Nixon is set to run against incumbent Ashley Moody, who previously served as the state’s attorney general, but was appointed a senator by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2025.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — After five years of serving the Jacksonville area, State Rep. Angie Nixon (D-Jacksonville) announced Thursday morning her candidacy for the U.S. Senate.
In a release shared with First Coast News, Nixon said she’s running because “Floridians are being crushed by an affordability crisis that Florida’s leadership has ignored for far too long.”
Nixon is set to run against incumbent Ashley Moody, who previously served as the state’s attorney general, but was appointed one of the state’s senators by Gov. Ron DeSantis in January 2025 to fill the vacancy left by U.S. Secretary of State Marcio Rubio.
“On my state listening tour over the last several months, I heard from Republicans, Independents, and Democrats who all said the same thing: We can’t afford to go on like this,” Nixon said. “But these establishment politicians, including Ashley Moody, aren’t listening to us. Meanwhile, the cost of everything is exploding: groceries, healthcare, and childcare. Property insurance has doubled in the last four years, and housing costs are driving Floridians out of the towns they grew up in. Enough is enough. This isn’t a partisan issue. We have to fix this affordability crisis, and we need and deserve a Senator who will fight to improve the lives of every Floridian, not just greedy billionaires.”
Nixon, whose campaign is headquartered in Jacksonville, said she will spend the coming weeks traveling around Florida talking to voters about their concerns.