Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches nomination for Florida US Senate seat, in surprise primary win for progressives

Nixon bested Alexander Vindman to win Democratic nomination and now faces Republican Ashley Moody in November

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 .

Vindman was previously better known for being a whistleblower leading to Trump’s first impeachment in 2019 after the US president sought to withhold military aid to Ukraine.

Democrats have their sights set on upsetting Republican Ashley Moody in the US Senate general election. Moody, picked by DeSantis to replace Marco Rubio when he became secretary of state last year, won what was almost a token primary election to run in November to serve the remaining two years of Rubio’s term.