Mark Douglas
Democrat
Attorney (criminal defense, immigration, Fair Labor Standards Act); Sunrise City Commissioner (2016–present); twice Deputy Mayor of Sunrise (2019, 2023); chair of NLC Finance, Administration & Intergovernmental Relations Federal Advocacy Committee
Non-Incumbent · Public RecordScore pending campaign-site review
PIP Political Integrity Pledge · Political Integrity PAC
- No Corporate PAC Money
- Stock Trading Ban
- Lobbying Ban for Former Members
- Overturn Citizens United
T Transparency
24.4%
Top positive drivers
- T1 Sunrise Deputy Mayor town halls (October 2023 documented); 10 years of public commission meetings. Documented prior-role access action. 3.13/4
- T7 Local 10 News, SFLCN, Caribbean Riddims, Caribbean National Weekly, vote411 LWV Sunrise Mayor guide; 10 years of public commission scrutiny. 3.13/4
Top negative drivers
- T2 No proactive financial disclosure beyond legal minimums; no tax returns released. 0/4
- T3 No congressional stock-trading ban or blind-trust position documented. 0/4
- T4 No FEC committee fundraising data surfaced through Q1 2026 reporting; not included in any tier-listing of FL-20 fundraisers. 0/4
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- T1 Sunrise Deputy Mayor town halls (October 2023 documented); 10 years of public commission meetings. Documented prior-role access action. 3.13/4
- T2 No proactive financial disclosure beyond legal minimums; no tax returns released. 0/4
- T3 No congressional stock-trading ban or blind-trust position documented. 0/4
- T4 No FEC committee fundraising data surfaced through Q1 2026 reporting; not included in any tier-listing of FL-20 fundraisers. 0/4
- T5 No campaign donor visibility tools documented. 0/4
- T6 Local 10 News, SFLCN, Caribbean Riddims coverage of 2024 mayoral run; Sunrise commission public-meeting record. Limited federal-campaign reasoning documented. 2.25/4
- T7 Local 10 News, SFLCN, Caribbean Riddims, Caribbean National Weekly, vote411 LWV Sunrise Mayor guide; 10 years of public commission scrutiny. 3.13/4
- T8 No documented endorsements identified for the 2026 congressional run; Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for his 2024 mayoral race either. 0/4
- T9 Facebook page renamed "Attorney Mark A. Douglas for Congress" is the principal social presence; limited issue subpages or substantive policy posts surfaced. 2.25/4
- T10 Long municipal service implies plain-language constituent communication. Limited surfaced campaign content; English-only. 1.25/4
- T11 No specific healthcare price transparency mechanism documented. 0/4
- T12 No specific housing cost transparency mechanism documented. 0/4
- T13 No specific consumer cost transparency mechanism documented. 0/4
- T14 NLC Finance, Administration & Intergovernmental Relations Federal Advocacy Committee chair (since November 2020) implies federal-municipal fiscal accountability work. 2.25/4
- T15 No AI transparency platform documented. 0/4
- T16 No specific law enforcement accountability mechanism documented; criminal defense practice is context not evidence. 0/4
- T17 No specific federal immigration system transparency mechanism documented; immigration legal practice is context not evidence. 0/4
- T18 No specific education transparency mechanism documented. 0/4
- T19 No specific electoral or democratic process transparency platform documented. 0/4
- T20 NLC FAIR Federal Advocacy Committee chair role implies federal accountability advocacy. No specific reform package documented. 2.25/4
- T21 10 years of public commission meetings and 2024 mayoral debate participation; campaign-side press engagement is limited. 2.25/4
- T22 Default 2/4 baseline for limited fact-checker coverage. 2016 vulgar-threat email and 2024 fake-mailer episode are integrity flags but not factually false claims; cap moderate ps. 2/4
- T23 No whistleblower protection platform documented. 0/4
- T24 No FOIA or open-records platform documented. 0/4
- T25 10 years of municipal service matches "public servant" framing. Contradictions cap ps at moderate and zero impact: 2016 vulgar-threat email to fellow condo board member contradicts professional-conduct framing; 2024 mayoral campaign fake-mailer episode (vendor "Adphabet" / Marlon Bolton) is a documented campaign-finance contradiction. 2.63/4
E Efficiency
25%
Top positive drivers
- E7 NLC Finance, Administration & Intergovernmental Relations Federal Advocacy Committee chair (since November 2020); Florida League of Cities Municipal Administration, Legislative Action, and Finance/Taxation/Personnel committees; Broward League of Cities representative; Florida Municipal Insurance Trust representative. 3.75/4
- E4 10 years of municipal-board service: Sunrise City Commission, Broward Consumer Protection Board, Sunrise Economic Development Advisory Board, Sunrise Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board (chair, two terms), Sunrise Board of Zoning Adjustment. Multiple categories of public service. 3.13/4
- E6 Elected to Sunrise City Commission 2016 (~17,000 votes), re-elected unopposed November 2020; twice Deputy Mayor (2019, 2023); ran 2024 Sunrise Mayor race (lost 36.16% to incumbent Mike Ryan’s 43.93%). 3.13/4
Top negative drivers
- E1 No proposals with built-in evaluation documented. 0/4
- E2 No documented evidence-based policymaking citations. 0/4
- E3 No government effectiveness evaluation mechanism documented. 0/4
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- E1 No proposals with built-in evaluation documented. 0/4
- E2 No documented evidence-based policymaking citations. 0/4
- E3 No government effectiveness evaluation mechanism documented. 0/4
- E4 10 years of municipal-board service: Sunrise City Commission, Broward Consumer Protection Board, Sunrise Economic Development Advisory Board, Sunrise Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board (chair, two terms), Sunrise Board of Zoning Adjustment. Multiple categories of public service. 3.13/4
- E5 No technology modernization platform documented. 0/4
- E6 Elected to Sunrise City Commission 2016 (~17,000 votes), re-elected unopposed November 2020; twice Deputy Mayor (2019, 2023); ran 2024 Sunrise Mayor race (lost 36.16% to incumbent Mike Ryan’s 43.93%). 3.13/4
- E7 NLC Finance, Administration & Intergovernmental Relations Federal Advocacy Committee chair (since November 2020); Florida League of Cities Municipal Administration, Legislative Action, and Finance/Taxation/Personnel committees; Broward League of Cities representative; Florida Municipal Insurance Trust representative. 3.75/4
- E8 10 years of municipal-government implementation experience across zoning, economic development, transportation safety, and consumer protection. 3.13/4
- E9 Elected three times in Sunrise (2016, 2020 unopposed, plus board roles); NLC FAIR chair; Florida League of Cities committee work; documented Deputy Mayor town hall. 3.13/4
- E10 No specific federal process reform mechanism documented. 0/4
- E11 No specific healthcare system efficiency mechanism documented. 0/4
- E12 Generic "attainable housing" support in Sunrise. No specific federal supply-side mechanism documented. 1/4
- E13 No specific energy system or climate position documented. 0/4
- E14 No specific federal immigration system position documented despite immigration legal practice. 0/4
- E15 No specific education system position documented. 0/4
- E16 Sunrise Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board chair (two terms) addresses pedestrian safety mechanism. Criminal defense practice is context not evidence. 2.25/4
- E17 No specific federal workforce position documented. 0/4
- E18 NLC FAIR Federal Advocacy Committee chair (federal-municipal fiscal accountability); Florida League of Cities Finance/Taxation/Personnel committee. 2.25/4
- E19 No specific federal infrastructure delivery position documented. 0/4
- E20 No specific national security position documented. 0/4
- E21 No specific government processing time position documented. 0/4
- E22 NLC and Florida League of Cities finance committee work implies fiscal advocacy. No specific federal fiscal framework documented. 2.25/4
- E23 No specific GAO/IG audit citation documented. 0/4
- E24 No specific reform-of-failing-programs framework documented. 0/4
- E25 No specific federal agency oversight platform documented. 0/4
A Affordability
20.6%
Top positive drivers
- A3 Legal practice in Fair Labor Standards Act wage-and-hour cases (helping low-wage workers recover wages); criminal defense; immigration. Three documented affordability-relevant service areas. 3.13/4
- A16 Fair Labor Standards Act wage-and-hour legal practice helps low-wage workers recover wages. Documented prior-role wage-recovery action. 3.13/4
- A19 Sunrise Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board chair (two terms) addresses non-car transportation alternatives. 3.13/4
Top negative drivers
- A2 No specific district economic data citations documented. 0/4
- A4 No antitrust position documented. 0/4
- A5 No household cost-impact analysis documented. 0/4
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- A1 Mayoral campaign mentioned "quality of life for all residents" generically; no specific local cost engagement documented. 1/4
- A2 No specific district economic data citations documented. 0/4
- A3 Legal practice in Fair Labor Standards Act wage-and-hour cases (helping low-wage workers recover wages); criminal defense; immigration. Three documented affordability-relevant service areas. 3.13/4
- A4 No antitrust position documented. 0/4
- A5 No household cost-impact analysis documented. 0/4
- A6 No documented response to specific cost spike events. 0/4
- A7 No specific source-and-destination redirection documented. 0/4
- A8 No corporate cost accountability mechanism documented. 0/4
- A9 Generic "quality of life for all residents" framing. Limited household-level translation. 1/4
- A10 Mayoral platform mentioned attainable housing and economic growth. No specific federal affordability priority package documented. 1/4
- A11 No specific healthcare affordability mechanism documented. 0/4
- A12 Generic "attainable housing" support in Sunrise mayoral platform; no specific federal mechanism named. 2.25/4
- A13 No specific education affordability commitment documented. 0/4
- A14 No specific tax policy position documented. 0/4
- A15 Broward Consumer Protection Board prior service. No specific federal consumer protection mechanism named. 2.25/4
- A16 Fair Labor Standards Act wage-and-hour legal practice helps low-wage workers recover wages. Documented prior-role wage-recovery action. 3.13/4
- A17 No specific food or grocery position documented. 0/4
- A18 No specific utility or energy affordability position documented. 0/4
- A19 Sunrise Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board chair (two terms) addresses non-car transportation alternatives. 3.13/4
- A20 No coherent federal affordability strategy documented. 0/4
- A21 10 years of municipal service consistent with public-service framing. 2016 vulgar-threat email and 2024 fake-mailer/vendor episode reduce consistency impact. 2.88/4
- A22 No documented protection of specific affordability programs. 0/4
- A23 No documented affordability reach to highest-need populations beyond legal practice. 0/4
- A24 No documented broad-benefit affordability framework. 0/4
- A25 No documented affordability org alignment or scorecard ratings. 0/4
Scored from publicly available information. Research in progress.
Published Platform
- Local Government — 10 years on Sunrise City Commission; twice Deputy Mayor; chair of NLC Finance, Administration & Intergovernmental Relations Federal Advocacy Committee.
- Legal Practice — Criminal defense, immigration, and federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) wage-and-hour cases; founder of Mark A. Douglas, P.A. (2006).
- Housing — Generally supportive of "attainable housing" in Sunrise mayoral platform; no specific federal mechanism documented.
- Workforce — FLSA wage-and-hour case work helping low-income workers recover wages.
- Transportation Safety — Sunrise Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board chair (two terms).
Non-Incumbent · Public Record
Scored on publicly available information only — platform statements, prior office, news coverage. Same criteria as the Questionnaire pathway, without direct candidate input.
Scoring Summary
| Axis | Base | Pledge Bonus | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transparency | 24.4% | — | 24.4% |
| Efficiency | 25% | — | 25% |
| Affordability | 20.6% | — | 20.6% |
| Overall TEA | Average of the three axes | 23.3% | |
Financial Breakdown
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