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

‘They call us extreme, they call us radical,’ the progressive Senate candidate said. ‘But I think people see through that’ US politics live – latest updates 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. Continue reading...

Richard Luscombe in Miami · Wed, Aug 19, 2026, 12:35 PM
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Another democratic socialist victory – Angie Nixon in Florida – sends shock waves through party establishment

‘They call us extreme, they call us radical,’ the progressive Senate candidate said. ‘But I think people see through that’

US politics live – latest updates

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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