This election result deserves further analysis. Will the Florida Democratic party fully support her, considering the disparity in campaign spending similar to Michigan’s Senate race.

Progressive state Rep. Angie Nixon scored a major upset over former National Security Council aide Alex Vindman in the Florida Democratic Senate special election primary, NBC News projects, setting up a general election race against Republican Sen. Ashley Moody.

Vindman, a retired lieutenant colonel and Iraq War veteran and who rose to prominence as a witness during President Donald Trump’s 2019 impeachment hearings, was viewed as a heavy favorite against Nixon, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, heading into Tuesday’s contest. Vindman has raised $16 million for his campaign, a significant number for a Democrat in red-leaning Florida.

But there was no public polling ahead of the primary. Pollsters most likely saw little upside to spending money in a state that President Trump won by 13 percentage points in 2024.

Ms. Nixon, a union organizer, ran a grass-roots campaign, often driving herself to events across the state — clad in her signature hot pink outfits — and relying on volunteers and union members for field organizing. In a low-turnout primary, they bet that reaching enough Democratic voters directly, and talking to them about issues such as unaffordable health care and child care, would drive them to the polls to support Ms. Nixon.

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