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Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Jennifer Cruz Dubbeld will face public reprimand by the Florida Supreme Court after admitting to four violations of impartiality rules during her 2024 campaign for re-election. These violations include disparaging an opponent on Facebook, collecting donations at events, passing around solicitations for financial contributions, and misrepresenting endorsements on her campaign website. Despite these infractions, Dubbeld narrowly won the election with a margin of less than 1,000 votes out of over 600,000 total votes cast. The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission has recommended she be suspended for 20 days without pay in addition to the public reprimand.
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Judge Jennifer Cruz Dubbeld, who recently won re-election for her position in the Pinellas-Pasco Circuit by less than 1,000 votes, will face public censure after being found guilty of violating impartiality rules four times during her campaign. The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission initiated an investigation into Dubbeld's actions following complaints about misconduct. She admitted to these violations at a hearing in 2025 and expressed remorse for misleading the public and raising concerns over judicial independence. Among her infractions were disparaging remarks against her opponent on Facebook, collecting campaign donations at events, and distributing flyers with QR codes linked to financial contribution sites. The commission recommended that Dubbeld receive a public reprimand from the Florida Supreme Court and be suspended without pay for 20 days.
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A Florida judge is set for public humiliation after breaking impartiality rules in four different ways during a campaign that secured her re-election by less than 1,000 votes.
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Judge Jennifer Cruz Dubbeld was accused of misconduct after Florida's Judicial Qualifications Commission started an investigation over her campaign for the Pinellas-Pasco Circuit, which covers the state's central west coast near St. Petersburg.
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Dubbeld had already admitted to the violations at a hearing in 2025, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
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Now, she has to appear before the Supreme Court in Florida for a 'public reprimand' following a unanimous decision by all seven justices.
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In one violation, Dubbeld was accused of disparaging an opponent in a Facebook post, in which she wrote: 'Actual courtroom experience matters, just as being straight forward and not misrepresenting qualifications (as some have done),' according to court filings.
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Additionally, Dubbeld was cited for collecting donations at campaign events.
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She also admitted to passing around flyers that asked people to 'contribute to the Committee to elect Jenn Dubbeld,' with a QR code leading to a site that accepted financial contributions.
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Dubbeld's campaign further included pictures of her with other candidates who had active opposition in political races, despite judicial candidates being obligated to stay non-partisan.
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In another rule-break, the judge misleadingly used photos of public officials and lawmakers on her campaign website who did not endorse her.
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Dubbeld's offenses came against the backdrop of a highly competitive general election in which she beat civil attorney Nick Fiorentino by less than 1,000 votes in a total of more than 600,000 votes.
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Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Jennifer Cruz Dubbeld admitted to breaking impartiality rules in four different ways during her re-election campaign in 2024
Judge Dubbeld is set to appear in front of the Florida Supreme Court.
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A specific date is yet to be determined
Gregory Coleman, who is the chair of the commission that led the investigation against Dubbeld, wrote in a report that she 'expressed remorse and regrets' about her rule-breaking actions
Gregory Coleman, chair of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, wrote in a report: 'Judge Dubbeld’s actions, and the actions of her campaign, violated Canon 7 in that they [misled] the public, raised an appearance of impropriety, and reflected poorly on judicial independence.'
The commission reviewing her case has recommended that Dubbeld should be publicly reprimanded by the Florida Supreme Court and suspended for 20 days without pay.
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A specific date for the judge's appearance in the Supreme Court is yet to be determined.
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Coleman wrote that Dubbeld 'expressed remorse and regrets that her actions have reflected poorly on judicial independence.'
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The Daily Mail contacted Dubbeld for comment.
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