Derek Lewis

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17 roll-call votes on record - 16 yes, 1 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Battle pleads no contest to theft” (Key West Citizen (KeysNews) – Local, Jul 20, 2026). coverage, lean labeled ↗
3 personal financial disclosures on file (Form 6) covering 2024–2025 - the originals are one click away. state disclosure filings

What we don’t cover yet 1 gaps

What we don’t cover yet

Campaign finance filings for this office aren’t wired in yet - when they’re sourced, they’ll appear here.

The record

official roll calls · every vote links to the bill

17

Roll-call votes on record.

17 votes · 16 yes · 1 no. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Apr 15, 2026

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

State Agencies5 votes · yes on 5, no on 0

Reports Mandated4 votes · yes on 4, no on 0

Health and Medical Services4 votes · yes on 4, no on 0

General Assembly3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

Studies Directed3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESA JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission and state agencies to collaborate to create a statewide fiscal map of substance use disorder programs and funding sources.SJR 74 · Apr 15, 2026

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Personal finances

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Reported net worth · from annual disclosures

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$812K reported for year-end 2025 · −$391K since 2024

Florida Form 6 figures are the sworn dollar amount each filing states.

Original filings:2024 filing ↗2025 filing ↗

Annual financial disclosures · official filings

3 filings on record

Form 6 · 2024–2025

Form 6 is Florida’s full financial disclosure - officials report their net worth, assets, and income sources each year.

Form 62025 ↗2024 ↗2024 ↗

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Political placement

third-party academic estimates - never our verdict

Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 68% of Kentucky House members

Details

Score+0.79 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.05 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+0.83)

Compared with337 members of Kentucky House members (1996–2022)

Covers2019–2022

● This person Democrats (159) Republicans (178)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsConservative

More conservative than 51% of 2022 Kentucky House candidates

Details

Score+0.77 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.29 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.06)

Compared with183 members of 2022 Kentucky House candidates

Covers2018–2022

● This person Democrats (67) Republicans (115)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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