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Bernie Sanders backs Angie Nixon after her stunning Florida primary upset

First publishedAug 20, 17:42 UTC
Last updatedAug 21, 10:57 UTC · 7m ago
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Axios7Bernie Sanders backs Angie Nixon after her stunning Florida primary upsetOpen ↗The Hill7Sanders endorses Nixon in Florida Senate raceOpen ↗Axios7Florida's Angie Nixon isn't the socialist you've heard aboutOpen ↗
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Immediately after her shocking upset in Florida's Democratic Senate primary, state Rep. Angie Nixon made clear she isn't really a socialist — even though she'd just joined the Democratic Socialists of America.Why it matters: Nixon's win is being cast as a DSA victory, but the organization neither endorsed her nor saw it coming.

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Immediately after her shocking upset in Florida's Democratic Senate primary, state Rep. Angie Nixon made clear she isn't really a socialist — even though she'd just joined the Democratic Socialists of America.Why it matters: Nixon's win is being cast as a DSA victory, but the organization neither endorsed her nor saw it coming. She ran as a big-tent leftist, linking progressive movements and party institutions in unlikely alliances."I don't campaign as a member of any organization," she told Axios, echoing comments she made to MSNOW and CBS. "I don't believe in labels."Nixon said she joined the DSA because she supports its fights over housing, public education, corporate power and — above all — Medicare for All.The latest: Since winning, Nixon has moved fast to separate herself from DSA orthodoxy."No," she laughed, when asked if she's a socialist.

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Immediately after her shocking upset in Florida's Democratic Senate primary, state Rep. Angie Nixon made clear she isn't really a socialist — even though she'd just joined the Democratic Socialists of America.Why it matters: Nixon's win is being cast as a DSA victory, but the organization neither endorsed her nor saw it coming.
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