Angie Nixon is a candidate for office in Florida.
Posted by The Dan Bongino Show, Checked Updated
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The Dan Bongino ShowOct 19, 2026
Multiple reliable sources (PolitiFact/CBS Miami coverage, CBS Face the Nation transcript, AP results page, Florida Division of Elections candidate record) confirm Angie Nixon was a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida as of October 2026, which matches the claim as of 2026-10-19.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… El Sayed has family members who have tweets they're not disputing talking about their family support for the Muslim Brotherhood. This is a terror group and wants to kill you and your kids. How is this real? What trade-off are you willing to make? You got a lady running here in Florida, Justin, and I see the ads all the time, Angie Nixon, a devout communist running in Florida. You've got Cubans and Venezuelans who escaped the horrors of socialism, who vote Republican down here because their families got dead in a Cuban Venezuelan political prison, and you've got a lady, Angie Nixon, bringing in Bernie Sanders to tell these people …
The Dan Bongino Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The Florida Division of Elections candidate record lists Angie Nixon as a Democrat in the 2026 General Election for United States Senator, with status Qualified.[4]
Supports. CBS News' Face the Nation transcript (Oct. 18, 2026) identifies Nixon as the Democratic Party's nominee for Senate, and the AP results page lists her as the Democratic Senate candidate.[1][3]
Supports. PolitiFact's October 2026 coverage describes Nixon as the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate running to unseat Republican Sen. Ashley Moody.[2]
Context. The passage's 'devout communist' characterization is not part of the claim as extracted and is not graded here; the claim itself only asserts candidacy in Florida, which the sources support.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 12026 Florida General Election Resultsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2In Florida's Senate race, Angie Nixon said Trump has deported 'over ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon on ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Candidate Tracking system - Florida Division of Electionsdos.elections.myflorida.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5How Angie Nixon could flip a Florida Senate seat despite the DSA labelrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6How Angie Nixon could flip a Florida Senate seat despite the DSA labeltheledger.com · not rated · cited for: context
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