Angie Nixon: From Cafe Resistance to Senate Run

Angie Nixon, a 42-year-old labor organizer and Florida House member, won the Democratic Senate nomination last month, becoming only the second Black woman to secure a major party nomination for the US Senate in Florida. In an interview with Vogue, she discussed her campaign, which is focused on youth mental health and small business support, drawing on her experience co-founding Jacksonville's Melanin Market and running Cafe Resistance. Nixon has received endorsements from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and looks to Ayanna Pressley, Bernie Sanders, and Summer Lee as inspirations. She co-authored a children's book, The Adventures of Moxie McGriff, with her daughter Natalie, turning her daughter's insecurity about her Afro puffs into a superhero power. Nixon, a mother of five, emphasizes the need to regulate social media to protect children's mental health, citing her daughter's battles with depression and anxiety. Her campaign style is relaxed and colorful, and she and her team wear hot pink Skechers as a signature after her opponent's wife criticized her shoes. She has faced racist attacks but finds support from people nationwide. The interview was conducted while she was driving, reflecting her busy schedule balancing campaigning and family life.