Bernie Sanders endorses Angie Nixon for Senate in Florida

Nixon won the Democratic nomination for Senate on Tuesday by 12 points against her better-funded opponent, retired Lt.

Key points

• Florida has 1.5 million more registered Republicans than Democrats, and a sizeable swath of Latino voters who fled left-wing regimes in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
• Nixon ran on a progressive platform and joined the Democratic Socialists of America in June, but has distanced herself from using specific terminology when describing her positions.
• She has bashed Nixon in interviews on Fox News, and her campaign sent a fundraising email slamming Nixon's views.
• While Nixon and Vindman voters together received roughly that amount, moody received almost 1.3 million votes on primary night.
• Nixon remarked she and Sanders agreed on "Medicare for All, affordable childcare, housing people can actually afford, and an economy where every person can live with dignity."

Nixon ran on a progressive platform and joined the Democratic Socialists of America in June, but has distanced herself from using specific terminology when describing her positions. Sanders, considered a leading voice in the American progressive movement, calls himself a democratic socialist but isn't a DSA member. Though the campaign of Graham Platner in Maine eventually unraveled, he has had a string of success in his endorsements.

Nixon has faced criticism from members of her own party and from Republicans for her positions on Israel and other problems where she has aligned with Democratic socialist policy ideas. Florida has 1.5 million more registered Republicans than Democrats, and a sizeable swath of Latino voters who fled left-wing regimes in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. But her defenders say she can energize Black voters and the base of the party, and that she knows how to organize groups and work a crowd.

Nixon faces an uphill battle against Moody. This person halfway through the year documented $14 million between her campaign and political committee. Nixon documented less than $1 million in her primary campaign.

Moody during her primary held few campaign events and avoided most media interviews or impromptu interactions with reporters on Capitol Hill, leaving voters with little insight into her positions. She has bashed Nixon in interviews on Fox News, and her campaign sent a fundraising email slamming Nixon's views. In a post on X Thursday, Moody accused Nixon and other progressives of "trying to light this country on fire from the inside."

While Nixon and Vindman voters together received roughly that amount, moody received almost 1.3 million votes on primary night. An estimated 300, 000 voters backed other GOP candidates, underscoring the Republican voter advantage.

Sanders praised voters who turned out for Nixon, saying she proved "organized people can take on the organized money of the wealthy and powerful – and win." He additionally observed she'd had solid backing among Black voters, young voters, individuals without a college degree and in some rural areas. "Her decades of experience as an organizer enabled her to build a powerful grassroots campaign – a rainbow coalition of labor and community groups, " Sanders remarked.

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