Bernie Sanders wades into Florida governor race with endorsement for Angie Nixon

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) endorsed socialist state Rep. Angie Nixon in her bid to be Florida‘s next U.S. senator on Thursday. Sanders’s endorsement comes after Nixon’s shocking upset win against retired Army Lt. Col. and polling favorite Alex Vindman, who far outpaced Nixon in funding but fell by a double-digit margin

Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon on Thursday, two days after she stunned the party establishment by defeating heavily funded favorite Alex Vindman. Why it matters: Sanders gives Nixon a prominent national progressive ally as she pivots to a difficult general-election race again