Nixon says "I understand that Florida is an expensive state" and that her campaign "does not need as much money" as others and needs "some money to stay up on commercials"
Angie NixonDemocratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Florida and Florida state representative, interviewed on the MS NOW podcast "Clock It with Symone & Eugene"
In the MS NOW video interview, Angie Nixon said she understands that people have turned their backs on Florida and that Florida is an expensive state. She said her campaign does not need as much money as other campaigns and needs to remain competitive with some money to stay up on commercials.
Responding to
Angie Nixon said in an MS NOW interview published September 24, 2026 that national Democratic leaders are reluctant to fund her Senate campaign, and attributed that reluctance to her progressive politics and to her race and gender.
“I understand people have turned their backs on Florida. I understand that Florida is an expensive state. ... our campaign does not need as much money as any of these other campaigns. ... we need to remain competitive and we will remain competitive if they can give us some money to stay up on commercials.”
Interview
Where this statement fits
Are national Democrats holding back money from Angie Nixon's Florida Senate campaign because of her ideology and identity?
On September 24, 2026, Angie Nixon, the Democratic nominee for the Florida U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Sen. Ashley Moody, told MS NOW that national Democratic leaders are reluctant to fund her campaign and gave two explanations: her progressive politics, and her race and gender. A spokesperson for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) told MS NOW the committee monitors all races closely, including Florida. The committee's executive director, Devan Barber, has said additional investments require additional resources. Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings on record as of September 30, 2026 show a joint fundraising committee that includes the DSCC, a $5,000 contribution from a leadership PAC the FEC lists under Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and DSCC transfers totaling $24,000 to the Democratic Executive Committee of Florida in its July and August reports, but most of the period since the August 18 primary has not yet been reported. This case sets out what each side has said and what the filings show. It does not decide why national Democrats have spent what they have.
Source and context
Interview
About this source
MS NOW video posted September 25, 2026 from its podcast interview with Nixon, which MS NOW reported on in an article on September 24. The hosts ask whether not having met Schumer face to face shows how the party views her race and chances, and whether the DSCC has sent real money.
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The hosts asked whether not having met Schumer face to face, while Michigan's Senate candidate met him and other senators, was a proof point of how the party viewed her race and her chances, and whether the party had sent real money. Nixon said the party could do a lot more and named several senators who were supporting her, including Gillibrand.
After the quotation
Nixon said she would win because she cannot be outworked on the ground, and that although she is a Black woman running in the South, more people are ready for change than people think.
How this statement is classified
The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
The case asks whether Nixon's ideology and identity are why national Democrats have not committed major spending to her campaign. Nixon acknowledged that Florida is expensive and that people have turned their backs on it, while asking for a modest amount of television money. She did not attribute the lack of commitment to ideology or identity in this passage. Because she combines an acknowledgement of the cost with a request that the party fund her anyway, we labeled it Mixed or conditional.
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- Chuck Schumer, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
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