Jacksonville state Rep. Angie Nixon spent less than $60,000 on advertising in Florida's Democratic Senate primary. Her rival, retired Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman — a former National Security Council aide who rose to prominence testifying in President Trump's first impeachment inquiry — put more than $2.2 million behind his own ad campaign and had raised upward of $16 million overall, according to ad-tracking firm AdImpact, as reported by CNN. Nixon won Tuesday's primary anyway, and by a wide margin.
With counting essentially complete, Nixon's share of the vote sits at roughly 56% to Vindman's 44%, the Associated Press writes. The result makes her the first Democratic Socialists of America member to win a major-party statewide nomination anywhere in the country this year, Axios reported — a milestone in a state where Republicans have spent years making opposition to socialism central to their political identity. "We showed the world what organized people can accomplish," Nixon told supporters Tuesday night.
