Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) endorsed socialist state Rep. Angie Nixon in her bid to be Florida‘s next U.S. senator on Thursday.

Sanders’s endorsement comes after Nixon’s shocking upset win against retired Army Lt. Col. and polling favorite Alex Vindman, who far outpaced Nixon in funding but fell by a double-digit margin. Nixon has campaigned on raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for her plans for “Medicare for all,” free childcare, and a nationwide rent freeze, a platform Sanders calls “real change.”

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