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John Flemm

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John Flemm
BornJohn James Flemm IV[1][2]
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
💼 Occupation
  • Businessman
🏛️ Political partyRepublican
👩 Spouse(s)
Mark Rudman (m. 2024)
👪 RelativesJohn J. Flemm Sr. (great-grandfather)
Marion G. Wells (grandmother)

John James Flemm IV is an American businessman, conservative activist, and state guardsman from Central Florida. He is the founder and CEO of Occidental Industries, a real estate investment company based in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is also a board member of the Marion G. Wells Foundation. A member of the Republican Party, he was a candidate for Florida circuit court clerk of Volusia County in 2024.

Early life and education

Flemm was born in Daytona Beach, Florida.[3][4][5] He was orphaned at birth and later adopted by John J. Flemm III and Heather Childers.[6][7][8] For multiple summers, Flemm attended Culver Academies in Northern Indiana.[9] In 2020, Flemm graduated from Trinity Preparatory School, during the COVID-19 pandemic, where he played varsity lacrosse.[10][2][8]

Career

Flemm served as an assistant in the Florida House of Representatives and as an aide in the Florida Senate.[6] He later worked for the Conservative Partnership Institute in Washington, D.C..[6]

Flemm is a stakeholder in his family's ranch and is a member of the board of directors of the conservative non-proft, the Marion G. Wells Foundation.[4][11] In 2023, Flemm founded Occidental Industries, LLC., a real estate investment company.[12][13] He is also a soldier in the newly re-established Florida State Guard.[4][5]

2024 Volusia County Clerk campaign

Main article: 2024 Florida elections

In April 2024, Flemm announced his candidacy for clerk of the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court and county court of Volusia County, Florida, challenging two-term incumbent Laura E. Roth in the Republican primary.[14][15][16][17] His platform included fiscal conservatism, increasing constituent engagement, and expanding access to justice.[5] He also aligned himself closely with former President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.[6][3][4] On August 20th, Flemm was defeated in the primary by Roth.[18][19][20] The August 2024 primary saw a statewide voter turnout of 19% and resulted in the lowest turnout in Volusia County in at least a decade.[21][22][23] Roth went on to win re-election to a third-term in office.[24][25][26]

Personal life

Flemm is the adoptive great-grandson of John J. Flemm, a businessman and politician from New Jersey who founded the Flemm Lead Company.[27][28][29] He is the adoptive grandson of Marion G. Wells, a socialite and political donor who was married to Preston A. Wells Jr..[2] He is also the adoptive great-great grandson of Friedrich Gretsch, founder of the Gretsch Company.[30]

Flemm is openly gay. In January 2024, he married Mark Rudman, who was born in Russia.[3][6] They live in DeBary, Florida.[4][31]

References

  1. ↑ "Candidate: John Flemm". voterfocus.com. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Trinity Prep Fund Grandparent Donors" (PDF). trinityprep.org. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fernandez, Frank (August 14, 2024). "Flemm's misleading mailers show he doesn't understand county clerk role, retired judge says". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Election 2024: Meet the Candidates – Volusia County Clerk of Courts". The West Volusia Beacon. July 17, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Questionnaire and Responses". Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Gardner, Sheldon (July 17, 2024). "Laura Roth will face 2 political unknowns for Volusia clerk". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Marion Gretsch Wells" (Press release). Capital Research Center. February 2, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Trinity Prep Alumni Magazine Winter 2016" (PDF). trinityprep.org. p. 58. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  9. ↑ "2017 Upper Camp Vedette: Issue 3". Culver Academies. July 28, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  10. ↑ "John Flemm". MaxPreps. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Marion G Wells Foundation". ProPublica. May 9, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Detail by Entity Name". sunbiz.org. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Electronic Articles of Organiztion". sunbiz.org. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  14. ↑ Harper, Mark; Gardner, Sheldon (June 15, 2024). "Florida election deadline passes; some Volusia, Flagler candidates win". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  15. ↑ Asbury, Kendal (August 6, 2024). "Everything on the Volusia County ballot for the Aug. 20 election". WKMG-TV. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  16. ↑ Schorsch, Peter (July 18, 2024). "Sunburn – The morning read of what's hot in Florida politics – 7.18.24". Florida Politics. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Statement of Candidate" (PDF). voterfocus.com. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  18. ↑ Gardner, Sheldon (August 20, 2024). "Republican primary for Volusia clerk goes to Roth". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  19. ↑ Asbury, Kendal (August 20, 2024). "Volusia County election results in the Florida Primary on Aug. 20, 2024". WKMG-TV. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  20. ↑ Kelly, Jason (August 21, 2024). "2024 Florida Primary: Elections results". WFTV. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  21. ↑ "Primary Election 2024 Results". The West Volusia Beacon. August 20, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  22. ↑ Sexton, Christine Jordan (August 22, 2024). "Primary sees low voter turnout, Cord Byrd says". Florida Politics. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  23. ↑ Hudson, Tom (August 22, 2024). "Most Florida voters sit out the August primary". NPR. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  24. ↑ Gardner, Sheldon (August 30, 2024). "Volusia clerk of court candidate withdraws from race making Laura Roth the winner". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  25. ↑ "Volusia County Clerk of the Circuit Court". clerk.org. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  26. ↑ "Laura Roth". The Florida Bar. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  27. ↑ "Highlands Man Explains Drop In Pig Lead". The Daily Record. October 5, 1949. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  28. ↑ "Flemm". New York Daily News. March 16, 1974. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  29. ↑ "Society: Gretsch-Flemm". Brooklyn Eagle. September 25, 1945. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  30. ↑ "Society". Brooklyn Eagle. December 19, 1948. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  31. ↑ "Appointment of Campaign Treasurer" (PDF). voterfocus.com. Retrieved March 10, 2025.


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