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How DSA candidate Angie Nixon pulled off a Florida Senate primary upset

Democratic socialist Angie Nixon’s upset victory over Alex Vindman is reshaping Florida’s Democratic Senate contest, while a debate stumble by Sen. Darline Graham (R) is drawing attention in South Carolina ahead of next week’s GOP Senate runoff. Plus, new Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) polling averages across several major battlegrounds and a preview of Massachusetts’s Sept.…

· 84 words· updated August 20, 2026 at 02:00 PM

Democratic socialist Angie Nixon’s upset victory over Alex Vindman is reshaping Florida’s Democratic Senate contest, while a debate stumble by Sen. Darline Graham (R) is drawing attention in South Carolina ahead of next week’s GOP Senate runoff.

Plus, new Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) polling averages across several major battlegrounds and a preview of Massachusetts’s Sept. 1 Democratic Senate primary .

Join The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon, and DDHQ’s chief elections analyst, Geoffrey Skelley, who will break it all down.

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