This is an editorial, the opinion of Florida Man News Network. It is separate from our news reporting. We take no money from campaigns, and no candidate asked for or saw this endorsement before publication.
Ashley Moody has never won a single vote for the job she holds. Ron DeSantis gave her Marco Rubio's Senate seat in January 2025 (Florida Phoenix). She has spent nearly two years in it working for him, for Donald Trump and for the billionaires paying her way. She hasn't worked for you.
Tuesday is the first time Florida gets a say. Fire her. Vote Angie Nixon.
What Moody did with a seat nobody gave her
She raised your health insurance. On Dec. 11, 2025, Moody voted against extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits (WUSF). After they expired, more than 440,000 Floridians left the marketplace, the biggest drop in the nation (Axios Tampa Bay). She has never publicly explained that vote. We couldn't find a single statement.
She voted to take coverage and food from Florida families. Moody voted for H.R. 1, the 2025 budget law (U.S. Senate). KFF projects about 590,000 more Floridians uninsured by 2034 from that law alone. Counting the expired ACA credits, it's about 1.5 million (KFF). The law could also leave Florida owing about $984 million for food aid in a single year (Florida Policy Institute). Her press release bragged about tax cuts and never mentioned Medicaid or SNAP (Sen. Moody's office).
She cut your public radio and TV. She voted for the package that defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (U.S. Senate). Tampa's WEDU faced a hit of about $2.8 million, and WUSF about $800,000 (Tampa Bay 28).
What she did before DeSantis promoted her
She fought to keep your vote off the ballot. As attorney general, Moody asked the Florida Supreme Court to block the abortion rights and recreational marijuana amendments (News Service of Florida via WMNF; Florida Phoenix). She lost. Then her lawyers called the state's taxpayer-funded campaign against Amendment 4 "good government" (Florida Phoenix). More than 6 million Floridians voted yes (The Miami Hurricane). When DeSantis gave her the Senate seat, he praised her for helping "defeat Amendments 3 and 4" (CBS Miami). That's the résumé that got her the job.
Her office signed the Hope Florida deal. A 2024 Medicaid settlement with Centene sent $10 million to the Hope Florida Foundation, tied to First Lady Casey DeSantis, with no limits on its use. Two nonprofits that got that money sent $8.5 million to a political committee fighting the marijuana amendment (PolitiFact). Moody's office signed the settlement. Her chief deputy, John Guard, says she approved it before he signed (PolitiFact). Then, as a senator, she pushed Guard for a lifetime federal judgeship (Axios). Moody says her office "had no knowledge of how funds would be spent" (Fox 49). She hasn't been charged with anything. Medicaid money meant for Floridians still ended up fighting a ballot measure, and her office's name is on the deal.
She tried to throw out other states' votes. In December 2020, Moody joined Texas' bid to overturn election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (WPTV). The Supreme Court threw it out (U.S. Supreme Court). A woman who tried to cancel millions of other people's votes is asking for your first one.
Who's paying for her
A super PAC backing Moody spent about $4.9 million in two weeks attacking Nixon, roughly 87% of all spending in the race. Citadel billionaire Ken Griffin put in $2.5 million (Reuters via KELO). Moody had about $8.5 million in the bank to Nixon's roughly $265,000 (Courthouse News). Her slogan is "safety or chaos" and "freedom or socialism" (WPTV). Her record is higher premiums, less coverage and a billionaire's checkbook.
Angie Nixon
Nixon, a Jacksonville state representative and former union organizer, beat a campaign that outraised her about 16 to 1, and she won by 12 points (WFSU; Florida Division of Elections). "We resonated with voters because we went out and talked to them," she said (WOKV).
She says she'll file a bill on day one to bring back the ACA credits Moody killed (WLRN). She wants federal action on Florida's property insurance crisis, universal child care and pre-K, and a living minimum wage tied to inflation (campaign site). "Everyone is just tired, and they're frustrated with 30 years of a failed Republican rule here in the state," she said. "And Ashley Moody has contributed to that" (WDBO).
The DSCC, Vindman, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, MoveOn and EMILYs List back her (WFSU; Fox News; MoveOn; EMILYs List). Moody's own campaign called the race a "dead heat" (Newsweek). They know.
What they say about her
"Socialist." She rejects it: "Ashley Moody knows that I'm not a socialist" (Fox News). Cheaper health insurance, child care and insurance reform aren't radical. They're what Moody voted against.
"She got arrested." For a sit-in in DeSantis' office. She paid a $250 fine, did community service, entered no plea, and the charges are set to be dismissed (Florida Phoenix via States Newsroom). "I stood my ground then, and I stand by my actions today." A sit-in isn't a scandal. Medicaid money flowing into a political fight is.
"She got reprimanded." For a bullhorn on the House floor, protesting a congressional map (Florida Phoenix). We'll take the senator who gets loud for voters over the one who stays quiet for donors.
"She wants Moody locked up." She told CNN she wants Moody "locked up and punished in jail for what she has done" (Fox News). That's Nixon's anger, not a charge. Voters can decide whether $10 million of Medicaid settlement money ending up in politics deserves less anger or more.
Our endorsement
Florida hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 2012 (WPTV). Ashley Moody is betting that streak, and Ken Griffin's money, will carry her into a seat she has never earned. Florida Man News Network endorses Angie Nixon for U.S. Senate.
How to vote
Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time Tuesday, Nov. 3. Mail ballots must reach your county Supervisor of Elections by 7 p.m. Election Day; drop yours off rather than mailing it now. Find your polling place at Florida's Division of Elections.