{"id":425201,"date":"2026-10-12T01:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T01:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425201\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T01:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T01:20:12","slug":"bernie-sanders-is-coming-to-ybor-city-to-boost-angie-nixons-us-senate-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/425201\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders is coming to Ybor City to boost Angie Nixon\u2019s US Senate campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Tampa Bay area is going to feel the Bern this month, when Vermont\u2019s Independent Senator comes to Florida for a couple days of campaign rallies, including a Tampa stop alongside Florida lawmaker Angie Nixon.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Nixon\u2019s campaign and Florida Young Democrats announced the Oct. 17 rally happening at the Cuban Club<\/a>, calling Sanders\u2019 visit \u201ca HUGE fucking deal.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big names are pulling up to the swamp because they KNOW Angie Nixon is the one. The momentum is REAL, and we\u2019re just getting started,\u201d the organization wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rally capacity for the courtyard at the famed Ybor City venue has not yet been announced, but the space once hosted more than 4,000 people for a Phoebe Bridgers concert in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A program <\/a>schedule<\/a> says doors open at 11 a.m., with speaking set to start at 1 p.m. There\u2019s no cost to attend, but anyone who walks through the gates is supposed to RSVP.<\/p>\n

It makes sense that the 85-year-old U.S. Senator, and one of modern American politics\u2019 OG pro-worker lawmakers, is coming to Ybor City to boost the campaign of a 42-year-old woman who could be the future of a more people-centric Democratic party.<\/p>\n

Ybor City\u2019s history is rooted in worker-driven movements, where regular people joined labor unions to create better job conditions and founded mutual-aid societies that built infrastructure to ensure more people lived dignified lives that included healthcare. That history has been outlined in walking tours led by Tampa\u2019s Democratic Socialists<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nixon, who is running to unseat the unelected Republican Sen. Ashley Moody, joined the DSA last June, admitting that she does not agree with every tenant of the party\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n

Sanders will also join Nixon in Melbourne (Oct. 17), Gainesville (Oct. 18), and Tallahassee (Oct. 18). Last month, he committed $23 million from his campaign war chest<\/a> to boost the Nixon campaign, which was outspent 16-to-1<\/a> in a Democratic primary contest against Lt. Col. Alex Vindman.<\/p>\n

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This article appears in Oct. 08 \u2013 14, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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