Curtis Calabrese
Challenger
Last updated: 2026-08-21
Integrity & Legal Record 23 / 25
Criminal History
No criminal charges, arrests, or convictions were found for this candidate. A nationwide search surfaced a "Curtis Calabrese" arrest/DUI-adjacent search result for a Boca Raton defense attorney, which was investigated and could not be confirmed to be this candidate. A separate, more serious search hit — an Ohio attorney "Calabrese" permanently disbarred in 2015 after pleading guilty to 27 federal and state felony counts (racketeering, bribery, mail fraud) — was directly verified via the source court opinion (Disciplinary Counsel v. Calabrese, 143 Ohio St.3d 229, 2015-Ohio-2073) and conclusively ruled out: the disbarred attorney's legal name is Anthony Orlando Calabrese III, an entirely different individual with no connection to this candidate.
- Nationwide Google/news search: "Curtis Calabrese" arrested OR convicted OR sentenced OR indicted OR lawsuit OR ethics — 2026-07-20
- Ohio Supreme Court opinion, Disciplinary Counsel v. Calabrese, 143 Ohio St.3d 229, 2015-Ohio-2073 — https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2015/2015-ohio-2073.pdf — read in full, respondent identified as Anthony Orlando Calabrese III — 2026-07-20 — ruled out, not this candidate
- Nationwide Google/news search: "Curtis Calabrese" Boca Raton lawsuit ethics complaint DUI OR arrest — 2026-07-20 — DUI hit could not be attributed to this candidate (no name confirmation in source article)
- PBC Clerk of Courts eCaseView — attempted; session blocked by reCAPTCHA/bot-detection after repeated automated queries this session; not completed, see flag below
- FDLE Search — attempted; interactive form, not queryable via automated fetch — 2026-07-20
Civil Court History
Not independently verified via PBC Clerk of Courts due to the reCAPTCHA block described above. No civil litigation involving this candidate surfaced in nationwide news search.
- Nationwide Google/news search: "Curtis Calabrese" lawsuit — no adverse results — 2026-07-20
- PBC Clerk of Courts eCaseView — attempted; blocked by reCAPTCHA — 2026-07-20 — not completed
Ethics Violations
No ethics complaints found via news search or the PBC Commission on Ethics complaint archive.
- Google/news search: "Curtis Calabrese" ethics complaint — no relevant results — 2026-07-20
- Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics — https://palmbeachcountyethics.com/complaints.htm — 2026-07-20
- Florida Commission on Ethics — http://public.ethics.state.fl.us/ — 2026-07-20 (no name-search capability from landing page)
Campaign Finance Violations
No Florida Elections Commission or FEC violation records found. Notably, Calabrese has a prior federal committee, "Curtis Calabrese for Congress" (FEC Committee ID C00811158), indicating a previous run for federal office — this is background context, not an adverse finding.
- FEC.gov committee record — https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00811158/ — 2026-07-20
- Florida Elections Commission — https://www.fec.state.fl.us/FECWebFi.nsf/pages/Violations — 2026-07-20 (no name-search capability from landing page)
Residency Confirmed
PBC Property Appraiser (PAPA) records confirm a homesteaded property owned by "Calabrese Curtis G" at 6010 Buenavista Ct, unincorporated area near Boca Raton, FL 33433 (Parcel 00424734050040070). This matches his public bio as a "Boca Raton native." A second, non-homesteaded property at 400 SW 12th Ter, Boca Raton (mailing address in Chickamauga, GA) also appears under his name — consistent with an investment/rental property, not his primary residence, and does not affect the residency finding.
- PBC Property Appraiser (PAPA) Advanced Search — https://pbcpao.gov/AdvSearch/AdvanceSearch — owner "Calabrese Curtis" — 2026-07-20 (accessed via browser render)
- Florida Politics — https://floridapolitics.com/archives/740334-ready-to-serve-curtis-calabrese-launches-campaign-for-palm-beach-county-commission/ — 2026-07-20
- ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG (x2): PBC Clerk of Courts eCaseView search for "Calabrese, Curtis" could not be completed — the system returned a reCAPTCHA failure after repeated automated queries earlier in this research session. This looks like the site's bot-detection working as intended, not a candidate-specific issue, but it means Criminal History and Civil Court History rely on nationwide news search only, not a direct docket check. Recommend a manual eCaseView search (or spacing out future automated queries to this site) before finalizing these two scores.
- Investigated and ruled out a serious false-positive: an Ohio attorney "Calabrese" permanently disbarred for 27 felony counts is not this candidate (different legal name: Anthony Orlando Calabrese III). Documented in full to prevent this from resurfacing as an unverified claim later.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — the CIVICS Disclosure Survey PDF answers have not yet been extracted/indexed per-candidate.
Professional & Business Transparency 22 / 25
Business Ownership
No personal business entity was identified. Calabrese's career is documented as employment: Navy combat pilot/Legal Officer/Aerospace Engineer, FAA inspector, and currently a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines and Director of Operations at Altivion Aviation. `[Sunbiz primary-source confirmation for a personal LLC NOT COMPLETED — search.sunbiz.org unresponsive on 2 direct-name attempts this session, though the Calabrese Construction entity-name lookup succeeded]`.
- Campaign website (curtiscalabrese.com) — "Meet Curtis Calabrese" — 2026-08-21
- Sunbiz.org — Calabrese Construction, Inc., Doc #G11612 — officer detail reviewed directly, ruling out this candidate — 2026-08-21
Financial Conflicts of Interest
No government-contract overlap identified. His employment (United Airlines, Altivion Aviation, prior FAA/Navy service) shows no apparent nexus to Palm Beach County government contracting.
- Nationwide Google/news search: "Curtis Calabrese" government contract — 2026-08-21 — no matches
Bankruptcy History
`[NOT FOUND]`. No personal or business bankruptcy filings located.
- CourtListener (courtlistener.com) — search "Curtis Calabrese" — 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
Calabrese is associated with Veterans for Responsible Leadership; the precise nature of this relationship (board seat vs. general membership/advocacy) was not disambiguated. No other board membership was identified.
- Nationwide Google/news search: "Curtis Calabrese" board member veteran organization — 2026-08-21
- Investigated and ruled out: Calabrese Construction, Inc. (Boca Raton) — confirmed via direct Sunbiz officer detail to belong to Orlando G. and Pamela Calabrese, not this candidate.
- ⚠️ TOOLING BLOCK: A personal-name Sunbiz officer search for "Calabrese, Curtis" was blocked (2 attempts); recommend a manual recheck for any personal LLC.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — pending CIVICS Disclosure Survey PDF extraction.
Policy & Platform Consistency 16 / 20
Voting Record
Calabrese is a non-incumbent for this office (has never held elected office; his 2022 congressional run ended before the primary — see Position Consistency below). `[NO VOTING RECORD — NON-INCUMBENT]`. His platform is specific: public safety, strong infrastructure, responsible growth, smart government spending, transparent decision-making, and a "safety-first mindset" drawing on his Navy combat pilot/aviation-safety background.
- curtiscalabrese.com — campaign platform — 2026-08-21
- Florida Politics — "'Ready to serve': Curtis Calabrese launches campaign for Palm Beach County Commission" — 2026-08-21
Position Consistency
In 2022, Calabrese filed to run as a Democrat for Florida's 22nd Congressional District, but per Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections records, he had only switched his registration from Republican to Democrat on March 14, 2022 — just over two weeks before filing on April 1, 2022. Florida law requires a longer party-affiliation duration to run in a party's primary; multiple experts characterized his candidacy as not meeting this requirement, and he withdrew from the race approximately two months before the primary, with his FEC committee ("Curtis Calabrese for Congress") showing financial activity only from 3/15/2022 to 6/5/2022. He is now running as a Democrat again in 2026, four years later, with no further party-switching activity documented since. `[Whether his underlying political views changed, or this was a rapid/opportunistic switch tied specifically to the 2022 candidacy, was NOT further characterized — no direct statement from Calabrese addressing the switch was located this pass.]`
- Florida News Headlines — "CD 22 candidate Curtis Calabrese illegally running as a Democrat, experts say" — 2026-08-21
- Ballotpedia — "Curtis Calabrese" — 2026-08-21
- FEC.gov — Curtis Calabrese for Congress, Committee ID C00811158 — 2026-08-21
Flip-Flops
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Curtis Calabrese" flip-flop reversed policy position controversy — 2026-08-21]`. No documented reversal of a specific policy position was identified; the 2022 party-registration issue (above) is a partisan-affiliation matter, not a documented substantive policy reversal.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches beyond the 2022 party-affiliation issue already documented above
Endorsements
Received: A broad, well-documented coalition spanning veterans organizations, labor, civil-rights advocates, and current/former elected officials, including U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel. `[A fully itemized endorsements list was not compiled beyond what is referenced above; see curtiscalabrese.com/endorsements for the campaign's own listing — not independently cross-verified this pass — 2026-08-21]`. `[Endorsements given — NOT FOUND — 2026-08-21]`.
- curtiscalabrese.com — "Endorsements" — 2026-08-21
- Florida Politics — "Poll: Curtis Calabrese holds narrow edge over incumbent Palm Beach County Commissioner" — 2026-08-21
- ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG (new finding, not previously in Category 1): A 2022 rapid R→D party-registration switch, made two weeks before filing to run as a Democrat for FL-22, led to his own withdrawal after experts questioned whether it met Florida's party-affiliation duration requirement for primary candidacy. Documented factually; no comparable issue has recurred in his current 2026 candidacy. Recommend operator review for completeness.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — pending CIVICS Disclosure Survey PDF extraction.
Community Engagement & Character 16 / 25
Community Involvement
⚠️ CROSS-REFERENCE: as documented in Category 2, Calabrese is associated with Veterans for Responsible Leadership (nature of the relationship — board seat vs. general membership/advocacy — not disambiguated). Beyond this, `[no additional local community organization, volunteer role, or civic body found — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Curtis Calabrese" volunteer community organization Boca Raton — 2026-08-24]`.
- Cross-referenced from Category 2 — 2026-08-24
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no additional matches
Veteran / First Responder Service
A substantial, well-documented personal record: Calabrese is a Navy air combat veteran and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy (systems engineering degree), with a subsequent career as an FAA inspector, aviation safety expert, and current Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines / Director of Operations at Altivion Aviation (per Category 2). This is personal military service, not a family member's, and is among the strongest veteran-service findings documented in this project.
- Florida Politics — "'Ready to serve': Curtis Calabrese launches campaign for Palm Beach County Commission" — 2026-08-24
- curtiscalabrese.com — "Meet Curtis Calabrese" — 2026-08-24
Faith-Based Involvement (scored on character consistency)
`[NOT FOUND]`. No personal faith-community affiliation identified. Per methodology, absence is not scored negatively.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
Debates / Town Halls
`[NOT FOUND]`. No specific debate or forum record located this session, despite this being an actively contested, closely-polled race (per Category 3, a March 2026 poll showed Calabrese narrowly leading Woodward 40.9%–38.1%).
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
Social Media Presence & Consistency
Active campaign website (curtiscalabrese.com, with a dedicated "News & Press" section) and Instagram account (@curtis.calabrese). No controversial or inconsistent posts identified.
- curtiscalabrese.com — 2026-08-24
- instagram.com/curtis.calabrese — 2026-08-24
- Notable: this candidate's personal Navy combat-veteran record (Naval Academy graduate, air combat veteran) is among the strongest documented Veteran/First Responder Service findings in this project.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — pending CIVICS Disclosure Survey PDF extraction.
Campaign Transparency 16 / 25
Top Donors / Donor Composition
Q1 2026 filings show only $560 in total contributions with $0 in-kind — an extremely minimal sum relative to incumbent Marci Woodward's $232,293 total, though `[the full-cycle total across all reporting periods was NOT independently compiled this session — searched: Palm Beach County campaign finance records — 2026-08-26]`.
- Palm Beach County VoterFocus campaign finance database — 2026-08-26
PAC / LLC / Funneling Structures
`[NOT FOUND — no PAC contributions identified — searched: Palm Beach County campaign finance records — 2026-08-26]`.
- Palm Beach County VoterFocus campaign finance database — 2026-08-26
Advertising Spend
`[NOT FOUND — negligible spending activity consistent with the minimal Q1 total documented above — searched: Palm Beach County campaign finance records — 2026-08-26]`.
- Palm Beach County VoterFocus campaign finance database — 2026-08-26
Grassroots Engagement
`[No documented door-knocking, phone-banking, or in-person voter-contact ground game located — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Curtis Calabrese" District 4 campaign volunteer 2026 — 2026-08-26]`. ⚠️ CROSS-REFERENCE: his documented veterans-organization involvement (Category 2/4) reflects community engagement distinct from a campaign-specific ground game.
- Cross-referenced from Category 2/4 — 2026-08-26
Donations to Political Figures
`[NOT FOUND — searched: Palm Beach County campaign finance records, FEC.gov — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
- Recommend a full-cycle Palm Beach County campaign-finance record check, as only a single Q1 reporting period was located this session.
- 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 25 / 40
2A Rights Score
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — outside county-commission jurisdiction — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: campaign website, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
Pro-Life / Pro-Family Score
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — outside county-commission jurisdiction; candidate self-describes as "socially liberal" but no specific abortion-policy statement was located — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: campaign website, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.
- curtiscalabrese.com/about — 2026-08-26
Fiscal Conservatism Score
Self-describes as "fiscally conservative but socially liberal"; campaign priorities include "affordability for working families, seniors, and small businesses."
- curtiscalabrese.com/about — 2026-08-26
Parental Rights Score
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — outside county-commission jurisdiction — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: campaign website, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
Election Integrity Position
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — outside county-commission jurisdiction — 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
General "affordability" priority for working families and seniors, without a specific housing/insurance policy mechanism identified this session.
- curtiscalabrese.com/about — 2026-08-26
Education / School Choice Position
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — outside county-commission jurisdiction (schools are governed by the separate School Board) — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: campaign website, nationwide news search — 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
- Five of eight metrics fall outside county-commission jurisdiction and were scored neutral per protocol; self-described "fiscally conservative but socially liberal" positioning is consistent with the moderate profile documented across prior categories.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.