The state of Florida has set up an interesting race to fill the Senate seat vacated by Marco Rubio, when he became Secretary of State.
Former Attorney General Ashley Moody has replaced Rubio, but without any major impact or influence, so there is a possibility that the surprise Democratic nominee, state Representative Angie Nixon, could win the seat for the two remaining years of the term, until the next Senate election in 2028.
Angie Nixon, who is African American, and allies with the “Democratic Socialists”, surprisingly easily overcame her opponent, former National Security aide Alex Vindman, who had sixteen times the amount of funding, but simply did not inspire or attract voters, and lost by 150,000 votes and a 12 percentage margin.
The concern is whether a candidate who links with the “Socialist” label, and in a heavily Republican state in the past 15 years, can possibly overcome Ashley Moody. In either case, Florida will have a woman Senator, with Moody already the second woman to be a Florida Senator, after one term Senator Paula Hawkins, like Moody a Republican, who served from 1981-1987.
The rise of DSA is killing off Resistance 1.0 Democrats
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/20/dsa-impeachment-trump-vindman-nixon-democrats
GOP trails Democrats by 8 points on congressional ballot in new poll
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6039546-democrats-lead-gop-midterm-poll/
It should be 100%-0% at this point…
The Freedom Caucus is having a brutal primary run
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/19/freedom-caucus-struggles-primaries-01042990
The DSA Reckons With a Leader Going Viral for All the Wrong Reasons
“Megan Romer’s interviews with The New Yorker and Fox News have drawn groans even from some supporters of the Democratic Socialists of America.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/214513/democatic-socialists-america-megan-romer-interview-new-yorker-fox-news
Romer is beyond laughable; total freakazoid.
‘Woefully underprepared’: Graham critics seize on her foreign policy misstep
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/19/darline-graham-taiwan-flub-south-carolina-senate-01042395
She’s WILDLY unqualified to be a US Senator; might as well just randomly pick somebody off the street in Charleston, lol.
She’s a disgrace.
Mike Lindell says he’ll pay for recount after double-digit loss in Minnesota governor primary
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/mike-lindell-plans-pay-recount-losing-minnesota-gop-primary-governor-rcna593447
He is completely insane.