David Austin isn’t one to take the slow lane. At just 20, he completed his undergraduate degree online while still in high school—thanks to the pandemic that upended his sophomore year—and was already “90% of the way” through his master’s degree when he decided to change course last spring.
Enter Forward Blue, the grassroots political action committee (PAC) Austin launched from his mom’s house in Somers Point, a Southern New Jersey enclave just inland from the shore. Its aim? Reaching Gen Z voters.
