Dean Abrams
Challenger (realtor with 30 years of corporate experience at major companies before his real estate career; was in the South Tower of the World Trade Center when the second plane hit on 9/11/2001; campaign platform includes limiting institutional/Wall Street ownership of single-family homes, opposing AIPAC influence over state policy, opposing AI data centers, and requiring strict public approval for major development; qualified as a No Party Affiliation candidate per the Florida Division of Elections)
Last updated: 2026-08-21
Integrity & Legal Record 24 / 25
Criminal History
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Dean Ocean Abrams" arrested OR convicted OR indicted — 2026-08-06]`. No adverse nationwide news coverage found for this individual.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-06 — no adverse matches; an unrelated same-surname criminal appeal (Robert D. Abrams) was investigated and ruled out (see Identity note above)
Civil Court History
A Florida Second District Court of Appeal record shows a "Dean Abrams," appearing pro se, petitioned for a writ of certiorari against American Express National Bank (No. 2D2025-3100), arising from a Sarasota County Court matter; the petition was dismissed on 5/22/2026 without a substantive opinion (a one-line per curiam dismissal, suggesting a procedural/jurisdictional basis rather than a ruling on any underlying merits). `[This candidate's identity could not be fully confirmed as the same "Dean Abrams" in this filing — the middle name "Ocean" and other biographical identifiers were not present in the court record, so this match is treated as probable but not certain given the common first/last name combination — 2026-08-06]`. (Re-checked 2026-08-15): A "Dean Abrams" is listed as a licensed real estate agent based in Sarasota, FL on a real-estate-agent directory — consistent with the candidate's own stated profession (realtor) and with the AmEx case's Sarasota County origin, which meaningfully strengthens (but does not conclusively prove) the identity match, since the directory listing itself could not be cross-checked against the candidate's middle name or other unique identifiers. If accurately matched, this represents an unremarkable consumer debt dispute (the kind of matter common in county court dockets) rather than any finding of wrongdoing by Abrams.
- Florida Second District Court of Appeal — Dean Abrams v. American Express National Bank, No. 2D2025-3100 (May 22, 2026) — full text retrieved and reviewed — 2026-08-06
- Homes.com real estate agent directory — "Dean Abrams, Real Estate Agent in Sarasota, FL" — retrieved 2026-08-15 — page content itself could not be fully accessed (403), so only the directory listing/location, not further biographical detail, is confirmed
Ethics Violations
No ethics complaints found.
- Google/news search: "Dean Ocean Abrams" Florida ethics complaint — 2026-08-06 — no adverse matches
- Florida Commission on Ethics — https://ethics.state.fl.us/Complaints/Complaints.aspx — 2026-08-06
Campaign Finance Violations
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Dean Abrams" campaign finance FEC violation Florida Governor 2026 — 2026-08-06]`. No FEC or Florida Elections Commission violation records found.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-06 — no adverse matches
Residency Confirmed
(Resolved 2026-08-20 via Category 2 research.) A Florida Sunbiz business filing under "Abrams, Dean" — Dean Abrams, LLC, and subsequently Seabreeze Digital LLC and the currently-active Seabreeze Advisors LLC — confirms his address as 5342 Clark Road #3023, Sarasota, FL 34233, filed directly under his own name as sole member across three entities spanning 2018 to the present (2026). This is a primary-source confirmation, not circumstantial inference, and resolves the residency question left open earlier.
- Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) — Dean Abrams, LLC (L18000248677), Seabreeze Digital LLC (L22000504412), Seabreeze Advisors LLC (L26000245651) — 2026-08-20 — all list Abrams at 5342 Clark Road #3023, Sarasota, FL 34233
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-06 — no direct statement found (superseded by the Sunbiz confirmation above)
- Homes.com real estate agent directory — "Dean Abrams, Real Estate Agent in Sarasota, FL" — retrieved 2026-08-15 — consistent circumstantial corroboration, now confirmed
- ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: A likely but unconfirmed identity match exists to a dismissed American Express debt-dispute case; recommend direct confirmation via Sarasota County Court records.
- ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: Specific county of residence not confirmed; recommend checking his official Florida Division of Elections candidate filing.
- Investigated and corrected: an AI-summary claim that Abrams "dropped out" of the race was checked and found unsubstantiated — official records confirm he qualified and remains an active NPA candidate.
- 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 23 / 25
Business Ownership
A Florida Sunbiz Officer/Registered Agent search under "Abrams, Dean" confirmed three entities, all sole-member LLCs at the same Sarasota, FL address (5342 Clark Road #3023, Sarasota, FL 34233), consistent with his documented real estate profession: - Dean Abrams, LLC (Doc# L18000248677) — INACTIVE, filed 2018, administratively dissolved 2022. - Seabreeze Digital LLC (Doc# L22000504412) — INACTIVE, filed 2022, administratively dissolved 2025. - Seabreeze Advisors LLC (Doc# L26000245651) — ACTIVE, filed 5/1/2026 — his current, presently-active business entity, formed shortly before/around his gubernatorial candidacy. This confirms a consistent pattern of sole-proprietor real estate/consulting business activity under sequential entity names, all traceable to the same Sarasota address. This Sarasota address directly resolves the residency question left open in Category 1 — where his county of residence was only circumstantially inferred — with a primary-source Sunbiz filing under his own name at a specific Sarasota address.
- Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), search.sunbiz.org, Officer/Registered Agent Name search "Abrams, Dean" — 2026-08-20 — all matching entities reviewed
- Sunbiz entity detail — Dean Abrams, LLC (L18000248677), Seabreeze Digital LLC (L22000504412), Seabreeze Advisors LLC (L26000245651) — 2026-08-20
Financial Conflicts of Interest
No government-body-to-personal-business overlap identified. Abrams has never held elected office, and his business entities (real estate/consulting-related, based on the "Seabreeze Digital" and "Seabreeze Advisors" naming) show no indication of government contracts or regulatory relationships in available sources.
- Sunbiz entity details as above — 2026-08-20
- Nationwide Google/news search: "Dean Abrams" Sarasota government contract — 2026-08-20 — no matches
Bankruptcy History
No bankruptcy filings confirmed for this candidate. A CourtListener search for "Dean Abrams" surfaced only "Thelma Dean Abrams" (Bankr. N.D. Ala., 2025) — a different individual (different first name, Alabama venue), not attributed to this candidate.
- CourtListener (courtlistener.com) — search "Dean Abrams" bankruptcy — 2026-08-20 — one unrelated result investigated and ruled out
Tax Liens
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Dean Abrams" tax lien Sarasota — 2026-08-20]`. 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.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-20 — no adverse matches
Board Memberships
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Dean Abrams" board member director nonprofit — 2026-08-20]`. No corporate or nonprofit board memberships identified beyond his own sole-member business entities.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-20 — no matches found
- This search resolved Category 1's open residency question: a primary-source Sunbiz filing confirms his Sarasota, FL address (5342 Clark Road #3023) directly under his own name — recommend the operator revisit Category 1's Residency Confirmed score (previously 4/5 pending confirmation) in light of this.
- Investigated and ruled out: "Thelma Dean Abrams" (Bankr. N.D. Ala., 2025) — a different, unrelated individual.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate per the roster.
Policy & Platform Consistency 14 / 20
Voting Record
`[NO VOTING RECORD — NON-INCUMBENT]`. Abrams has never held elected office; his pre-candidacy professional background includes 30 years of corporate/public-private leadership, including service on the executive team overseeing the rebuilding of New York's emergency infrastructure after 9/11, and later work "modernizing Florida's systems to better serve residents." His campaign platform is unusually specific for a non-incumbent, built around eight named positions: limiting institutional/Wall Street ownership of single-family homes; opposing AIPAC/foreign-lobby influence over Florida policy; opposing AI data centers (on the basis that they consume water/power/land like farms but "only farms feed people," and graded/fenced farmland "does not come back"); requiring strict public approval for major development; and broader affordability (housing, healthcare, insurance) themes.
- deanabrams.com — "Meet Dean Abrams" — 2026-08-21
- Good Party — "Dean Abrams for Florida Governor" candidate profile — 2026-08-21
Position Consistency
`[Insufficient historical public record to assess consistency over time — Abrams has no prior campaign or officeholding history to compare against — searched: nationwide Google/news search, Wayback Machine check for his campaign site — 2026-08-21]`. His current platform is internally consistent (development/land-use skepticism connects his single-family-home, data-center, and development-approval positions into a coherent theme).
- deanabrams.com — 2026-08-21
Flip-Flops
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Dean Abrams" flip-flop reversed position — 2026-08-21]`. No documented instance of Abrams reversing a stated position was identified.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches
Endorsements
`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Dean Abrams" governor endorsement 2026 — 2026-08-21]`. No endorsements received or given were identified, consistent with his NPA status and first-time, largely self-funded/grassroots candidacy.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.
Community Engagement & Character 11 / 25
Community Involvement
`[No specific local community organization, volunteer role, or civic body found — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Dean Abrams" Sarasota community volunteer nonprofit — 2026-08-24]`. His campaign messaging emphasizes protecting Floridians broadly, but no hands-on community involvement (volunteer work, civic board, local nonprofit) independent of the campaign itself was identified.
- deanabrams.com; Good Party candidate profile — 2026-08-24
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
Veteran / First Responder Service
Abrams is not a veteran or first responder. He was present in the South Tower of the World Trade Center when the second plane hit on 9/11/2001, and subsequently served on a corporate/public-private executive team overseeing the rebuilding of New York's emergency infrastructure — a notable professional experience directly connected to that event, but this is corporate/civilian executive work, not personal military or first-responder service, and is not credited toward this metric.
- deanabrams.com — "Meet Dean Abrams" — 2026-08-24
Faith-Based Involvement (scored on character consistency)
`[NOT FOUND — no specific personal faith-community affiliation identified — searched: nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24]`. Per project methodology, absence of documented faith involvement is not itself scored negatively.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
Debates / Town Halls
`[NOT FOUND — no record of debate participation, invitation, or town hall appearance located for this NPA candidate — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Dean Abrams" governor debate town hall 2026 — 2026-08-24]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
Social Media Presence & Consistency
Maintains an active X/Twitter account (@DeanAbrams) and campaign website with consistent messaging centered on his stated platform (housing/Wall Street ownership limits, opposing AIPAC influence, opposing AI data centers, development-approval reform). No controversial or inconsistent posts identified.
- twitter.com/deanabrams — 2026-08-24
- deanabrams.com — 2026-08-24
- No adverse findings; this candidate's public profile is thin across all Category 4 metrics, consistent with a first-time, largely self-funded NPA campaign.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.
Campaign Transparency 16 / 25
Top Donors / Donor Composition
`[NOT FOUND — no dollar-figure fundraising totals or donor composition located — searched: Florida Division of Elections, Transparency USA, FloridaDonorTrack — 2026-08-26]`. Consistent with his overall thin public profile documented across Categories 1-4.
- Transparency USA — Florida Governor race page — 2026-08-26 (no candidate-specific detail returned)
PAC / LLC / Funneling Structures
`[NOT FOUND — searched: Florida Division of Elections — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
Advertising Spend
`[NOT FOUND — searched: Florida Division of Elections expenditure reports — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
Grassroots Engagement
`[No documented door-knocking, phone-banking, or in-person voter-contact ground game located — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Dean Abrams" governor 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
- No adverse findings; thin public profile consistent with a first-time, self-funded NPA campaign.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.
Issue-Based Positions 27 / 40
2A Rights Score
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: NRA, GOA, campaign website (deanabrams.com) — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
Pro-Life / Pro-Family Score
`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: SBA Pro-Life America, campaign website — 2026-08-26]`.
- Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
Fiscal Conservatism Score
Campaign platform targets "rising costs, taxes, and insurance rates" and pledges to "put citizens ahead of special interests" with "no special interests, no party loyalty."
- deanabrams.com — 2026-08-26
Parental Rights Score
`[Campaign references "keeping children safe" generally, without a specific parental-rights-in-education statement — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: Moms for Liberty, campaign website — 2026-08-26]`.
- deanabrams.com — 2026-08-26
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
Campaign plan explicitly addresses "rising costs, taxes, and insurance rates that put affordable housing out of reach," with a stated goal to "fix housing" and make it "more affordable."
- deanabrams.com — 2026-08-26
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
Platform explicitly opposes "unchecked development, polluted waters, and corporate data-center land grabs," pledging to "protect Florida's land" and preserve "natural beauty" — framed around opposing corporate overreach/unchecked development rather than blanket new regulation.
- deanabrams.com — 2026-08-26
- Strongest documented positions cluster around cost-of-living/housing/anti-corporate-overreach themes, consistent with his independent, anti-special-interest campaign branding.
- Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.