Missing: Dan Green

MISSING

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CANDIDATE?

Black-and-white photo of Dan Green
Name
Dan Green
Running for
U.S. Congress, Florida's 9th District (R)
Last seen
On conservative talk radio, Sept. 2026
Missed
A WESH 2 debate, an Orlando Sentinel editorial board, an Orlando Sentinel profile interview (twice), a Ledger interview and a public radio interview

FLORIDA'S 9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT · 2026

Where's
Dan Green?

Central Florida newsrooms asked the Republican running for Congress to answer voters' questions five times this fall. A debate. An editorial board. Two newspaper interviews. A public radio interview. Dan Green skipped every one.

5 invitations
0 appearances

MISSED APPOINTMENTS

Every seat had his name on it.

Debates, editorial boards and long-form interviews are how voters in a brand-new district get to size up a candidate they've never met. Dan Green passed on each one.

OFFERED TO: DAN GREEN DECLINED

ORLANDO SENTINEL EDITORIAL BOARD

The endorsement interview

Central Florida's largest newspaper invited both candidates to sit down with its editorial board before making an endorsement in the race. Dan Green declined.

OFFERED TO: DAN GREEN DODGED TWICE

ORLANDO SENTINEL INTERVIEW

A candidate profile

Separate from its editorial board, the Sentinel asked Green to sit down for a candidate profile so readers could get to know him. He dodged the request not once, but twice.

OFFERED TO: DAN GREEN DECLINED

WESH 2 NEWS

The televised debate

WESH 2 offered voters a head-to-head debate between the two candidates for the 9th District. Dan Green declined.

OFFERED TO: DAN GREEN DECLINED

THE LEDGER

The newspaper interview

Polk County's daily newspaper asked Green for an interview about his campaign. Dan Green declined.

OFFERED TO: DAN GREEN NO RESPONSE

CENTRAL FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA

The public radio interview

For its four-part series Dispatches from the Ninth Congressional District , the station reached out to Green numerous times by phone, by email and in person at campaign events. It never heard back. The series' final chapter ran without him.

LAST SEEN

He found time for a friendlier microphone.

In September, Green sat down with Florida's Voice Radio, a conservative outlet. In June, on the same network, he described the job he wants this way:

“I want to be a reliable ally and voice of support for President Trump.”

Dan Green, Florida's Voice, June 8, 2026

Talking to a host who agrees with you is easy. Answering a reporter, an editorial board or a debate moderator on live TV is the job interview. Read the Florida's Voice interview.

ON PAPER

He'll answer in writing. Here's what he'd have to defend out loud.

Before the August primary, Green filled out WESH 2's written candidate questionnaire. Two of his answers explain why a live debate might be uncomfortable.

WESH ASKED: WHAT IS THE FIRST BILL YOU WOULD FILE?

“The first bill I would introduce would be to call for a balanced budget, that is passed on time, and will help to pay off the debt.”

Budget analysts at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities have warned that a balanced-budget requirement could force cuts averaging one-fifth to Social Security, Medicare and veterans' benefits.

WESH 2 candidate questionnaire, Aug. 4, 2026

WESH ASKED: ACA PREMIUMS ARE UP AN AVERAGE OF 21%. WHAT'S YOUR SOLUTION?

“I am a strong proponent of greater free market solutions in healthcare for individual Americans such as Medical Savings Accounts.”

His answer never mentioned bringing back the expired tax credits that had kept marketplace premiums down for Central Florida families.

WESH 2 candidate questionnaire, Aug. 4, 2026

IF FOUND

If you find Dan Green, ask him this.

  1. 1

    Your first bill would balance the budget. What gets cut first: Social Security, Medicare or veterans' benefits?

  2. 2

    Will you vote to bring back the health care tax credits that kept premiums down for Florida families?

  3. 3

    You'll be a reliable ally for the President. When his policies raise costs for ranchers, growers and families here, whose side are you on?

  4. 4

    You're asking to represent seven counties. Why won't you stand on a debate stage in front of them?

PAID FOR BY DARREN SOTO FOR CONGRESS