Bernie Sanders sends millions to Florida to help Angie Nixon in race progressives say leadership left behind

Published September 30, 2026 9:23am ET



Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is taking his war chest to Florida to help boost socialist state Rep. Angie Nixon in her race challenging Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) for the Sunshine State seat in the U.S. upper chamber.

Sanders is taking some of the $23 million his campaign has in the bank and investing in Nixon’s campaign, along with Minnesota Senate and attorney general candidates Peggy Flanagan and Keith Ellison, respectively, according to Politico. Sanders’s investment in Nixon’s Florida race comes at a time when she has raised concerns that the Democratic establishment has not fully invested in her candidacy.

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