Many Floridians Escaped Socialism; Now They Could Elect One to the Senate
Angie Nixon, a self-described member of the Democratic Socialists of America, won Florida's Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday.
In a surprising upset, self-described Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon, a Jacksonville state representative, won the Democratic Senate primary in Florida, making her the first DSA member to run for the U.S. Senate. Nixon's victory puts a democratic socialist candidate on the ballot in a state with a large Cuban American population, which has traditionally opposed socialism due to the ideology their families fled.
Her campaign focused on opposing the U.S. embargo on Cuba and restoring Obama-era policies of engagement with Havana, while her opponent, Republican Senator Ashley Moody, has advocated for freezing assets and denying entry to Cuban officials. Despite a University of North Florida poll showing Moody leading Nixon by 8 points, Nixon carried Miami-Dade County, home to the largest concentration of Cuban Americans, by nearly 20 points.
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