Nixon says national Democrats "may not be treating it as a competitive race, but I have to continue to prove that it is"
Angie NixonDemocratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Florida and Florida state representative, interviewed on the MS NOW podcast "Clock It with Symone & Eugene"
Asked in the MS NOW video interview whether it felt to her that national Democrats were treating the race as competitive, Angie Nixon said they may not be, but that she has to keep proving it is. She said she knew that initially no one was going to invest in the state and that she won the primary anyway.
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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.
“they may not be treating it as a competitive race, but I have to continue to prove that it is. ... I know that initially no one was going to really invest in this state.”
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.
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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.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Before the quotation
After Nixon said she was working to see whether the DSCC could play into the race and that her campaign needs some money to stay on commercials, co-host Eugene Daniels said it did not seem to him or to co-host Symone that the party was treating the race as competitive, and asked if Nixon felt the same.
After the quotation
Nixon said she won the primary while out-fundraised about 18 to 1 and was actively fundraising. Later in the interview, asked directly whether she had asked the DSCC for money, she said she had and that when she spoke to Schumer it was basically a "we will see."
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 accepted that national Democrats may not be treating the race as competitive but disputed that it is not, pointing to her primary win. She did not say in this passage that ideology or identity explains the decision. We labeled it Challenged the characterization because she disputes the premise that Florida is not worth funding.
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