Angie Nixon vs. Ashley Moody: Florida's U.S. Senate Special Election on Election Day

Democrat Angie Nixon is on Florida’s ballot today, Tuesday, Nov. 3, challenging Republican Sen. Ashley Moody in a U.S. Senate special election. As of early Tuesday evening, polls had not closed across Florida and no winner had been projected.

Moody holds the seat now. She was appointed to it after Marco Rubio left the Senate to become secretary of state, and today’s special election decides who serves the rest of that term.

Who is Angie Nixon?

Nixon is a Democrat from Jacksonville and a state representative. She will hold her election night party in her hometown, CBS News Miami reported. At a late-October rally at a Jacksonville workers’ union hall, she said she and her husband are both union members, according to Spectrum News 13.

Her campaign has centered on cost of living, wages, housing, health care and veterans. “I just care about people and want to make sure that people get paid a living wage,” Nixon said at a Jacksonville rally with Democratic governor nominee David Jolly and his running mate, Gwen Graham, Action News Jax reported. She added that she wants to make sure “our veterans aren’t living on the streets.”

She also pushed back on GOP ads that call her “radical and extreme” on education, Social Security and health care. “I say when they go low, we get loud,” she said, per Spectrum News 13.

Moody’s pitch

Moody campaigned across North Florida in the final week, including a stop with U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean, and she appeared at a rally for Florida Republicans with President Donald Trump, Spectrum News 13 reported. She asked supporters to reach “Independents and Democrats” too. Responding to national progressive figures campaigning for Nixon, she said, “I think if Bernie Sanders and AOC and all of those folks from the Socialist Squad want to come down here and support a Senate candidate, that shows what kind of lawmaker she will be.”

Where the race stands

CBS News Miami reported that most polls favor Moody, while Nixon’s campaign says it has momentum that could produce a surprise. Polls are not results. Voters CBS spoke with in Jacksonville named affordability as their top issue.

When do Florida polls close?

Polls close at 7 p.m. local time, which is 7 p.m. Eastern for most of Florida and 8 p.m. Eastern in the western Panhandle, WUFT reported. For official results, check the Florida Division of Elections’ Election Watch site (floridaelectionwatch.gov) or your county supervisor of elections.

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