{"id":134163,"date":"2026-01-27T23:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/134163\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T23:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:20:08","slug":"vindman-launches-u-s-senate-bid-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/134163\/","title":{"rendered":"Vindman Launches U.S. Senate Bid \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2026%2F01%2F27%2Fvindman-launches-u-s-senate-bid%2F\" style=\"display:inline-block;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sfsi_wicon\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"fb-share-icon\" title=\"Facebook Share\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/fb_icons\/en_US.svg\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Vindman+Launches+U.S.+Senate+Bid https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/01\/27\/vindman-launches-u-s-senate-bid\/\" style=\"display:inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" nopin=\"nopin\" width=\"auto\" class=\"sfsi_plus_wicon\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/Twitter_Tweet\/en_US_Tweet.svg\" alt=\"Tweet\" title=\"Tweet\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By The News Service of Florida <\/p>\n<p>Retired Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, who testified during the first impeachment of President Donald Trump, announced Tuesday he is running for the Democratic nomination to try to unseat U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla, in November. <\/p>\n<p>Vindman said in a video release he views Moody as \u201chand-picked by the political elites\u201d to be \u201can automatic yes vote\u201d for their agenda. \u201cToday, our country is in chaos. Thug militias attacking citizens. Tariffs pushing prices sky-high. Health care premiums through the roof. And Florida homeowners are being absolutely screwed because Ashley Moody caved to the big insurance companies,\u201d Vindman said. \u201cThey put Moody in the Senate to be a \u2018yes\u2019 vote for Trump and the billionaires. She\u2019s not Florida\u2019s senator. She\u2019s theirs.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Ukraine-born Vindman testified in 2019 that while on the National Security Council he witnessed Trump on a call attempt to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Joe Biden and his son. Vindman\u2019s twin brother, Eugene, was elected to Congress in 2024 representing Virginia\u2019s 7th congressional district. Alex Vindman joins state Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, and former Brevard County School Board member Jennifer Jenkins in the Democratic primary for the Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p> The last Democrat to win a U.S. Senate race in the state was Bill Nelson\u2019s 2012 re-election. Moody was appointed to the U.S. Senate last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis after twice being elected as state attorney general. The Republican Party of Florida on Tuesday issued a news release saying Vindman\u2019s campaign is \u201cdoomed\u201d and describing him as a \u201clying impeachment grifter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2026%2F01%2F27%2Fvindman-launches-u-s-senate-bid%2F\" style=\"display:inline-block;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sfsi_wicon\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"fb-share-icon\" title=\"Facebook Share\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/fb_icons\/en_US.svg\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Vindman+Launches+U.S.+Senate+Bid https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/01\/27\/vindman-launches-u-s-senate-bid\/\" style=\"display:inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" nopin=\"nopin\" width=\"auto\" class=\"sfsi_plus_wicon\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/Twitter_Tweet\/en_US_Tweet.svg\" alt=\"Tweet\" title=\"Tweet\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; By The News Service of Florida Retired Army Lt. 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