Imara Jones

Imara Jones is a journalist and founder and CEO of TransLash Media. She hosts the TransLash Podcast and The Anti-Trans Hate Machine, an investigative podcast series.

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Are national Democrats holding back money from Angie Nixon's Florida Senate campaign because of her ideology and identity?

Angie Nixon, Florida's Democratic Senate nominee, says national Democrats are reluctant to fund her because of her politics and her race and gender. The DSCC says it monitors all races and that more investment needs more resources. FEC filings are incomplete.

U.S. Politics 2026 Midterm ElectionsUpdated September 30, 2026

Statements by Imara Jones

Imara Jones

Role at the time: TransLash Media founder and CEO; MS NOW panel guest

September 27, 2026Condemned

Statement summary

Jones criticizes the party's hesitation to support Nixon as part of a recurring failure to back Black women candidates.

“that's just a pattern”

Watch the original videoAre Democrats investing enough resources into races in the South? · MS NOW0:37-9:53; individual speaker passages identified in each statement

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She criticizes the party's funding approach toward Nixon, rather than defending the decision to wait.

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Are national Democrats holding back money from Angie Nixon's Florida Senate campaign because of her ideology and identity?

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