All posts tagged "Angie Nixon"

A democratic socialist's landslide upset in a red state primary has rattled the party establishment and handed Republicans a fresh warning.

Florida Democratic Senate primary winner Angie Nixon, a former union organizer who has represented Jacksonville in the Florida House since 2020, defeated retired Army intelligence officer Alex Vindman on Tuesday despite being outspent by more than 10 to one, a Wednesday article by The Guardian reported.

She raised $975,000 to Vindman's $16.3 million but pulled in more than 750,000 votes to his 550,000....

A Florida Democratic lawmaker interrupted state House proceedings in protest to the approval of a redistricting map that could give the GOP four congressional seats.

"You're destroying our democracy," state Rep. Angie Nixon, who's also running for Senate, could be heard in videos yelling into a bullhorn on the Florida House floor. "This is a violation of the Constitution! It is!"

The GOP-controlled Florida Legislature approved Gov. Ron DeSantis' map to redistrict the Sunshine State. The move is the latest counterattack in the redistricting wars, after the Democrats won a battle in Virginia to persuade voters to approve a gerrymandered map that waters down Republican power there....