5 highlights from primary elections in Florida, Wyoming and Alaska
1. Progressive candidate wins primary for Florida’s Senate race
Unofficial results from the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat in Florida show Angie Nixon winning with 56.1% of the vote to Alexander Vindman’s 43.9%. Nixon will face off against Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., who overwhelmingly won the Republican primary, in the general election.
Nixon’s victory follows another Democratic candidate, backed by unabashedly progressive lawmakers and advocacy groups, winning primaries for statewide races. Earlier this month, Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat in Michigan with support from a group of progressive lawmakers known as “the Squad” as well as the progressive advocacy organizations Our Revolution PAC and the Progressive Democrats of America.
Nixon’s campaign website touts her endorsements from “Squad” members Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., as well as the Progressive Democrats of America. Her platform calls for Medicare for All and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Nixon’s victory over Vindman, who rose to fame for his role in setting off the first impeachment of Trump by raising concerns about a phone call he had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, did not go unnoticed by the president. In a Truth Social post Wednesday, Trump wrote: “The most gratifying loss last night was that of a real treasonous creep, Alexander Vindman, to a Radical Left Lunatic.”
The RealClearPolitics average of polls sampling voters’ intentions in a general election matchup between Moody and Nixon shows Moody leading by 9.5 percentage points. The winner of the general election will finish the unexpired term of former Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who resigned to become Secretary of State.
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
