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Florida just delivered a major political upset as socialist Democrat Angie Nixon, spending less than a million bucks mostly on social media, crushed a well-funded opponent who dropped sixteen million—winning 56% to 44%. Nixon’s bold platform—Medicare for All, wealth taxes, ending for-profit prisons, and a $25 federal minimum wage—resonated with voters, buoyed by endorsements from progressive House members like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Her background as a union organizer and activism against Governor DeSantis’s redistricting plan helped build her base. While Bernie Sanders and AOC didn’t officially back her, the win signals rising power for progressive ideas—and already has GOP strategists hyped, seeing Nixon as a potential threat to Senator Ashley Moody in November. This primary shakeup could reshape the entire race.

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