The progressive U.S. Senate candidate joins WSLR’s Rap Sessions for an in-depth interview.
By Jackson Rothman
Original Air Date: June 17, 2026
Host: On Monday, Angie Nixon was in Sarasota to continue her campaign for the U.S. Senate senate seat currently held by Ashley Moody. While in town, the Florida State Representative from Jacksonville stopped by WSLR to join Rap Sessions to discuss her campaign. Rap Sessions is a new podcast produced right here at WSLR. Hosted by Jack Rothman and Ed James III, it focuses on political commentary, analysis and culture. Here’s Jackson Rothman.
Nixon, Rothman and James at WSLR.
Jackson Rothman: Angie Nixon is a State Representative from Florida’s District 13—formerly 14—author and union organizer from Jacksonville. She is a Democrat running to be Florida’s next United States Senator. Nixon is an unabashed progressive; she says her politics focus on affordable housing, strong public schools, fair wages and quality healthcare.
Angie Nixon has made headlines with her bullhorn protest on the House floor against the Republican supermajority’s partisan redistricting maps. She was also briefly arrested during a sit-in outside of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s office in Tallahassee.
Representative Nixon joined us at WSLR to discuss her campaign for Senate and what sets her apart from her primary opponent, Democrat Alex Vindman, as well as the incumbent Republican Senator Ashley Moody, who was appointed by Donald Trump to replace Marco Rubio.
Nixon, Rothman (l.) and James (r).
What Nixon may lack in funds, she says she makes up for with fight and, as she told us, she believes she is the only Democrat candidate who can win this race.
Nixon is running a grassroots campaign. Her primary opponent Alex Vindman has raised large amounts of money, and recent polls show he is closing the gap with Ashley Moody. While Vindman represents more of an establishment base, Nixon is attempting to steer the politics of the Democratic party to be more progressive in the wake of high-profile losses in the presidential, house and senate races in 2024.
Nixon told us that she wants increases to the state and federal minimum wage, calls for Medicare for All, free childcare and increased taxes on the billionaire—now trillionaire—class.
Angie Nixon at New Bethel Church in Newtown.
Angie Nixon: Look, Medicare for All makes economic sense for our country. We’re spending way more money on people who don’t have access to healthcare who use the emergency room as their primary care. We also need to push for free childcare. That keeps business going. Parents can go back to work. That puts more money into the economy. It also allows our children to get a head start—an early start—and they start kindergarten and first grade on time. I’m hearing from educators who are saying a lot of these kids are starting behind and starting late, and that’s because a lot of the parents are stressed out and maybe working and also keeping the kids at home because they can’t afford to send them to an early childhood facility. I believe public college should be free, and I also believe that we need to be making sure there are free vocational programs for people to get a trade. Why would we not want to produce quality workers? The problem is these greedy billionaires and corrupt corporations. That’s the issue.
JR: She goes after Ashley Moody’s record as Florida Attorney General and Senator and restates her view that the Florida Democratic Party has already picked their preferred candidate ahead of the state primary election.
AN: It is a shame that there is a fix. The fix is in right now. We have learned that the DSCC, which is led by Chuck Schumer, including the FDP, are doing joint fundraising efforts with my primary opponent. Look, I’m going to be perfectly clear: Quiet, status-quo, timid leadership is not going to beat Ashley Moody. I don’t care how much establishment money or Chuck Schumer money is behind it.
JR: The full interview will be available this week at wslr.org and wherever you get your podcasts from.
Jackson Rothman, for WSLR News.
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