Editing Reubin Askew (section)

===Presidential candidacy in 1984===
{{Further|1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries}}
Askew joined a [[Miami]] law firm and at the same time began to organize a bid for the [[1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries|1984 Democratic presidential nomination]]. He announced his candidacy on February 23, 1983, after making visits to all 50 states. The first serious presidential candidate from Florida{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}, Askew never gained traction within the national Democratic Party. Although progressive on civil rights, he generally was more conservative than other candidates. Askew was against abortion, believing life began at birth, and favored a constitutional amendment to overturn ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''. On other issues, he supported the ERA but was against gay rights, supported a nuclear freeze but opposed arms control, supported both gun control and the death penalty, and called for pulling American Marines out of Beirut but supported President Ronald Reagan's [[United States invasion of Grenada|invasion of Grenada]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harvey |first=Gordon E. |title=The Politics of Trust: Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s |publisher=University of Alabama Press |year=2015 |isbn=9780817318826 |pages=151}}</ref> Askew withdrew on March 1, 1984, after he finished last in the [[New Hampshire presidential primary|New Hampshire primary]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shapiro |first=Margaret |date=1984-03-02 |title=Askew, Hollings Retire to Sidelines |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/03/02/askew-hollings-retire-to-sidelines/f5eeab31-6918-4b3a-8723-ffcf0e7f1202/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127010054/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/03/02/askew-hollings-retire-to-sidelines/f5eeab31-6918-4b3a-8723-ffcf0e7f1202/ |archive-date=2024-01-27 |access-date=2024-01-07 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>