Jim Holcomb
Republican · FL
Jim Holcomb is a retired Orlando firefighter, former exceptional-student-education teacher, and home builder. His campaign biography says he served as an Orlando firefighter from 1974 through 2004, taught in Mount Dora from 2005 through 2013, earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Central Florida in 1974 and a master's degree from National Louis University in 2010, and previously ran for local office. Florida election records show he filed but did not qualify for state House District 32 in 2022 and qualified for the 2026 Republican gubernatorial primary.
Campaign Finance Information — Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Campaign Finance Information · Governor and Lieutenant Governor · August 18, 2026
Data last updated July 27, 2026
- Raised
- $20,000
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- RETIRED$20,000
Direct contributions by size
- $5,000+$20,000
Source: Florida Division of Elections · 2026 cycle · dos.elections.myflorida.com
Track record
Anti-Corruption
· 1 record
Holcomb's gubernatorial campaign advocates ending judicial immunity for malpractice.
July 13, 2026For
Source: jimholcomb4governor.com · researched July 13, 2026
Government Efficiency
· 1 record
Holcomb's gubernatorial campaign advocates replacing building-department fee-and-fine funding with property-tax funding similar to fire departments and public schools.
July 13, 2026For
Source: jimholcomb4governor.com · researched July 13, 2026
Civil Rights
· 1 record
Holcomb's gubernatorial campaign opposes building-department searches and seizures that it describes as violating federal and state law.
July 13, 2026For
Source: jimholcomb4governor.com · researched July 13, 2026
General
· 2 records
Florida election records show Jim Holcomb qualified as a Republican candidate for Governor after paying the qualifying fee.
June 12, 2026
Source: dos.elections.myflorida.com · researched July 13, 2026
Holcomb filed as a Republican candidate for Florida House District 32; Florida election records later recorded that he did not qualify.
January 18, 2022
Source: dos.elections.myflorida.com · researched July 13, 2026
Elections
- Governor and Lieutenant Governor · August 18, 2026 · Florida
Profile last researched July 13, 2026.