AMA: Angie Nixon
Exclusive community AMA with Angie Nixon, the anti-corporate, pro-Medicare for All candidate in the Florida U.S. Senate race.
I’m Angie Nixon, and I’m running for U.S. Senate in Florida. I’ll be here at 2 PM EST!
Let me start by saying that the system isn’t broken — it’s working exactly the way it was paid to.
I’ve spent my life on the other side of that math. Organizing workers. Fighting evictions. Watching families do everything they were told to do and still get buried under rent, medical bills, and childcare costs while the folks at the top never feel a thing.
While serving in the Florida Legislature, I saw the machinery up close. I fought for free pre-K, workers’ rights, Medicaid expansion, and real reform of the property insurance mess bleeding homeowners dry.
Here’s where I stand, and it all ties back to what Floridians actually need:
- Lower everyday costs: Crack down on corporate price gouging and stop utilities from hiking rates with no transparency.
- Make housing livable again: No family should lose their home because their insurance doubled overnight. I want caps on extreme premium hikes, penalties for dropping loyal customers, and more homes under $300K.
- Childcare shouldn’t cost more than rent. PERIOD.
- MEDICARE FOR ALL: No one should ration a prescription or choose between groceries and a doctor. And Social Security, Medicare, and VA benefits aren’t up for debate — they’re earned.
- Clean out the corruption: Ban congressional stock trading. Overturn Citizens United.
95% of Florida voters say money in politics is driving their costs up, and they’re right.
I’m a lifelong Floridian with a record of fighting for working families, and I’m running a people-powered campaign to flip this U.S. Senate seat.
I’m committed to NO corporate PAC money and NO AIPAC money.
Ask me anything, y’all!
u/Suspicious-Gap-8915 asks:
Hi Angie, I’d love to ask about your opinion on the state of the Florida Democratic Party. The party seems at best, disinterested, in helping progressive candidates. At worst, it’s allowed their GOP counterparts to lap them in voter registration, puts up establishment/conservative candidates against progressive ones, and it’s leader (Nikki Fried) seems more interested in lobbying for special interests than building real infrastructure.
- How do you overcome these challenges, and are you getting the necessary resources from the state party to run a relevant campaign?
- What can be done to change the system? How can citizens pressure change in the party structure?
Florida is not as conservative as people are led to believe, but I don’t see how Democrats win a statewide race with the current state of the party.
Florida is rigged, not red. The people have the power and should organize to make changes. Floridians are not struggling because we lack resources. We are struggling because those resources have been captured by corporations and a political class that answers to billionaire donors instead of the people.
I support overturning Citizens United, efforts to ban stock trading, and always putting people over profit.
Fighting against the establishment can be expensive. If you’re able or know someone who can support monetarily, please share this link and help us reach voters in Florida: angie4us.com/give
u/coconut_groovey asks:
Will you join other representatives on pushing for investigations and prosecutions into the Epstein files?
Will you vote to suspend funding and arms to Israel?
Anyone criminally implicated in the Epstein files deserves to be under the jail. The victims deserve justice and that is not up for debate.
Foreign policy must answer to the American people, NOT to a lobbying machine. I will vote to suspend funding and arms to Israel and put the American people first. I will also not take money from AIPAC or any organization expecting to shape U.S. policy without accountability.
u/kevinmrr asks:
From my perspective, the Florida Democratic Party is nothing but captured opposition whose main purpose is to throw statewide elections to the GOP and suppress the will of the voters. To that end, the party establishment is backing one of your competitors, a right-wing, AIPAC shill carpetbagger. How are you overcoming the Florida Democratic Party’s resistance to your campaign?
How can we build more infrastructure to promote candidates like you earlier in the process?
Thank you for the support and great question! I was born and raised in Florida and spent my entire adult life advocating for working people. I have grassroots support that grows every day and I continue to travel the state listening to the concerns of folks, many who have been ignored. The issues people talk to me about are not partisan. That is why I know I can win and it will take all of us because this is a people-powered campaign.
We can build a solid infrastructure with collective support and getting the word out, especially when mainstream media fails to do so.
u/slaphappyhobbit asks:
Hi Angie, I’m curious, do you have any plans to end citizens united? What about dealing with Trump and the massive amounts of issues that he’s caused? What do you feel could be done for better worker protections and rights? Work at will states allowing anyone to be fired any time for any reason, still having 5 day work weeks for regular people while managers and CEOs constantly have 3-4 days of work while going out partying. What about the pay gap between the average person and the rich?
I support overturning Citizens United. I believe that would take a cultural shift and educating people about the harm it continues to cause.
At the very least, no one should constantly fear losing their job when a company posts record profits as we have seen. I support the PRO Act: The right to organize is non-negotiable. We will pass it. And I believe in strengthening labor law so workers can negotiate industry-wide standards.
As for dealing with Trump..
He has essentially eroded checks and balances. I still believe in the American people’s ability to recognize the damage he is directly responsible for and how he has weaponized governance to make himself and his supporters richer. We need to hold everyone accountable as voters and as citizens. That means using our voices and platforms to call out the corruption that is on full display.
u/aurelius_33 asks:
Hey Angie, thank you for opening yourself up to folks this way! As a dad, I’m wondering what you would to improve child care? Every year it feels like it gets harder - especially in the summers.
That is because it IS harder. As I mentioned, childcare shouldn’t cost more than rent. PERIOD. After listening to people across the State about what they worry about, I can tell you that you are not alone in your concern.
In my blended family, I am a proud mother of 5. I have even taken my youngest on the campaign trail with me because of the summer break. With any decision I make as a lawmaker, I have the question in the back of my head: are the children taken care of? America would look very different if that is the lens through which we make policy.
In addition to universal childcare, we need to lower everyday costs and make housing and healthcare more affordable for all. When families are not living in a constant state of surprise costs and bills, the children are healthier too. I am in support of funding universal pre-k because as much as this is an investment in our children’s futures, this is an investment into workers. Childcare allows parents to work and parents working means money spent in local economies.
u/Valuable_Opposite522 asks:
Angie - What meaningful legislation have you authored and had signed into law during your time in the Florida legislature?
I’m proud to have championed a landmark public health win. I co-sponsored legislation requiring Florida hospitals and emergency departments to include fentanyl in urine drug screens. Passed in 2025, this bill marked a major victory for harm reduction and workforce health alike.
Throughout my time in the Florida House, I’ve consistently filed bills and built bipartisan coalitions to get things done. Since 2021, I’ve fought to create a Division of Labor Standards to enforce fair wages and stop wage theft, a measure that would protect everyday, hardworking Floridians. But under Republican rule, too many commonsense bills like this one never even get a hearing. This work shows exactly why leadership matters. We simply can’t afford more of the same.
u/ChuchoGrind asks:
Hello! What are your plans to combat the current abuse found in the school voucher system and lack of support for Public school districts we currently are seeing today in our state?
Thank you for the question! I support fully funding public education and to end to the abuse of taxpayer dollars through private voucher schemes.
u/SportsBallBurner asks:
Do you have a political committee supporting your campaign and who are their biggest donors?
Donors are a matter of public record, filed with the FEC, and I want to go further to overturn the system that lets dark money hide. I do not take corporate PAC money and have been endorsed by Track AIPAC/Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption for my commitment to not take money from AIPAC. The bulk of our campaign support comes from grassroots dollars, with an average donation of $20.
u/notmyrealnameatleast asks:
Are you related to Richard Nixon the former president in any way?
I hope not.