Dan Green
Republican · FL
Dan Green is a Navy commander who served four tours in the Middle East and Central Asia and was appointed a deputy assistant secretary of defense in 2019. He calls for less federal debt and help for working families and small businesses.
Where Dan Green stands, based on their records
Supports
National Defense (3 records), Personal Income Tax Reduction (1 record)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — National Defense
National Defense · 3 support
Wrote a Heritage Foundation commentary noting the U.S. had not held a full-scale reserve mobilization exercise since 1978 and urging a new one.
February 28, 2025Supports National Defense
Source: heritage.org · researched September 21, 2026
Wrote a Heritage Foundation commentary urging the new Defense Secretary to close the U.S. missile shortage against China, including naming a munitions czar and expanding production.
February 27, 2025Supports National Defense
Source: heritage.org · researched September 21, 2026
Submitted written testimony to the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party urging faster U.S. munitions production to close a 'missile gap' with China.
December 5, 2024Supports National Defense
Source: docs.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
Criticized Rep. Darren Soto on Florida's Voice Radio for voting against the 2025 tax law that created a federal tax deduction for tip income.
September 8, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: flvoicenews.com · researched September 21, 2026
Track record — General
General · 16 records
Received President Donald Trump's endorsement for U.S. House District 9.
September 1, 2026
Source: nrcc.org · researched September 21, 2026
Worked full-time at the Republican National Committee while earning his Ph.D., helped on the 2000 Bush Florida recount team, then worked at the Pentagon on strategic disarmament in 2001.
August 27, 2026
Source: veronews.com · researched September 21, 2026
Received endorsements from U.S. Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Mike Haridopolos of Florida for U.S. House District 9.
August 5, 2026
Source: floridapolitics.com · researched September 21, 2026
Received endorsements from U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy of Montana and former U.S. Sen. Connie Mack III for U.S. House District 9.
August 3, 2026
Source: flvoicenews.com · researched September 21, 2026
Received the endorsement of the group Conservative HQ in the 2026 Republican contest for U.S. House District 9.
July 2, 2026
Source: conservativehq.com · researched September 21, 2026
Received the endorsement of Osceola County Sheriff Chris Blackmon for U.S. House District 9.
June 29, 2026
Source: floridapolitics.com · researched September 21, 2026
Received endorsements from state Sen. Danny Burgess, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey, state Rep. Patt Maney and 11 other Florida leaders and veterans for U.S. House District 9.
June 25, 2026
Source: floridapolitics.com · researched September 21, 2026
Co-founded the War Veterans Fund in 2018, a group that works to elect war veterans to Congress.
June 8, 2026
Source: floridapolitics.com · researched September 21, 2026
Wrote a Heritage Foundation commentary urging the U.S. military to use low-tech, insurgent-style tactics and deception against China.
July 15, 2025
Source: heritage.org · researched September 21, 2026
Published a Washington Institute report on defeating al-Qaeda in Yemen, calling for local governance reform and local self-defense alongside counterterrorism strikes.
September 19, 2019
Source: washingtoninstitute.org · researched September 21, 2026
Was appointed deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development, the Pentagon office that writes the National Defense Strategy, after eight years as a Washington Institute defense fellow.
March 18, 2019
Source: washingtoninstitute.org · researched September 21, 2026
Wrote an article arguing that al-Qaeda had spread and gone local since 9/11, and that the U.S. needed to fight its political strategy, not just its fighters.
September 4, 2018
Source: washingtoninstitute.org · researched September 21, 2026
Spoke with retired Gen. John Allen at a Washington Institute forum on lessons from the Afghan village stability and local police programs.
July 28, 2017
Source: washingtoninstitute.org · researched September 21, 2026
Published the book In the Warlords' Shadow (Naval Institute Press), about U.S. special operations forces and village security programs in Uruzgan, Afghanistan.
June 19, 2017
Source: sof.news · researched September 21, 2026
Spoke at a Washington Institute forum on the fight against ISIS before the Mosul offensive, after serving in Iraq as a Navy Sunni tribal analyst.
September 22, 2016
Source: washingtoninstitute.org · researched September 21, 2026
Wrote a Washington Institute article urging the U.S. to partner with Iraq's Sunni Arab tribes against ISIS, drawing on the 2006-2008 Anbar Awakening.
October 13, 2014
Source: washingtoninstitute.org · researched September 21, 2026
Race Dan Green is in:
- United States Representative, Congressional District 9 · November 3, 2026 · Congressional District 9 (120th Congress), Florida
Profile last researched September 21, 2026.