Scott quietly edits plan to end Medicare The Florida Republican changed his plan to exclude the programs after backlash from Democrats and his own party Salon · Feb 17, 2023
Congressman-elect Maxwell Frost knows tough road lies ahead in GOP-led House ORLANDO, Fla. — Incoming U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost has suddenly become one of the most prominent members of his generation. But like many other 25-year-olds, he’s still looking for a place to crash. Orlando Sentinel · Nov 25, 2022
Florida Gov. DeSantis’ victory secures star status. Next up: When to run for president TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Fresh off a commanding reelection and a sweeping party victory, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis now moves full throttle into the next stage of his ambitious political career and faces a question everyone in his orbit is asking: When does he announce his run for president? Tribune News Service · Nov 9, 2022
Four takeaways from the US midterm elections Democrats were enjoying a stronger-than-expected showing in the US midterm elections early on Wednesday, as it appeared the party was limiting its losses in the US House of Representatives and capturing important governors' races. Radio France Internationale · Nov 9, 2022
Is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis emerging as the new and improved Donald Trump? Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has the elite credentials of a prototypical US presidential candidate, from graduating with honours from Yale and Harvard Law School to earning a bronze star for meritorious service in the military. The man seen as a possible 2024 Republican nominee – and a political successor to… France 24 · Nov 4, 2022
Florida's DeSantis traverses the U.S. as 2024 White House talk advances Days after sending two planeloads of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis flew 1,000 miles (1,600 km) across the country to speak to voters in a Kansas hotel ballroom. Reuters · Sep 22, 2022
DeSantis says Florida is getting redder. He’s campaigning like he believes it In the last month alone, Ron DeSantis has released a much-discussed ad mimicking “Top Gun,” left Florida to campaign in a quartet of far-away swing states and talked about throwing Anthony Fauci across a river. McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 2, 2022
Is Florida still a swing state? The next 11 weeks will determine the answer The close of polls Tuesday evening marked the end of Florida’s primary election and the start of an 11-week scramble in which the fate of a U.S. Senate seat, the governor’s mansion and Florida’s status as a political battleground all hang in the balance. McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 24, 2022
Another Centrist Project Offers Mushy Technocracy To Soothe a Divided Country Andrew Yang's rebooted Forward Party glosses over Americans’ conflicting values and preferences. Reason · Aug 1, 2022
Jonathan Bernstein: US third parties aren’t always pointless As third-party launches go, it’s rare to have one with as little intuitive appeal as that of the Forward Party, Andrew Yang’s latest attempt to draw attention to himself. Yang is joined by former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and by David Jolly, who was a Republican member of… Tribune News Service · Jul 30, 2022
Ramesh Ponnuru: There’s a new centrist political party. It’s going nowhere The founders of a new political party, “Forward,” acknowledge that third parties usually fail. They say that previous third-party efforts flopped “either because they were ideologically too narrow or the population was uninterested.” Tribune News Service · Jul 30, 2022
Former Republicans and Dems form third political party ahead of 2024 The Forward Party hopes to be on the ballot all 50 states by late 2024, in time for the presidential election The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022
Former US Democrat Andrew Yang launches centrist ‘Forward Party’ Former presidential candidate says party will be biggest outside of long-dominant Democrat and Republican behemoths. Al Jazeera · Jul 28, 2022