Angie Windhauser (REP): CEO of nonprofit Gods Finest Hour Drama Outreach of Florida, ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 and 2018, ran for president in 2020 and 2024. Also currently running for U.S. House District 10. (no campaign website)

Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon has announced her candidacy for the Florida U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Ashley Moody in the 2026 election.

Black individuals were once banned from voting in some Florida primaries, an exclusion echoed in today’s closed party primary system.

A spokesperson for the Smart & Safe Florida campaign said that per Florida law, “each and every time” the campaign found any discrepancy in petitions, it reported it to the secretary of state and also separated suspicious petitions before submitting them to county elections supervisors.

Republicans are entering the 2026 midterms with a 53-47 majority in the Senate (including the two independents who caucus with the Democrats). This cycle, 35 Senate seats are up f

The political committee behind the measure to legalize pot has submitted 714,888 valid signatures as of Thursday — still far short of the 880,062 signatures needed to get on the November ballot.

One official said the state's push to audit and toss marijuana petition signatures has put elections officials "in the middle of a political war."

Voters in Florida House District 87 will head to the polls on Tuesday for a primary election to select candidates for the upcoming special general election.