{
  "id": 2012562,
  "title": "Many Floridians Escaped Socialism; Now They Could Elect One to the Senate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/many-floridians-escaped-socialism-now-they-could-elect-one-to-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T20:53:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/many-floridians-escaped-socialism-now-they-could-elect-one-to-the-senate-12344087"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}