Angela Nixon

Nixon was born on February 27, 1984, in Jacksonville, Florida, and was raised in the city's Moncrief neighborhood by a single mother who worked two jobs, according to Wikipedia; she still lives in Jacksonville, and her campaign website says her mother worked two jobs so that she and her brother never went hungry, and that she was bused across town through elementary school because her predominantly Black neighborhood school lacked adequate resources.[3][4][6] She earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Florida in 2007.[3] She ran unsuccessfully for the Jacksonville City Council in 2008 and then worked as an aide to state Rep. Mia Jones, according to Wikipedia.[6] Her career has included work as a union organizer, including as higher education director for the Florida Public Service Union and earlier as state field director for SEIU, according to Wikipedia and Ballotpedia.[3][6] She has led the statewide coalition Florida for All since 2022, which her campaign website says has registered tens of thousands of new voters.[4][6] She also runs a community-focused bookstore and hub in Jacksonville that her campaign website says brings healthy food and educational opportunities to local families.[3][4] According to Wikipedia, she co-founded the Melanin Market, an outdoor market for small food businesses, and in 2024 opened Cafe Resistance, a bookstore and coffee shop in Jacksonville that serves as a community space.[6]

Nixon won the August 18, 2020, Democratic primary for Florida House District 14, defeating incumbent Kimberly Daniels, 59.8% to 40.2%, and won the general election that November.[3] After redistricting she was re-elected in District 13 in 2022 with 70.8% of the vote and again in 2024.[3] Ballotpedia lists her 2021-2022 committee assignments as the Commerce Committee and the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee.[3] Her campaign website and Ballotpedia survey say she has worked on legislation expanding child care access and addressing grocery price-gouging, and that she led opposition to the state's voting maps.[3][4] She launched her U.S. Senate campaign in January 2026.[2][6] Nixon won the August 18, 2026, special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, defeating Alex Vindman, 55.9% to 44.1%.[2][3] In May 2026 a Florida House committee reprimanded Nixon for repeatedly using a mini-bullhorn on the House floor to protest the new congressional map. The next day, May 15, she held a sit-in at Gov. Ron DeSantis' office in the Capitol and was arrested and charged with two misdemeanors, trespassing and resisting an officer without violence. In September 2026 she agreed to pay a $250 fine and perform 15 hours of community service; her attorneys said she entered no guilty plea and made no admission of guilt, and that the state will dismiss the charges once the conditions are completed. Nixon said she did nothing wrong and stood by her actions.[7] During the campaign, she said she was running on lowering costs, health care, affordable child care and protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.[2][3][4] She received 48.0% of the vote to Ashley Moody's 50.9%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]