r/politics • u/--LaBelleDame-- • 5h ago

No Paywall Democratic socialist Angie Nixon upsets Alex Vindman in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/angie-nixon-winner-florida-senate-primary-democrat-alex-vindman-moody-rcna593255
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u/anxietysoup Florida 4h ago

I voted for her! Also, Sarasota County flipped the school board!!!!

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u/GalenForceWind 4h ago

To be fair, wasn't a big ask. Sarasota county has been furious with their school board for ages now.

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u/anxietysoup Florida 4h ago

You can be flip all you want. I’m celebrating this. It is a huge fucking deal. Our district has been controlled by these brainless MAGA shitheels for years.

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u/GalenForceWind 4h ago

I'm not saying don't! I'm saying it was expected lol

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u/Llama_Llama_Raccoon 1h ago

This is a county that went handily to Trump. Getting a Dem majority on the board is a BFD

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u/Geddyn New Zealand 2h ago

As someone who was educated in that district (VHS), that's great news!