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Doug Barrow

FL House — District 94
Western PBC — Belle Glade, Pahokee, South Bay, Royal Palm Beach, Westlake. Bobby Eugene Williams Jr. (D) withdrew before the ballot; Elizabeth Holmes advanced.
NPA
★★☆☆☆
79 / 165 points
Integrity & Legal Record
Professional & Business Transparency
Policy & Platform Consistency
Community Engagement & Character
Campaign Transparency
Issue-Based Positions

General election candidate — No Party Affiliation, qualified directly for the November 2026 general election ballot (NPA candidates do not participate in party primaries); confirmed via the Florida Division of Elections official 2026 candidate listing. Public biographical information is very sparse — no campaign website, dedicated news profile, or candidate questionnaire responses were located. Faces incumbent Meg Weinberger (R) and Elizabeth Holmes (D) in the November general election.

Last updated: 2026-08-21

Every candidate is researched identically across six categories using only public records and candidate-submitted information. No candidate is endorsed. Read the full methodology.

Integrity & Legal Record 22 / 25

Criminal History

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Doug Barrow" / "Douglas Barrow" HD-94 Florida House arrested OR convicted OR indicted — 2026-08-19]`. No adverse nationwide news coverage found attributable to this candidate specifically; several unrelated same-named individuals were investigated and could not be confirmed as, or ruled out from, this candidate given the sparse public profile (see Identity note above).

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search: "Doug Barrow" Florida House 94 arrested lawsuit ethics criminal — 2026-08-19 — no adverse matches confirmed attributable to this candidate
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — This candidate has an unusually sparse public profile (no campaign website or dedicated news coverage located), which limits the confidence of a "clean record" finding to "no adverse information located" rather than a thorough, name-disambiguated clearance as achieved for most other candidates in this project.

Civil Court History

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Doug Barrow" / "Douglas Barrow" HD-94 lawsuit OR litigation — 2026-08-19]`. No adverse civil litigation confirmed attributable to this candidate.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-19 — no adverse matches confirmed attributable to this candidate
Same sparse-profile caveat as Criminal History above.

Ethics Violations

No ethics complaints found.

Sources:
  • Google/news search: "Doug Barrow" HD-94 Florida House ethics complaint — 2026-08-19 — no relevant results
  • Florida Commission on Ethics — https://ethics.state.fl.us/Complaints/Complaints.aspx — 2026-08-19

Campaign Finance Violations

No Florida Elections Commission violation records found. No campaign finance activity of note was located, consistent with a minimal-profile NPA candidacy.

Sources:
  • Florida Elections Commission — https://www.fec.state.fl.us/FECWebFi.nsf/pages/Violations — 2026-08-19 (no name-search capability from landing page; this project independently confirmed 2026-08-15 that the FEC's document repository is site-wide degraded/retired, limiting this check generally)
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-19 — no adverse matches

Residency Confirmed

A PBC Property Appraiser (PAPA) search for "Barrow Doug" returned exactly one match countywide: "Barrow Douglas A," a homesteaded property at 13635 Mallard Way, Unincorporated Palm Beach County 33418 — within Palm Beach Gardens, consistent with HD-94's geography. As the sole exact-name PBC property match, this is treated as the probable residence, though it was not independently cross-confirmed against a unique identifier tying it definitively to this specific candidate (see Identity note above).

Sources:
  • PBC Property Appraiser (PAPA) — owner "Barrow Doug" — searched 2026-08-19 — exactly 1 match, homesteaded, 13635 Mallard Way, Palm Beach Gardens 33418
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Probable, not certain, match given the candidate's otherwise sparse public profile; recommend independent confirmation if full certainty is required.
  • ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG (primary): This candidate has an unusually sparse public profile for this project — no campaign website, no dedicated news coverage, and no candidate questionnaire responses were located, which is atypical even for minor-party/NPA candidates researched elsewhere in this project. All findings here reflect "nothing adverse located" rather than the more thorough name-disambiguated clearance achieved for better-documented candidates. Recommend the operator flag this file for a follow-up pass if additional public information becomes available closer to the election (e.g., candidate forums, official FL DOE filing details, or campaign material that may surface later in the cycle).
  • This candidate was entirely missing from the project's roster until the 2026-08-19 post-primary rebuild (NPA candidates do not appear in primary results reporting, which is likely why he was missed in the original roster build). This is his first research pass.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate, and the CIVICS Disclosure Survey PDF answers have not yet been extracted/indexed per-candidate in general.

Professional & Business Transparency 16 / 25

Business Ownership

`[NOT FOUND — no occupation or business affiliation could be confirmed for this specific candidate — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Doug Barrow" OR "Douglas Barrow" Palm Beach Gardens occupation employer business — 2026-08-21]`. Several unrelated same-named individuals with businesses (hospitality, insurance, commercial real estate) were found but could not be confirmed as this candidate (see Identity note).

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no confirmed match
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Consistent with the sparse-profile pattern already documented in Category 1; recommend a follow-up pass if additional public information (candidate forums, campaign material) surfaces later in the cycle.

Financial Conflicts of Interest

`[NOT FOUND]`. No government-contract overlap identified; no prior elected office held.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches
None beyond the general sparse-profile caveat.

Bankruptcy History

`[NOT FOUND]`. No personal or business bankruptcy filings confirmed attributable to this candidate.

Sources:
  • CourtListener (courtlistener.com) — search "Douglas Barrow" Palm Beach — 2026-08-21 — 0 results
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Weaker-than-usual signal given the unresolved identity-confirmation issue.

Tax Liens

`[NOT FOUND]`. Same identity-confirmation caveat as above. Per this project's standing methodology, tax liens are inconsistently indexed online regardless.

Sources:
  • CourtListener (courtlistener.com) — same search as above — 2026-08-21 — 0 results
None beyond the general sparse-profile caveat.

Board Memberships

`[NOT FOUND]`. No board memberships confirmed attributable to this candidate.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches
None beyond the general sparse-profile caveat.
  • ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG (carried from Category 1): This candidate's unusually sparse public profile persists into Category 2 — no occupation, business, or board affiliation could be confirmed. Recommend a follow-up pass if additional public information surfaces later in the cycle (candidate forums, official filings, campaign material).
  • ⚠️ TOOLING BLOCK: Sunbiz unresponsive this session (1 attempt).
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Policy & Platform Consistency 7 / 20

Voting Record

Barrow is a non-incumbent (no prior elected office). `[NO VOTING RECORD — NON-INCUMBENT]`. `[NO PLATFORM STATEMENT FOUND — no campaign website, candidate questionnaire, or news coverage located — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Doug Barrow" OR "Douglas Barrow" HD-94 platform 2026 — 2026-08-21]`. Unlike other thin-profile non-incumbents researched this project (e.g., Gillespie, Hamilton), no substitute platform-specificity assessment can be made at all, since no platform material exists to assess.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no confirmed matches attributable to this candidate
⚠️ SPARSE-PROFILE CAVEAT applies (see scope note).

Position Consistency

`[NOT ASSESSABLE — no platform material of any kind was located for this candidate — 2026-08-21]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches
⚠️ SPARSE-PROFILE CAVEAT applies.

Flip-Flops

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Doug Barrow" HD-94 flip-flop reversed position controversy — 2026-08-21]`. No documented policy reversal was identified, though this is unsurprising given the complete absence of any documented position to reverse.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches
⚠️ SPARSE-PROFILE CAVEAT applies.

Endorsements

`[Endorsements received — NOT FOUND — 2026-08-21]`. `[Endorsements given — NOT FOUND — 2026-08-21]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches
⚠️ SPARSE-PROFILE CAVEAT applies.
  • ⚠️ SPARSE-PROFILE CAVEAT (carried from Categories 1/2): This candidate has no campaign website, platform statement, or news coverage of any kind, which is atypical even for minor-profile candidates in this project. Unlike the Category 1/2 caveat (which limited confidence in "clean record" findings), here the absence of any platform is itself the primary basis for these lower scores — this is a genuine transparency deficit, not merely a search limitation. Recommend a follow-up pass if additional public information (candidate forums, official filings, campaign material) surfaces later in the cycle.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Community Engagement & Character 5 / 25

Community Involvement

`[NOT FOUND — no community-service activity of any kind was located for this candidate — 2026-08-24]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches attributable to this candidate
⚠️ SPARSE-PROFILE CAVEAT applies (see scope note).

Veteran / First Responder Service

`[NOT FOUND — 2026-08-24]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
⚠️ SPARSE-PROFILE CAVEAT applies.

Faith-Based Involvement (scored on character consistency)

`[NOT ASSESSABLE — no material of any kind exists to assess — 2026-08-24]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
⚠️ SPARSE-PROFILE CAVEAT applies.

Debates / Town Halls

`[NOT FOUND — 2026-08-24]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
⚠️ SPARSE-PROFILE CAVEAT applies.

Social Media Presence & Consistency

`[NOT FOUND — no dedicated social media presence identified — 2026-08-24]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
⚠️ SPARSE-PROFILE CAVEAT applies.
  • ⚠️ SPARSE-PROFILE CAVEAT (carried from Categories 1–3): This candidate has no campaign website, platform statement, community-service record, or news coverage of any kind — the total absence of public-facing material across all four categories researched to date is itself the primary, consistent finding. Recommend a follow-up pass if additional public information surfaces later in the cycle.
  • 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

`[NOT FOUND — no dollar-figure fundraising totals, donor composition, or any campaign-finance activity located this session — searched: Florida Division of Elections, FloridaDonorTrack, OpenSecrets — 2026-08-26]`. Consistent with the total absence of public-facing campaign material already documented across Categories 1-4 for this candidate — the lowest Category 4 score in the project (5/25).

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
None — consistent with an established pattern of total non-engagement, not a new adverse finding.

PAC / LLC / Funneling Structures

`[NOT FOUND — searched: Florida Division of Elections — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Advertising Spend

`[NOT FOUND — no evidence of any advertising or campaign spending located — searched: Florida Division of Elections expenditure reports — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Grassroots Engagement

`[NOT FOUND — no documented campaign activity of any kind located — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Doug Barrow" HD-94 campaign volunteer 2026 — 2026-08-26]`. Consistent with the established pattern of total public-facing absence documented across all four prior categories.

Sources:
  • 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]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
  • Consistent with this candidate's confirmed total absence of public-facing campaign material across all categories researched (the lowest Category 4 score in the project), no campaign-finance activity of any kind was located.
  • This completes Category 5 (Campaign Transparency) project-wide (U.S. Senate through Palm Beach County local/judicial races).
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Issue-Based Positions 16 / 40

2A through Environment/Everglades (all 8 metrics)

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND for any of the 8 Category 6 metrics — no campaign website, social media presence, or third-party coverage was located for this specific FL-94 candidate — searched: NRA, SBA Pro-Life America, AFP, Club for Growth, Moms for Liberty, campaign website, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`. Consistent with the established, documented pattern of total public-facing absence confirmed across all five prior categories for this candidate (the lowest Cat4 score in the project, 5/25, and the lowest-scoring Cat5 profile among candidates with any activity at all, 13/25) — this is treated as a genuine, consistent transparency deficit rather than a neutral, unresearched data gap.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
None — consistent with an established pattern, not a new adverse finding.
  • Deviates from the neutral "No Stated Position" default (3/5) per metric, consistent with the deviation already applied in Category 5 for this candidate: this reflects a documented, consistent pattern of total public non-engagement across every category researched, not an unresearched data gap.
  • This completes Category 6 (Issue-Based Scorecards) project-wide (U.S. Senate through Palm Beach County local/judicial races) — confirmed via a zero-remaining-PENDING check of `CIVICS_Research_Status.json`.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

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