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New political party launched by prominent political donor and attorney John Morgan

February 27, 2025 | | Print Article

A prominent Florida attorney announced he is forming a new political party for those “stuck in the middle.”

Trial lawyer and Democratic donor John Morgan teased the launch in a post on social media Wednesday, lamenting the “broken” two-party system and adding “Stay tuned.”

“I am forming a new political party for those of us stuck in the middle,” Morgan, who floated a run for governor last year, wrote on X.

“Our two party system is broken due to Gerrymandering and divisive issues… both sides,” added the head of the personal injury firm Morgan & Morgan.

“No labels is not an option. Everyone wants a team or tribe,” he continued, likely referring to the bipartisan group No Labels which abandoned its “effort to put forth a Unity ticket in the 2024 presidential election” after failing to find a candidate.

Morgan noted that his lawyer was already drafting “the paperwork” to make the new party a reality.

He defended his move in another post on X.

“The prominent attorney — whose face is festooned on billboards and advertisements for his law firm Morgan & Morgan across the country — is well-known for bankrolling campaigns to legalize medical marijuana and raise the minimum wage in Florida,” Politico noted.

Last year, Morgan wrote in a post on X: “Maybe I should run for Governor… as an Independent,” adding “The People’s Party.”

But by the end of the year, the attorney thought he would run as an Independent with a new party called the “Capitalist Party.”

“I think I know what people want,” he told Politico’s Florida Playbook in a December interview. “And I think what people want is what I want.”

GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis is term-limited and cannot run in Florida’s 2026 open gubernatorial contest. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), President Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate, officially announced his run for the office on Tuesday.

Though he has been a major Democrat donor, Morgan said he would not fundraise for former Vice President Harris’s campaign as then-President Joe Biden bowed out of the 2024 race.

“You have to be enthusiastic or hoping for a political appointment to be asking friends for money. I am neither. It’s others turn now,” Morgan wrote on X at the time.

“She would not be my first choice,” Morgan said in July speaking of Harris. “But it’s a done deal.”

Morgan’s post announcing his new party was met with skepticism and a “hard no” from many X users who were not fans of his efforts to legalize medical marijuana and raise the minimum wage in the Sunshine State.

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