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Michaelangelo Collins Hamilton

U.S. House — FL District 25
Southern Palm Beach County / Broward
NPA — write-in
★★★☆☆
108 / 165 points
Integrity & Legal Record
Professional & Business Transparency
Policy & Platform Consistency
Community Engagement & Character
Campaign Transparency
Issue-Based Positions

General election write-in candidate (24; self-described Gen Z entrepreneur and political activist from South Florida (Boca Raton); business background in sales; participated in student government at Florida Atlantic University; a 2024-era news article noted he was at that time "technically too young to serve in Congress" — the U.S. Constitution requires House members to be at least 25 years old at the time they take office, not at the time of filing/election; `[whether he will meet the age-25 requirement by the start of the next Congressional term (January 2027) NOT FOUND — his exact birthdate was not located — 2026-08-14]`; write-in candidate in the FL-25 general election, 11/3/2026)

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 25 / 25

Criminal History

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" arrested OR convicted OR indicted — 2026-08-14]`. No adverse findings.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-14 — no adverse matches

Civil Court History

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" lawsuit OR litigation — 2026-08-14]`. No adverse civil litigation found (see Identity note above regarding unrelated same-surname individuals).

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-14 — no adverse matches

Ethics Violations

No ethics complaints found.

Sources:
  • Google/news search: "Michaelangelo Hamilton" ethics complaint — 2026-08-14 — no adverse matches
  • Florida Commission on Ethics — https://ethics.state.fl.us/Complaints/Complaints.aspx — 2026-08-14

Campaign Finance Violations

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" campaign finance FEC violation — 2026-08-14]`. No violation records found. Ballotpedia shows no reported receipts/disbursements as of 7/29/2026 (data not available/minimal campaign activity to date).

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-14 — no adverse matches

Residency Confirmed

Documented Boca Raton, FL (Palm Beach County, within FL-25) resident, consistent with his Florida Atlantic University background.

Sources:
  • LinkedIn; Florida Politics — 2026-08-14
  • ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: Constitutional age eligibility (25 years old by the start of the next term, January 2027) could not be confirmed given an unconfirmed exact birthdate. (Re-checked 2026-08-15): search-engine AI summaries of secondary coverage gave internally inconsistent age references — one framed him as "23 years old" relative to the 118th Congress (sworn in January 2023), another relative to a later Congress — and a separate snippet mentioned he was "born in October" without a year. Because these AI-generated summaries conflict with each other and could not be verified against primary source text (Florida Politics' original article is paywalled; Ballotpedia's page could not be retrieved by available tools), no birth year or definitive eligibility conclusion is asserted here, consistent with this project's practice of not treating AI-summarized claims as fact. Recommend operator verification via his official FL Division of Elections candidate filing, which typically confirms age eligibility at qualification, or a direct (non-AI-summarized) read of the original Florida Politics article/Ballotpedia page.
  • Investigated and ruled out: unrelated same-surname individuals (Leonard Hamilton, Mark Hamilton) in unrelated Florida legal matters.
  • 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 22 / 25

Business Ownership

Per a 2022 Florida Politics profile (paywalled; content described via search-engine summary, not directly read), Hamilton is described as a "serial entrepreneur" who owns/operates two small businesses: Michaelangelo's Virtual Solutions and Rising Gen Z Enterprises Inc. `[Sunbiz primary-source confirmation of either entity NOT COMPLETED — search.sunbiz.org did not return results this session, see tooling note above]`. No further detail on either business's activity, scale, or clients was found.

Sources:
  • Florida Politics — "This Boca Raton man is technically too young to serve in Congress; he's running anyway" (2022) — content via search-engine summary, article itself paywalled — 2026-08-21
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Sunbiz confirmation not completed; recommend a manual recheck of both named entities once the tooling issue clears.

Financial Conflicts of Interest

No government-contract overlap identified. Hamilton has never held elected or appointed office.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search: "Michaelangelo Hamilton" government contract — 2026-08-21 — no matches

Bankruptcy History

`[NOT FOUND]`. No personal or business bankruptcy filings located.

Sources:
  • CourtListener (courtlistener.com) — search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" — 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.

Sources:
  • CourtListener (courtlistener.com) — search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" — 2026-08-21 — 0 results (same search covers both bankruptcy and tax lien given no results at all)

Board Memberships

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" board member/director nonprofit — 2026-08-21]`. No corporate or nonprofit board membership identified beyond his own two named businesses above.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches found
  • ⚠️ TOOLING BLOCK: Sunbiz did not return results this session for this candidate's name or his two named businesses; recommend a manual recheck.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate per the roster.

Policy & Platform Consistency 10 / 20

Voting Record

`[NO VOTING RECORD — NON-INCUMBENT]`. Hamilton has never held elected office. His platform, per available sources, is stated in general terms: valuing "collaboration, listening, and creating legislation that benefits everyone." `[No specific, itemized policy positions were located beyond this general framing — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" FL-25 platform issues, Facebook page (Hamilton4FL) — 2026-08-21]`.

Sources:
  • Ballotpedia — "Michaelangelo Hamilton" — 2026-08-21
  • Facebook — "Michaelangelo Hamilton" (Hamilton4FL) — 2026-08-21
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Platform detail is thin even relative to other write-in/non-incumbent candidates in this project; recommend a follow-up pass closer to the November election.

Position Consistency

`[NOT FOUND — insufficient platform detail available to assess consistency over time — searched: nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches
None beyond the Voting Record flag above.

Flip-Flops

`[NOT FOUND — insufficient platform detail exists to identify a reversal — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" flip-flop reversed position — 2026-08-21]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches

Endorsements

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" endorsement FL-25 — 2026-08-21]`. No endorsements received or given were identified, consistent with a write-in candidacy.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches
  • ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: Platform detail is unusually thin even relative to other write-in candidates in this project; recommend a follow-up pass closer to the November election.
  • Investigated and ruled out: a "Gen-Z activist and 2020 election skeptic" headline that referred to two unrelated 2022-cycle candidates (Maxwell Frost, Cory Mills), not this candidate.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Community Engagement & Character 10 / 25

Community Involvement

`[No documented community-service activity was located beyond his student-government involvement at Florida Atlantic University (already noted in his profile summary) — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" Boca Raton volunteer community — 2026-08-24]`. Consistent with the unusually thin platform already documented in Category 3.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
None — genuine data gap, not an adverse finding.

Veteran / First Responder Service

`[NOT FOUND — no military or first-responder service background documented — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" military veteran — 2026-08-24]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches

Faith-Based Involvement (scored on character consistency)

`[NOT FOUND — no faith-community affiliation documented — searched: nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24]`. Not scored negatively per protocol. Character consistency cannot be robustly assessed given the overall thin public record already documented across Categories 1–3; no contradictions were identified, reflecting an absence of material to check rather than a confirmed clean record.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches

Debates / Town Halls

`[No documented invitations or appearances found — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" FL-25 debate 2026 — 2026-08-24 — scored on available information only, per protocol]`. As a write-in general-election candidate, his campaign infrastructure appears minimal.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
None — data gap, not treated as avoidance absent any documented invitation.

Social Media Presence & Consistency

`[No dedicated, active campaign social media presence with regular posting activity was identified — searched: nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24]`. No inflammatory content was found in available search.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
  • This candidate's Category 4 profile is thin across all five metrics, consistent with the minimal write-in platform already documented in Category 3.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Campaign Transparency 17 / 25

Top Donors / Donor Composition

His FEC principal campaign committee ("Michaelangelo Collins Hamilton for FL 23 2026" — note the district-number discrepancy, already flagged in Category 1/3 context) shows total receipts of $0.00, with no contributions received.

Sources:
  • FEC.gov — committee overview, C00874420 — 2026-08-26
None — a factual, confirmed absence of fundraising activity, not an adverse finding for a minimally-resourced write-in candidacy.

PAC / LLC / Funneling Structures

`[NOT FOUND — zero receipts confirmed via FEC.gov, precluding any PAC involvement — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • FEC.gov — as above — 2026-08-26

Advertising Spend

`[NOT FOUND — zero receipts confirmed, precluding any advertising spend — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • FEC.gov — as above — 2026-08-26

Grassroots Engagement

`[No documented door-knocking, phone-banking, or in-person voter-contact events located — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Michaelangelo Hamilton" FL-25 campaign 2026 — 2026-08-26]`.

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

Donations to Political Figures

`[NOT FOUND — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
  • Confirmed via FEC.gov: zero campaign receipts, consistent with a token write-in candidacy.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Issue-Based Positions 24 / 40

2A Rights Score

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: NRA, GOA, Ballotpedia Candidate Connection (not completed) — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Ballotpedia — Michaelangelo Hamilton — 2026-08-26

Pro-Life / Pro-Family Score

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: SBA Pro-Life America, Ballotpedia — 2026-08-26]`.

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

Fiscal Conservatism Score

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: AFP, Club for Growth, Ballotpedia — 2026-08-26]`.

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

Parental Rights Score

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: Moms for Liberty, Ballotpedia — 2026-08-26]`.

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

Election Integrity Position

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: Ballotpedia, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.

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

Housing / Insurance Position

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: Ballotpedia, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • 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, Ballotpedia — 2026-08-26]`.

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

Environment / Everglades Position

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: Ballotpedia, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
  • All eight metrics scored neutral (3) per the No Stated Position protocol, consistent with this candidate's minimal write-in campaign profile documented throughout the project.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

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