Forward Party
Political party in the United States
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| 2025 | Party aims to achieve ballot access in all 50 states. |
| March 2025 | Daniel Thatcher announced his affiliation with the Forward Party, bringing Forward Party representation to the Utah Senate. |
| 2024 | After the Democratic Party's loss in the presidential election, Andrew Yang contributed to a Politico article discussing the party's need for reform, suggesting that voters might turn to alternatives like the Forward Party or independent status. |
| 2024 | Forward Party added ballot access in Colorado and Virginia, qualifying as a minor party in Colorado and gaining petition-based ballot access. |
| August 2024 | Lindsey Williams Drath, the party's CEO, stated the party's goal to achieve federal recognition by 2028. |
| November 2023 | Danielle Chesebrough became the Forward Party's first elected official in Connecticut, winning reelection as Stonington Town Selectwoman on an independent Forward Party ticket. |
| October 18 2023 | The South Carolina Independence Party merged with the Forward Party, making South Carolina the third state where Forward is ballot-qualified, after Florida and Utah. |
| August 2023 | Philadelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein and Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala announced their affiliation as Forward Republicans. |
| June 2023 | Christine Todd Whitman, a founding co-chair, publicly announced the party's ambitious goal to achieve ballot access in all 50 states by 2025. |
| June 21 2023 | Democratic Pennsylvania State Senators Anthony H. Williams and Lisa Boscola announced they were joining the Forward Party as 'Forward Democrats', while maintaining their Democratic Party caucus membership. |
| May 2023 | Jordan Marlowe, mayor of Newberry, Florida, became the Forward Party's first sitting executive by switching his party registration from Libertarian to Forward. |
| February 2023 | Matt Shinners transitions to the role of chief strategy and operating officer after his interim CEO period. |
| January 27 2023 | Forward Party announced a coalition with the Common Sense Party of California, aiming to achieve 73,000 registered voters to become a qualified political party in the state. |
| September 2022 | Matt Shinners becomes interim CEO of the Forward Party, a position he will hold until February 2023. |
| September 24 2022 | Forward Party officially launched its national organization. |
| July 2022 | Forward Party formed prior to July 2022, inspired by Andrew Yang's book 'Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy' |
| July 2022 | Forward Party officially founded, with Andrew Yang, Christine Todd Whitman, and Michael S. Willner serving as founding co-chairs. |
| July 2022 | Matt Shinners begins his first term as co-CEO of the Forward Party, serving until September 2022. |
| July 27 2022 | Forward Party announces a merger with the Serve America Movement and the Renew America Movement to further its effort to form a new third party. |
| February 2022 | The Forward Party chose Minnesota as its first state to launch an affiliate party, selected for its open primaries and independent political spirit. |
| November 2021 | Yang discussed the Forward Party with Van Jones, exploring concepts of 'positive populism' and finding common ground in political discourse. |
| October 5 2021 | Andrew Yang officially forms Forward as a political action committee (PAC), intending to seek recognition from the Federal Election Commission as a political party and provide an alternative to the two major U.S. political parties. |
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