Press

In the press.

Dan has been quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian, featured on CBS Sunday Morning, and quoted by the Associated Press, Reuters, CNN and POLITICO.

Featured: CBS Sunday Morning

Dan appears on camera in The truth behind fake political ads, a CBS Sunday Morning segment on RepresentUs’s satirical campaign about money in politics (January 31, 2016).

Read the story at CBS News · Watch on YouTube

Selected coverage

DateOutletStoryDan’s role
Jul 27, 2026Canary MediaCalifornia to offer a novel $3,500 rebate for first-time EV buyersQuoted; EVs for All America research credited
Jul 4, 2026The GuardianAs auto costs rise, will the US miss the golden age of electric vehicles?Quoted, American EV Jobs Alliance
Jun 30, 2026ACT NewsHow California’s first-time EV buyer incentive came togetherQuoted, American EV Jobs Alliance
Jun 24, 2025Florida PoliticsPersonnel note: Dan Krassner joins Kensington Avenue StrategiesProfile
Nov 5, 2018GOODFixing Congress from the statesOp-ed by Dan
Oct 18, 2018The New York Times (front page)To avoid conflicts, Rick Scott created a trust blind in name onlyQuoted, former director of Integrity Florida
Sep 21, 2018USA TodayBipartisan crusade against corruption? Elizabeth Warren, Ben Sasse could be leading edgeOp-ed by Dan
Apr 29, 2018Cincinnati EnquirerRedistricting proposal unites strange bedfellowsOp-ed by Dan
Feb 2, 2017CNNSouth Dakota GOP repeals voter-approved anti-corruption lawQuoted, RepresentUs
Oct 13, 2016Center for Public Integrity / SlateNational groups spar over South Dakota ballot measureQuoted, RepresentUs
Jan 31, 2016CBS Sunday MorningThe truth behind fake political adsOn camera, RepresentUs
Dec 5, 2014The Florida Times-UnionFrank Denton: Cleaning up politics at the grass rootsCredited with launching the Tallahassee campaign
Nov 4, 2014Tallahassee DemocratCity ethics amendment passes by wide marginCredited as “a driving force behind the charter amendment”
Nov 18, 2014Florida BulldogAnti-corruption referendum wins big in TallahasseeQuoted, campaign leader
Jan 23, 2013The Washington PostFlorida group wants to end caps on campaign donationsProfile of Integrity Florida’s proposal
Sep 29, 2012Orlando SentinelOur weekly Champ: Dan KrassnerNamed Champ of the Week

Op-eds by Dan

What others have said

“We just need a cheerleader to rouse them up. We need a Krassner.” Jacksonville’s ethics director, on bringing Tallahassee’s anti-corruption win to her city.
The Florida Times-Union, Frank Denton column, Dec 5, 2014
Dan was “a driving force behind the charter amendment,” America’s first city Anti-Corruption Act, which passed with 67 percent.
Tallahassee Democrat, Nov 4, 2014
Integrity Florida is generating “some welcome noise in Florida’s political system.”
Orlando Sentinel, Champ of the Week, Sep 29, 2012
Krassner “has some good ideas.”
The Tampa Tribune, Editorial, Sep 17, 2012
Integrity Florida became “an influential player in public policy.”
Tampa Bay Times
Integrity Florida “is on the side of angels.”
Pensacola News Journal, Editorial, 2012
Integrity Florida “exemplifies what it means to work for common good.”
Global Integrity
Integrity Florida’s proposal “ultimately could shape reform efforts on the federal level.”
The Washington Post, Jan 23, 2013
Citing Dan and Integrity Florida, “which is not liable to give easy grades,” on the 2013 reforms: Florida “has moved from a failing grade on ethics to a B.”
The Florida Times-Union, Editorial, Jun 3, 2013

Coverage archive

Selected stories, radio and TV by career period. Items without links ran in print.

EV work and Kensington Avenue Strategies (2025 to present) (7)
RepresentUs (19)
Integrity Florida (2012 to 2015) (38)
Florida TV: Capitol News Service (2012 to 2015) (21)

TV news packages from Capitol News Service, the Tallahassee bureau that supplies political coverage to stations across Florida, featuring Dan as Integrity Florida’s executive director.

Florida Chamber of Commerce (2008 to 2010) (3)

Capitol News Service TV packages quoting Dan as spokesman and chief strategist for the Florida Chamber of Commerce.

Comedy (2)

In books

  • Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy (David Daley, 2020; quoted as RepresentUs political director)
  • State Legislatures Today: Politics under the Domes (Peverill Squire and Gary Moncrief, 2019; cites his Alaska op-ed)
  • Oh, Florida! How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country (Craig Pittman, 2016; quoted as Integrity Florida executive director)
  • The Primary Solution: Rescuing Our Democracy from the Fringes (Nick Troiano, 2024; acknowledged)
  • The Third Way: A Novel (Aimee Hoben, 2022; acknowledged for his help on ballot initiatives and South Dakota’s IM22)
  • 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida’s Future (Marco Rubio, 2006; acknowledged contributor)

Research and publications

Dan co-authored eleven Integrity Florida research reports (2012 to 2015) on ethics, campaign finance, budget transparency and corporate subsidies. Their recommendations became law in Florida’s 2013 ethics overhaul (SB 2) and campaign finance reform (HB 569). See the full list with PDFs.

Media contact

Email press@dankrassner.com.

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