{"id":2646689,"date":"2026-08-18T20:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T00:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/socialist-angie-nixon-wins-florida-senate-primary\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T00:49:03","slug":"socialist-angie-nixon-wins-florida-senate-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/socialist-angie-nixon-wins-florida-senate-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Socialist Angie Nixon wins Florida Senate primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsocialist-angie-nixon-wins-florida-senate-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2646689&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic Socialist Florida State Representative Angie Nixon won a surprising victory in the state&#8217;s Democratic Senate primary,defeating impeachment whistleblower Alex Vindman with 55.8% of the vote, and will face Republican Senator Ashley Moody in the November general election. Nixon\u2019s win highlights the continued rise of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guy-benson-says-socialist-challenges-test-democratic-party\/\" title=\"Guy Benson says socialist challenges test ...\">socialist-aligned candidates<\/a> amid recent insurgent successes in Democratic primaries nationwide. Despite Vindman\u2019s substantial fundraising advantage and name recognition-he raised over $16 million-Nixon\u2019s victory reflects a shift, with voters favoring outsider and progressive candidates. The primary also tested attitudes toward antisemitism and anti-Israel politics, as Vindman, a Jewish veteran who criticized rising antisemitism within parts of the Democratic Party, lost to Nixon amid Florida\u2019s diverse population. Polls indicate Moody maintains a strong lead over Nixon ahead of the general election, which is considered noncompetitive due to Republican dominance in the state.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Socialist state Rep. Angie Nixon pulled off a stunning upset victory Tuesday to clinch <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"159\">Florida\u2019s<\/a> Democratic Senate primary against impeachment-whistleblower-turned-candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexander-vindman\/\">Alex Vindman<\/a> and will face Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) in the November <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11675\">general election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nixon, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, was projected to win by the <em>Associated Press<\/em> with 55.8% to Vindman\u2019s 44.3% after 89% of the vote was counted.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4691627\/florida-senate-alex-vindman-angie-nixon\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Socialist Nixon upsets Trump whistleblower Vindman to win Florida Senate primary<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4690388\/ryan-elijah-cory-mills-florida-house-race\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ryan Elijah beats embattled Cory Mills in another ousting of an incumbent<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4691584\/catalina-lauf-jim-schwartzel-donalds-florida-seat\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump-backed Lauf falls to Schwartzel in open House race for Donalds seat<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The primary presented the latest test for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/socialism\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"510\">socialist<\/a>-aligned candidates following a string of other surprise insurgent victories in Democrat-on-Democrat contests across the country. Despite Florida\u2019s large population in its southeast region of people who fled socialist nations such as Venezuela and Cuba, Nixon bested Vindman, a veteran whose twin brother is Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA).<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A whistleblower report from Vindman, a former National Security Council official, helped lead to President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> first impeachment for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress regarding a 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Vindman is Jewish and criticized rising antisemitism within the Democratic Party\u2019s \u201cDSA wing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4690378\/florida-primaries-antisemitism-dsa-republicans-democrats\/\">FLORIDA PRIMARIES TEST APPETITE FOR ANTISEMITISM AND ANTI-ISRAEL POLITICS ON LEFT AND RIGHT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vindman was the primary front-runner due to his massive fundraising advantage of more than $16 million to Nixon\u2019s less than $1 million, in addition to his name recognition. But with the GOP\u2019s stronghold over the Sunshine State, the general election is not considered competitive by nonpartisan forecasters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/polls\/florida-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html?eafs_enabled=false\">Recent polling<\/a> suggests Moody, the former Florida attorney general who was appointed to her Senate seat after Marco Rubio was tapped as Trump\u2019s secretary of state, maintains a strong lead over Nixon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angie Nixon wins Florida Democratic Senate primary over Vindman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2646690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26119545886047.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32807,43492,84344],"class_list":["post-2646689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democratic-primary","tag-florida-politics","tag-woman-in-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26119545886047.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2646697,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646689\/revisions\/2646697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2646690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}