Florida Democratic Senate Primary: DSA-backed Angie Nixon defeats Alex Vindman in upset

Published Aug 19, 01:30 PM UTC

Angie Nixon, a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member and underfunded state representative from Jacksonville, won Florida's Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat, defeating Alex Vindman, who had national name recognition from the 2019 Trump impeachment. Nixon raised only $975,000 compared to Vindman's $16.3 million and spent $60,000 on ads versus his $2.2 million. Her platform includes Medicare for All, a $25/hour federal minimum wage, a billionaire tax, state-provided childcare, a national rent freeze, free public college, and student debt cancellation. She will face Republican incumbent Sen. Ashley Moody in November, who is favored. The article also notes that moderate, pro-Israel Democrats Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Jared Moskowitz fended off primary challengers. The author criticizes Nixon's policies as economically unsound and warns of a rising populist socialist wave.