DSA Goes for Florida

Surprise victory for DSA candidate: In Florida's Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat, Angie Nixon—an underfunded, ultraprogressive, card-carrying Democratic Socialists of America member candidate—scored a victory against Alex Vindman, who had a fair bit of national name recognition as a witness in President Donald Trump's 2019 impeachment proceedings.

Nixon will now go up against Republican incumbent Sen. Ashley Moody in November—a race in which Moody is favored.

Nixon, a state representative from Jacksonville, joined the DSA earlier this summer. She promises Medicare for All, a $25-per-hour federal minimum wage, a billionaire tax, state-provided childcare (with "living wages" for those workers), and a national rent freeze...