La representante estatal por Jacksonville (Florida) Angie Nixon (i), una de las dos aspirantes demócratas al escaño en el Senado de Estados Unidos que dejó el cubanoestadounidense Marco Rubio, habla con una persona durante un recorrido este sábado en la calle Ocho de la Pequeña Habana en Miami para pedir el voto cubano, tres días antes de las primarias de su partido. EFE/ Pablo Urbón
Miami (USA), Aug 15 (EFE) – Florida State Representative Angie Nixon, one of the two Democratic candidates vying for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Cuban-American Marco Rubio, walked along Calle Ocho in Miami’s Little Havana on Saturday to campaign for the Cuban vote, three days before her party’s primaries.
Nixon, who greeted passersby and handed out pamphlets, began her walk at La Colada Gourmet cafeteria and continued past clothing stores, fruit stands, and Domino Park, on the avenue that has been the commercial and political center of the Cuban exile community since the 1960s.
The candidate told EFE that the U.S. embargo on Cuba is “a failure” and that Cubans “are going hungry,” and called for a return to former President Barack Obama’s policy of rapprochement so that families could travel to the island.
Nixon championed Cuban self-determination and a regime change that would put power in the hands of the people, declaring herself against communism and any form of authoritarianism.
“I’m not going to let them keep painting me as a communist or a socialist,” said the candidate, who joined the Democratic Socialists of America.
Nixon also accused Republican Ashley Moody, who holds the seat on an interim basis, of allocating more funds to the Department of Homeland Security to “send Cubans back to Cuba.”
In Tuesday’s primary election, Nixon faces Alex Vindman, a retired lieutenant colonel who testified in the first impeachment trial against President Donald Trump.
Moody, a former state attorney general appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis in January 2025, is the candidate with the most endorsements on the Republican ticket, including Trump’s.
Whoever wins on November 3 will complete the remaining two years of Rubio’s term.
Currently, Republicans control the Senate with 53 seats to 47.
