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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Another democratic socialist victory – Angie Nixon in Florida – sends shock waves through party establishment

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Angie Nixon at a town hall event at the Allendale Methodist church in St Petersburg, Florida, on 5 August 2026. Photograph: Dave Decker/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

It wasn’t supposed to be this way.

In conservative Florida, Alex Vindman – a retired army intelligence officer who blew this whistle on Donald Trump in his first term – appeared set to carry the Democratic establishment banner as the party staged a long-shot bid to topple a Republican US senator.

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