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Reginald Corlew

PBC County Court Judge — Group 3
Countywide — ran uncontested
Incumbent — ran uncontested
★★★★☆
114 / 165 points
Integrity & Legal Record
Professional & Business Transparency
Policy & Platform Consistency
Community Engagement & Character
Campaign Transparency
Issue-Based Positions

Incumbent — Won uncontested; sitting County Court Judge since being appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush in 2006 (Criminal Division, 4/3/2006–1/15/2010; Civil Division, since 1/18/2010), re-elected without opposition in 2014; former tax litigator for the U.S. Department of Treasury; assigned to County Civil Divisions at the South County Courthouse, Delray Beach

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: PBC Clerk of Courts eCaseView (blocked, incomplete), nationwide Google/news search "Reginald Corlew" arrested OR convicted OR indicted — 2026-08-02]`. No adverse nationwide news coverage found for a sitting judge with nearly two decades on the bench.

Sources:
  • PBC Clerk of Courts eCaseView — attempted 2026-08-02, blocked by bot-detection before results could be obtained
  • Nationwide Google/news search: "Reginald Corlew" arrested OR convicted OR lawsuit OR disciplinary — 2026-08-02 — no adverse matches
  • Florida Bar Member Profile — https://www.floridabar.org/directories/find-mbr/profile/?num=7500 — 2026-08-02 — "10-Year Discipline History: None"; status "Member of the Judiciary"
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — PBC Clerk of Courts check incomplete due to tooling block; recommend manual follow-up before scorecard finalization.

Civil Court History

Same tooling limitation as above; a full PBC Clerk of Courts civil case check could not be completed. No adverse civil litigation found via nationwide news search.

Sources:
  • PBC Clerk of Courts eCaseView — attempted 2026-08-02, blocked by bot-detection before results could be obtained
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-02 — no adverse matches found
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Same as above; PBC Clerk of Courts civil check incomplete.

Ethics Violations

No Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) complaints, reprimands, or public discipline found. No PBC Commission on Ethics complaints found. His Florida Bar record shows a clean 10-year discipline history, and his Bar status reflects "Member of the Judiciary" (i.e., not engaged in private practice while on the bench, consistent with judicial conduct rules).

Sources:
  • Google/news search: "Reginald Corlew" Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC complaint OR reprimand — 2026-08-02 — no relevant results
  • Florida Bar Member Profile — https://www.floridabar.org/directories/find-mbr/profile/?num=7500 — 2026-08-02 — "10-Year Discipline History: None"
  • Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics — https://palmbeachcountyethics.com/complaints.htm — 2026-08-02 — no complaint found

Campaign Finance Violations

No Florida Elections Commission violation records found. He ran previously in 2008 with campaign finance records on file and no noted violations; the current race is uncontested.

Sources:
  • Florida Elections Commission — https://www.fec.state.fl.us/FECWebFi.nsf/pages/Violations — 2026-08-02 (no name-search capability from landing page)
  • Palm Beach County campaign finance records (VoterFocus) — https://www.voterfocus.com/CampaignFinance/candidate_pr.php?op=rp&e=2&c=palmbeach&ca=23&sdc=28&rellevel=4&dhc=180&committee=N — 2026-08-02 — 2008 filings on record, no violations noted

Residency Confirmed

(Re-verified 2026-08-15 with the now-working PAPA tool.) A full PBC Property Appraiser (PAPA) search — direct owner-name query ("Corlew Reginald") and a review of all 2 unique PBC property owners with the "Corlew" surname (Mark E, Paula C — a different family, different first names) — returned zero property records under his name. This is a confirmed negative result from a working search (not a tooling failure), consistent with renting rather than owning property, which is not treated as adverse per this project's privacy-respectful residency methodology. His Florida Bar Member Profile lists his official mailing address as the South County Courthouse, Delray Beach, FL — a government building, not confirmed as his personal residence. His nearly two decades of continuous service as a Palm Beach County judge (a role requiring county residency) is treated as strong circumstantial corroboration.

Sources:
  • Florida Bar Member Profile — https://www.floridabar.org/directories/find-mbr/profile/?num=7500 — 2026-08-02 — official address at South County Courthouse, Delray Beach, FL
  • Palm Beach County Bar Association judicial profile — https://www.palmbeachbar.org/judicialprofiles/judge-reginald-corlew/ — 2026-08-02 — nearly 20 years of continuous PBC judicial service
  • PBC Property Appraiser (PAPA) — owner "Corlew Reginald"/"Corlew" — searched 2026-08-15 — 0 results under his name (2 unrelated "Corlew" property owners reviewed, different family)
None — no PBC property record found under his name, consistent with renting; not treated as adverse per project methodology. Corroborated by nearly two decades of continuous PBC judicial service.
  • ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG (remaining): PBC Clerk of Courts check remains blocked by a persistent tooling issue (reCAPTCHA/bot-detection) documented throughout this session. Recommend manual follow-up before scorecard finalization. (PAPA residency check re-verified 2026-08-15 — confirmed genuine absence of a property record, likely renting, not a tooling failure; not treated as adverse.)
  • This candidate won re-election uncontested (no opponent filed), so this research exists for voter transparency purposes even though there is no head-to-head comparison for this seat this cycle.
  • 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 21 / 25

Business Ownership

No business entity was identified, consistent with his "Member of the Judiciary" Florida Bar status (judges are prohibited from private practice/business ownership under Florida judicial conduct rules). His pre-bench career was as an attorney in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, litigating in U.S. Tax Court — employment, not business ownership. `[Sunbiz primary-source confirmation NOT COMPLETED — search.sunbiz.org unresponsive this session]`.

Sources:
  • Palm Beach County Bar Association — Judicial Profile — cross-referenced from Category 1 — 2026-08-02
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Sunbiz confirmation not completed; recommend a manual recheck for any pre-bench personal LLC. Nothing concerning found regardless, and judicial conduct rules make personal business ownership unlikely while sitting.

Financial Conflicts of Interest

No government-contract overlap identified beyond his judicial salary itself. No evidence found of an outside financial interest inconsistent with judicial conduct rules.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search: "Reginald Corlew" conflict of interest recusal — 2026-08-21 — no matches

Bankruptcy History

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

Sources:
  • CourtListener (courtlistener.com) — search "Reginald Corlew" — 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) — same search as above — 2026-08-21 — 0 results

Board Memberships

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Reginald Corlew" board member nonprofit director bar association committee — 2026-08-21]`. No outside board membership identified beyond standard judicial-community bar association involvement.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches
  • ⚠️ TOOLING BLOCK: Sunbiz unresponsive this session (2 attempts).
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Policy & Platform Consistency 16 / 20

Voting Record

`[NO POLICY VOTING RECORD APPLICABLE — JUDICIAL CANDIDATE]`. Corlew has served as a PBC County Court Judge since 2006 (Criminal Division 2006–2010; Civil Division since 2010), re-elected without opposition in 2014 and again running uncontested in 2026. The Palm Beach County Bar Association conducts judicial evaluations (a structured attorney-poll mechanism, distinct from a policy platform) as the standard public-facing assessment tool for sitting judges; a specific 2026 evaluation result for Corlew was not retrieved this pass. No case-outcome-based campaigning was found, consistent with canon compliance.

Sources:
  • Palm Beach County Bar Association — "Judicial Evaluations" and "Judicial Profiles" (palmbeachbar.org) — 2026-08-21
  • Ballotpedia — "Reginald Corlew" — 2026-08-21
None — judicial canon compliance, not a transparency gap.

Position Consistency

`[NOT APPLICABLE — JUDICIAL CANDIDATE, CANON COMPLIANCE]`. No policy positions are stated, consistent with Canon 7's prohibition on announcing views on disputed issues.

Sources:
  • N/A

Flip-Flops

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Reginald Corlew" judge controversy reversal ruling — 2026-08-21]`. No documented controversy or reversal was identified.

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

Endorsements

`[Endorsements — NOT FOUND — 2026-08-21]`. Judicial candidates in Florida may be endorsed by bar associations, other judges, or attorneys, but no specific 2026 endorsement was located for this uncontested race.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches
  • This is the first candidate in the project where the judicial special-case methodology (Category 3, Canon 7 compliance) was actually applied. Absence of a policy platform reflects required judicial conduct, not a transparency deficiency.
  • 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

`[NOT FOUND — no specific community organization, volunteer role, or civic body found beyond standard bar-association/judicial-community involvement — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Reginald Corlew" judge volunteer community organization Niceville — 2026-08-24]`.

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

Veteran / First Responder Service

`[NOT FOUND]`. No veteran or first-responder service identified.

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

Faith-Based Involvement (scored on character consistency)

`[NOT FOUND]`. No personal faith-community affiliation identified. Per methodology, absence is not scored negatively.

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

Debates / Town Halls

`[NOT FOUND]`. No specific debate or town hall record located this session; he is running uncontested.

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

Social Media Presence & Consistency

`[NOT FOUND — no dedicated personal or campaign social media account independently located this session — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Reginald Corlew" judge Facebook Twitter — 2026-08-24]`. His Palm Beach County Bar Association judicial profile and 15th Circuit page are his primary public-facing presence.

Sources:
  • palmbeachbar.org — Judicial Profile — 2026-08-24
  • No adverse findings; this category is largely unremarkable for this candidate, consistent with a low-visibility, uncontested judicial race.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Campaign Transparency 21 / 25

Top Donors / Donor Composition

VoterFocus records confirm $0.00 in total contributions for this cycle — consistent with an uncontested judicial race requiring no active campaign fundraising.

Sources:
  • VoterFocus — Reginald R. Corlew candidate campaign finance page — 2026-08-26

PAC / LLC / Funneling Structures

`[NOT APPLICABLE — zero receipts confirmed, precluding any PAC involvement — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • VoterFocus — as above — 2026-08-26

Advertising Spend

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

Sources:
  • VoterFocus — as above — 2026-08-26

Grassroots Engagement

`[NOT APPLICABLE — uncontested race, no campaign activity required — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • VoterFocus — as above — 2026-08-26

Donations to Political Figures

`[NOT FOUND — searched: VoterFocus, nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
  • No adverse findings; zero campaign receipts confirmed, consistent with an uncontested judicial race.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Issue-Based Positions 24 / 40

2A through Environment/Everglades (all 8 metrics)

`[NO STATED POSITION — Canon 7 judicial-ethics compliance; no issue positions were found or expected, consistent with this candidate's uncontested tenure since 2006 — scored 3 per protocol for each — sources searched: campaign materials, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches (consistent with judicial-ethics constraints)
  • All eight metrics scored neutral (3) as a judicial-ethics requirement under Canon 7, not a data gap — consistent with the Cat3 special-case treatment already applied to this candidate.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

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