{"id":2648954,"date":"2026-08-24T15:01:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-democrats-call-for-unity-after-angie-nixon-win-shows-party-cracks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T15:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:05:32","slug":"florida-democrats-call-for-unity-after-angie-nixon-win-shows-party-cracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-democrats-call-for-unity-after-angie-nixon-win-shows-party-cracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Democrats call for unity after Angie Nixon win shows party cracks"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fflorida-democrats-call-for-unity-after-angie-nixon-win-shows-party-cracks%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=2648954&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>The Florida Democratic Party has issued a letter emphasizing unity as thay head into the upcoming election, highlighting their ticket as a &#8220;dynamic&#8221; lineup capable of challenging Republican leadership in Florida. The party strongly supports angie Nixon, who is backed by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), and also gubernatorial candidate David Jolly and other Democrats, emphasizing their shared goals of lowering costs, improving public education, expanding healthcare access, and defending democracy. <\/p>\n<p>Though, Nixon&#8217;s victory has sparked internal conflict within the party due to her ties with the DSA, leading to a contentious phone call between Nixon and FDP Chair Nikkie Fried, with concerns raised over her socialist associations. Nixon has sought to distance herself from the socialist label, clarifying her engagement with the DSA was primarily grassroots-oriented and rejecting socialist policy positions such as prison abolition or admiration for Fidel Castro, which could be unpopular among Florida voters with Cuban heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The party&#8217;s call for unity comes amid a broader context of internal divisions and recent victories by far-left candidates across the country, fueling debates over the party&#8217;s ideological direction.  <\/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\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"159\">Florida<\/a> Democratic Party released a letter calling for unity within the party heading into the general election, as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-socialists-of-america\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"5861\">Democratic Socialists of America<\/a>-backed Angie Nixon\u2019s Senate primary win puts her at the top of the ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In their letter, titled \u201cUnited in Hope for Florida,\u201d the FDP frames the party\u2019s lineup as a \u201cdynamic ticket\u201d that gives the Left an opportunity to topple <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"926\">Republican<\/a> leadership in the Sunshine State.<\/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\/4698118\/florida-democrats-call-for-unity-dsa-backed-nixon-party-infighting-phone-call\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Florida Democrats call for unity after DSA-backed Nixon sets off party infighting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4694272\/vance-praises-susan-collins-maine-visit\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018She fights for the great people of Maine\u2019: Vance praises Susan Collins as she skips his Maine visit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4698041\/record-michigan-democrats-2013-arrest-emerge-distances-dsa-roots\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Record of Michigan Democrat\u2019s 2013 arrest emerge as he distances from DSA roots<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFlorida this is our moment,\u201d the letter said. \u201cWe enter the general election with a dynamic ticket, a renewed sense of possibility, and an opportunity to build the broad coalition it will take to win.\u201d<\/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\">The party affirmed its backing for Nixon and gubernatorial Democratic nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-jolly\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4258\">David Jolly<\/a>, as well as other downballot Democrats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur nominees are laying out an affirmative vision for getting there, from Angie Nixon\u2019s call for universal healthcare to David Jolly\u2019s call for a renaissance in public education,\u201d the party said. \u201cAcross our ticket Democrats are putting forward ideas aimed at lowering costs, strengthening public school, expanding access to healthcare, and protecting fundamental freedoms and democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic Party has been experiencing an internal civil war after several far-left candidates notched victories in primary contests across the country. Nixon\u2019s victory put the divide on full display in Florida and led to an intraparty fight over the Jacksonville state legislator having worked with the DSA.<\/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\">According to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/08\/21\/florida-democrats-angie-nixon-nikki-fried-socialism\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/08\/21\/florida-democrats-angie-nixon-nikki-fried-socialism\">reporting by <em>Axios<\/em><\/a>, Nixon and the FDP Chair Nikkie Fried had a heated phone call on Friday, during which the party chair expressed concern about the candidate\u2019s ties to the DSA. Nixon took Fried\u2019s concerns as an attempt to manage her campaign. Fried reportedly expected Nixon to fall to centrist Democrat Alex Vindman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nixon was also upset that Fried was reaching out after the primary, allegedly claiming the FDP \u201cnever gave a care\u201d when she launched her campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4696019\/dsa-backed-angie-nixon-distances-self-socialist-label-florida-senate-race\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4696019\/dsa-backed-angie-nixon-distances-self-socialist-label-florida-senate-race\/\">ANGIE NIXON TRIES TO SHRINK OFF \u2018SOCIALIST\u2019 LABEL DESPITE DSA BACKING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outlet reported that Nixon was taken aback by Fried\u2019s suggestion to back away from the DSA because she was already in the process of doing so, arguing she had only engaged with the organization to get help with grassroots organizing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nixon has made an effort to distance herself from the DSA, expressing the same sentiment to NBC that she worked with the organization to gain traction on the campaign trail. She later told <em>Axios<\/em> that she does not believe in DSA agenda items such as abolishing prisons or celebrating former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, an unpopular take among South Florida voters, as many have ancestors or themselves fled communist Cuba.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FDP urges unity after Nixon\u2019s DSA-backed primary win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2648955,"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\/AP22348740736627.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[84480,38414,35042],"class_list":["post-2648954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-angie-nixon","tag-florida-democrats","tag-party-unity"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22348740736627.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648954","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\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2648954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2648957,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648954\/revisions\/2648957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2648955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2648954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2648954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2648954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}