The 2026 Florida Senate race: Ashley Moody vs. Angie Nixon

Active · last development Sep 19, 2026: “Ashley Moody Sounds Alarm as Second Poll Shows Dead Heat With Angie Nixon”

What this arc covers

The 2026 race for the Florida U.S. Senate seat Marco Rubio left: Ashley Moody's appointment to the seat, Alex Vindman's campaign, Angie Nixon's upset win in the Democratic primary, and the Moody-Nixon general election.

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Earliest story we hold Jan 16, 2025 · 10 stories · 66 independent sources (counted once each) · 611 days

Part ofFloridaUnited States SenateDemocratic PartyAngie NixonAshley MoodyDonald TrumpMarco RubioRon DeSantis

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Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning

Sep 19– 202026Ashley Moody Sounds Alarm as Second Poll Shows Dead Heat With Angie Nixon2 articles · 2 independent sources
0 left, 1 center, 1 right
Aug 222026Report: Socialist Angie Nixon, Florida Democrat Chair Erupt in Shouting Match1 articles · 1 independent sources
0 left, 0 center, 1 right
Aug 21– 222026Florida Dems’ Senate nominee sparks chaos, accuses party chair of ‘gaslighting’2 articles · 2 independent sources
1 left, 0 center, 1 right

Key momentsthe most covered; every story is below

  1. Jan 16 – 17, 2025Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis selects attorney general Ashley Moody to replace Marco Rubio in Senate60 articles · 35 independent sources
  2. Jan 27, 2026Alex Vindman, key Trump impeachment witness, launches Florida Senate run11 articles · 10 independent sources
  3. Aug 17 – 24, 2026Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches surprise primary win in Florida US Senate race78 articles · 45 independent sources
    1. Aug 17, 2026Only center coverage:Florida Senate race: Who will challenge Ashley Moody in November?
    2. Aug 19, 2026Democratic socialist Angie Nixon won Tuesday’s primary in Florida. Can she win in November?
    3. Aug 20, 2026Sanders endorses Nixon in Florida Senate race
  4. Aug 19, 2026Florida Democrats Finally Win Back Hispanic Voters: Then They Nominate a Socialist for Senate2 articles · 2 independent sources
  5. Aug 21 – 22, 2026Florida Dems’ Senate nominee sparks chaos, accuses party chair of ‘gaslighting’2 articles · 2 independent sources

Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side

Jan 2025May 2025Sep 2025Jan 2026May 2026Sep 2026

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Every week as a table
Week ofLeftCenterRightArticles
Jan 13, 2025914959
Jan 26, 202624310
Aug 17, 202615131387
Aug 24, 20261001
Sep 14, 20260112

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

33% left · 38% center · 29% right of 66 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 10 stories.

Every storyoldest first

  1. January 2025

    Jan 16– 17Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis selects attorney general Ashley Moody to replace Marco Rubio in Senate60 articles · 35 independent sources
    9 left, 14 center, 9 right

  2. January 2026

    Jan 27Alex Vindman, key Trump impeachment witness, launches Florida Senate run11 articles · 10 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 3 right

  3. August 2026

    Aug 17– 24Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches surprise primary win in Florida US Senate race78 articles · 45 independent sources
    16 left, 12 center, 10 right
  4. Aug 18– 19Who are the candidates for Florida's U.S. Senate?4 articles · 1 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 0 right
  5. Aug 19Florida Democrats Finally Win Back Hispanic Voters: Then They Nominate a Socialist for Senate2 articles · 2 independent sources
    1 left, 0 center, 1 right
  6. Aug 19Sen. Moody, RNC Slam Democratic Socialist Nominee Angie Nixon After Her Upset Win Over Alex Vindman1 articles · 1 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 1 right
  7. Aug 213 reasons why Democrat Angie Nixon won the US Senate primary1 articles · 1 independent sources
    1 left, 0 center, 0 right
  8. Aug 21– 22Florida Dems’ Senate nominee sparks chaos, accuses party chair of ‘gaslighting’2 articles · 2 independent sources
    1 left, 0 center, 1 right
  9. Aug 22Report: Socialist Angie Nixon, Florida Democrat Chair Erupt in Shouting Match1 articles · 1 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 1 right

  10. September 2026

    Sep 19– 20Ashley Moody Sounds Alarm as Second Poll Shows Dead Heat With Angie Nixon2 articles · 2 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 1 right