Democratic socialist Angie Nixon scores surprise win in Florida US Senate primary

Angie Nixon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on 14 August 2026. Photograph: Dave Decker/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

In an upset for the Democratic establishment, progressive Angie Nixon won the party’s US Senate primary in Florida, beating former army intelligence officer Alexander Vindman.

Nixon, a state representative and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, had significantly less funding going into the primary – with $975,000 to Vindman’s $16.3m at the end of July, according to Florida Politics.