Angela Nixon

Angela (Angie) Nixon is the Democratic nominee. A Jacksonville native, she has served in the Florida House of Representatives since 2020, and has worked as a union organizer, executive director of the coalition Florida for All, and a small-business and bookstore owner. She says she is running on lowering costs, health care, affordable child care and protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.[1][2][3]

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.[2][3][4] She earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Florida in 2007.[2] She ran unsuccessfully for the Jacksonville City Council in 2008 and then worked as an aide to state Rep. Mia Jones, according to Wikipedia.[4] 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.[2][4] She has led the statewide coalition Florida for All since 2022, which her campaign website says has registered tens of thousands of new voters.[3][4] 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.[2][3] 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.[4]

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.[2] After redistricting she was re-elected in District 13 in 2022 with 70.8% of the vote and again in 2024.[2] Ballotpedia lists her 2021-2022 committee assignments as the Commerce Committee and the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee.[2] 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.[2][3] She launched her U.S. Senate campaign in January 2026.[1][4] Nixon won the August 18, 2026, special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, defeating Alex Vindman, 55.9% to 44.1%.[1][2]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.