That instinct followed him north to the University of Florida, where he walked on to the football team. As a linebacker for the Gators, he learned firsthand what discipline, loyalty, and toughness actually mean, and what it takes to make the right call under pressure when others are counting on you.
While most students stayed quiet, Dan stepped into the fight for conservative values on campus. He founded a conservative student organization and built it into one of the largest chapters in the country. At a time when conservative voices were routinely sidelined, he brought the first conservative speaker to the University of Florida in nearly a decade. He also invited Holocaust survivor Irving Roth to campus to speak about truth, history, and the consequences of silence.
Dan’s work didn’t stop at campus gates. In 2019, he ran for chairman of the statewide College Republicans of Florida and was elected with more than two-thirds of the vote. During his tenure, he grew membership by several thousand and helped organize one of the largest door-knocking efforts in the group’s history for a critical Florida Senate race.
That same year, Dan was invited to the White House in recognition of his efforts defending free speech on college campuses for President Trump’s signing of the Executive Order on Free Speech.
Dan went on to graduate with honors from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He began his legal career as a prosecutor, where he learned the importance of accountability and consequences. Today, he works as an attorney in personal injury litigation, representing people who are often outmatched by powerful systems.
Dan and his wife, Theresa, just celebrated their first wedding anniversary.
Dan is running because he’s tired of Washington politicians putting themselves before the people they’re supposed to serve. He’s tired of politics as usual. Tired of real people being ignored. And determined to fight for families who are ready to take back what belongs to the people and restore the American Dream—starting right here in Tampa.
