinct from this metric's policy-position focus.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
Education / School Choice Position
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: Parents Defending Education, campaign website — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
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
- ⚠️ CROSS-REFERENCE: the Housing/Insurance metric is scored on stated policy position only; the existing Cat5 PRIORITY donor-cluster/regulatory-nexus finding remains a separate, unresolved transparency concern documented in that category.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.