Nixon’s ‘people-powered’ platform propels her to upset win

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Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon defeated retired Lt. Col. Alex Vindman by 12 points in the Aug. 18 Democratic Senate primary despite being outspent roughly 16-to-1, having raised about $975,000 to Vindman's $16.3 million. Nixon's platform includes Medicare for All, universal childcare, a national rent freeze, an eviction moratorium, and taxes on the wealthy to fund it all.

Commentators frame the result as part of a broader progressive wave, alongside Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate primary win and Democratic Socialist mayoral gains in Seattle and Washington, D.C. Nixon says she raised nearly $1 million in the 24 hours following her win and has been touring media appearances since.

Political observers quoted in the piece, including POLITICO's Kimberly Leonard, note the win doubles as a potential liability for Democrats in the general election, given Republican efforts to tie the party to further-left positions in a swing state.

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Nothing quite says 'electability' theory in crisis like a campaign with twenty times less money losing by double digits. The DSCC picked a nominee without asking Florida Democrats what they wanted, and Florida Democrats answered a question nobody asked them, which is its own kind of message.

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