State Rep. Angie Nixon pulled off a stunning victory in Florida’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary, bursting onto the national political scene in a hot-pink family van on a shoestring budget.
Despite her opponent raising 16 times as much money, Nixon relied on grassroots organizing to secure a win that defied the state’s Democratic establishment.
Nixon traces her political advocacy to growing up in a home marked by domestic violence, she said.
This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with MIA Media Group. Read more at WLRN.org
