Dem socialist Angie Nixon scores upset in Florida Dem Senate primary

Senator Ashley Moody took office after she was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to fill the seat left vacant when Marco Rubio became Secretary of State.

Democrats have a narrow path toward a Senate majority in November, in which they’d have to keep all the seats they currently hold and flip four others.

Nixon, who has served in the Florida state legislature since 2020, will face Republican Senator Ashley Moody in November’s general election.

Vindman, a retired lieutenant colonel and Iraq War veteran and who rose to prominence as a witness during President Donald Trump’s 2019 impeachment hearings, was viewed as a heavy favorite against Nixon, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, heading into Tuesday’s contest.