Sixteen million dollars against less than one. If the American primaries were won by fundraising, in Florida Alex Vindman would have had a clear path to the Democratic nomination for the Senate. But the opposite happened. Angie Nixon, a state representative and democratic socialist, defeated him and will face Republican Ashley Moody in November to complete the last two years of the term left vacant by Marco Rubio, now Secretary of State in the Trump administration.
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This is the latest result of an election season that is testing the hierarchies of both parties. On the left, progressive candidates capable of defeating establishment-backed names are advancing. On the right, Donald Trump remains the gravitational center of the Republican Party, although the latest primaries have shown that not even the president’s endorsement guarantees victory.
Florida, the Nixon surprise in an increasingly red state
Nixon’s victory is perhaps the most surprising. Vindman, a former National Security Council official and one of the key figures in Trump’s first impeachment, had raised more than 16 million dollars. Nixon less than one.
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For the Democrats, however, the hard part begins now. Florida is no longer the swing state that held America in suspense for years, as registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by about one and a half million. Moreover, in the Tuesday primaries for Senate and governor, GOP candidates collectively received about 1.6 million votes against 1.2 million for the Democrats. Vindman was also considered more competitive among centrist voters. With Nixon as the candidate, taking the seat from Republican Ashley Moody in November will be even more difficult.
The progressive revolt, after all, has not swept the entire party. Jared Moskowitz defeated Oliver Larkin, supported by the Democratic Socialists of America, a U.S. socialist left organization. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former chair of the Democratic Party’s governing body, secured the nomination in the new southern Florida district.
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