The Floridian Has Been Covering Scott Jewett. Here Is What They Wrote.
News · September 10, 2026
Florida voters should not have to hunt for what has been written about this campaign. So we gathered it.
The Floridian has published a growing set of stories on Scott Jewett, the Libertarian candidate for Governor of Florida. You can read the full archive here:
floridianpress.com/tag/scott-jewett.
This post is a plain-language guide to that coverage. We link every piece. We tell you what each one is about. And we point you back to Scott’s own words when you want the full picture, not a headline’s version of it.
The red team and the blue team get wall-to-wall coverage by default. A Libertarian ticket does not. When an independent Florida outlet sits down with Scott and puts the conversation in front of readers, that matters. It means more families get to hear a simple idea: trust people more than government.
Why this coverage matters
Scott Jewett is not a career politician. He is a builder and a problem-solver from Boca Raton who got tired of watching Tallahassee manage families instead of trusting them. Nicole Skelly, our nominee for Lieutenant Governor, said it best when she announced: if you see a need, you fill it.
The Floridian’s reporting, written by Daniel Molina, has done three useful things for voters:
- It recorded Scott’s launch in his own words, including the “Libertarian” frame he used when he entered the 2026 governor’s race.
- It gave him an exclusive interview on Florida’s homeowners insurance crisis, the kitchen-table issue this campaign will not bury under slogans.
- It pressed him on energy, including why he is a supporter of nuclear power and why he wants Florida to take thorium seriously.
That is more than a press clip. That is a public record of what this campaign is actually saying.
The three featured stories
1. Scott Jewett announces his bid for Florida Governor
Published November 17, 2025 · Daniel Molina, The Floridian
Read it: Scott Jewett Announces ‘Libertarian bid for Florida Governor’
This is the launch piece. Molina places Scott in a race that most coverage treats as a two-party fight, and he quotes Scott on the problem Floridians feel every time the premium notice arrives.
“$43 billion dollars in premiums were paid last year alone, and only $7 Billion was paid out for homeowner’s repairs, so we paid six times more than we got back.”
“I’ve spent my career solving grand challenges, changing organizations, and innovating solutions. I’ll bring this same diligence to our governor’s office.”
The article also walks through the plan Scott put forward at launch: a smaller, more efficient government; low taxes; a free-market economy; insurance reform; school choice; property-rights-first environmental policy; immigration that enforces the law and makes legal work simpler; and a focus on Florida’s interests instead of Washington’s endless fights.
If you are new to this campaign, start here. Then read Meet Scott on this site. The press can introduce him. His record and his family should finish the introduction.
2. Exclusive: Florida’s insurance “disaster”
Published November 26, 2025 · Daniel Molina, The Floridian
Read it: Libertarian Scott Jewett Takes on Florida’s Insurance ‘Disaster’
This is the interview that should be required reading for anyone paying a homeowners bill in Florida. Scott did not talk around the problem. He called the system what families already know it is: a disaster.
Asked what one bill he would sign tomorrow if he could, he did not reach for a safe applause line. He said he would change the regulators, because the current setup is failing people on fixed incomes and pushing seniors out of the state.
“I’ve talked to people who are in fixed incomes who are forced to leave the state because they can’t afford the added cost of insurance.”
“It should be there to protect me against a loss. Not compensate me like a lottery ticket.”
As reported in the interview, Scott’s three-step approach is straightforward:
Restructure Florida’s insurance regulatory system so the rules stop inflating costs.
Allow insurance co-ops so households can pool risk without feeding a machine of adjusters, lawyers, and delay.
Adopt loser-pays rules so a weak claim is no longer a free lottery ticket.
He used his own roof after a local storm as the example. A contractor told him the leak was faulty flashing, not storm damage — and still pointed him toward a legal claim for a brand-new roof. That is not insurance.
That is a system that rewards paperwork over protection.
This campaign’s issue title on this fight is locked for a reason: Fix the Insurance Affordability Crisis. The Floridian interview is the press version of that fight. Our issues page is the campaign version. Read both.
3. Exclusive: thorium and Florida’s next energy source
Published December 5, 2025 · Daniel Molina, The Floridia
Read it: Scott Jewett Bets Big on Thorium as Florida’s Next Energy Source
Power bills are part of the same squeeze as insurance and property taxes. In this interview, Scott said he is a big supporter of nuclear energy — because it is clean, dense, and, in his view, the safest form of energy we have actually used.
“I know that everything that we consume in the world is just a bundle of energy.”
“Shame on us for not considering it, and for a state like Florida, it’s not going to interrupt our ecology. It’s not going to pollute our environment. It’s not going to put out Co2.”
He pointed to Florida’s existing nuclear plants, to modular reactors that can be stood up in years instead of decades, and to thorium as an abundant fuel the United States has underused while other countries moved.
He also said he has reached out to Florida Power & Light to talk about how a governor can support nuclear work already underway.
This campaign does not treat energy as a branding exercise. Families need power that is reliable and affordable. Government should get out of the way of better technology, not freeze the grid in last decade’s argument.
Where else The Floridian mentioned Scott
Not every tag is a full profile. Some are mentions inside a larger Florida news package. Those still count, because they put a Libertarian candidate in the same conversation as the rest of the 2026 field.
Daily and weekly roundups
November 27, 2025 — JUICE: Libertarian Scott Jewett Addresses Florida’s Insurance ‘Disaster’, The insurance exclusive was featured in the next day’s statewide news package.
December 5, 2025 — Last Squeeze: Miami mayor runoff, vapes, and more, Includes Scott among gubernatorial voices. His quoted point: Florida does not get better leadership by vilifying neighbors.
December 8, 2025 — JUICE: Is Thorium Florida’s Next Energy Source? The thorium interview was surfaced again in The Floridian’s news digest.
The 2026 field
November 24, 2025 — James Fishback Officially Launches Bid for Florida Governor, Notes that Scott Jewett is running as the Libertarian candidate, not as a footnote to a Republican primary.
The November 26, 2025 Last Squeeze package is also tagged to Scott on The Floridian’s archive page. Read the live tag list if you want every item in one place.
Full tagged archive: Scott Jewett Archives — The Floridian
One line from the roundups worth keeping
In the December 5 Last Squeeze package, The Floridian printed this from Scott:
"The current situation in our politics has gotten pretty sad... we've pushed so far apart. We don't need to vilify each other to be good leaders. We can lead and say, 'here's the information, here's what I think is right, and I'm going to make decisions based on that.'"
That is the tone of this ticket. Scott and Nicole are not running to perform a fight. They are running to shrink overreach, stop wasting your tax dollars, defend your rights, and get Tallahassee out of the way.
What the articles get on the record
If you only have five minutes, this is the through-line across The Floridian’s Scott Jewett tag:
- He is the Libertarian candidate for Governor of Florida in 2026.
- He entered the race talking about a practical, “Libertarian 2.0” approach — small government, fiscal discipline, and help that actually reaches people who need it.
- He calls Florida’s homeowners insurance system a disaster and has a written plan to change the regulators, allow co-ops, and end lawsuit gamesmanship.
- He supports nuclear energy and wants Florida to look hard at thorium and modular reactors instead of pretending the power bill will fix itself.
- He talks about immigration as law plus legal opportunity — enforce the rules, stop the black market in labor, and make honest work visas work.
- He talks about people, not tribes. No villains required.
Those are not consultant phrases. They are the same ideas you will find on this website under The Issues, Meet Scott, Meet Nicole, and Our Mission.
Read Scott and Nicole in their own words next
Press coverage is useful. It is not a substitute for the platform.
- Meet Scott — family, work, and why he is running.
- Meet Nicole — the Lieutenant Governor announcement that set the voice of this ticket.
- The Issues — starting with Fix the Insurance Affordability Crisis.
- Our Mission — Trust people. Shrink government. Let Floridians live free.
If a story in The Floridian made you curious, stay and finish the thought here. If it made you angry about your premium, your tax bill, or the size of government, you are not alone. That is why this campaign exists.
Help keep this coverage from being a one-off
Independent coverage only matters if voters see it and then do something with it. Share the articles. Share this roundup. Talk to one neighbor who thinks the governor’s race is already decided by two parties.
If you can volunteer, volunteer. If you can give, give. If you can only tell the truth in your own words, that still counts.
Scott is a builder. Nicole is a mom, a small-business owner, and a lifelong volunteer. Neither of them is a career politician. They are all in for Florida.
Trust people. Shrink government. Let Floridians live free.
This is the Jewett / Skelly campaign. We are all in for Florida.