Jacksonville, Florida - Florida's Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon outlined her stances on affordability, reparations, and more in an exclusive interview.

Nixon sent shockwaves through the political establishment when she won Florida's Democratic Senate primary last month, defeating retired Lt. Col. Alex Vindman despite being massively outspent in the race.

"I traveled all across the state of Florida having conversations with tens of thousands of Floridians, and what I’m learning is that people are working harder than ever and still struggling to stay afloat," Nixon told TAG24 NEWS last week.

In November's general election, the state representative from Jacksonville is up against sitting Republican Senator Ashley Moody, who was appointed to the seat after Marco Rubio became secretary of state.

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Nixon cast her Republican opponent as an "unelected scammer" who has co-signed many of the Donald Trump administration's harmful policies. This includes slashing funding for social welfare programs that provide critical opportunities to build generational wealth, such as the cuts in the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."

"It just costs so much money to be alive right now, and people are tired and frustrated, and they feel a little hopeless," Nixon explained.

"We need to send folks to Washington DC who really care about everyday people. I’m that candidate, and that’s why I decided to run."

Nixon's platform centers a slate of universal policies intended to ameliorate the country's affordability crisis, including Medicare For All, universal childcare, and a $25 minimum wage.

"People are literally going bankrupt because they’re trying to stay alive, and a lot of these universal policies would be beneficial because, number one, we should not be allowing people to make profits off of whether or not they deny someone life-saving medical treatment," Nixon insisted.

Instead of the government expanding opportunities for working people, "programs are getting cut because Donald Trump wants to make his friends and family richer, to become not just billionaires but potentially trillionaires," she added.

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At the same time, Nixon acknowledged that Black communities are facing disproportionate hardships as Republicans wage an assault on Black history and representation, dismantling DEI programs and imposing limits on education.

Earlier this month, Representative Ayanna Pressley led a congressional letter shining light on a series of hanging deaths of Black people and calling for a federal investigation into modern-day lynchings – a phenomenon Nixon sees as fueled by hateful rhetoric from politicians.

"We are seeing that there is basically an active return to the worst chapters of our history," she lamented. "They are literally trying to whitewash what our children learn so that they can get away with what they’re doing now, and what I’ve heard from elders who lived through Jim Crow is that they’ve seen a lot of this before."

"They’ve seen a lot of these attacks before, a lot of this demonization, and that is what they don’t want our children to learn in schools. They don't want them to learn how to overcome that."

Despite the growing threats, Nixon has hope as she sees more people becoming activated to pursue change.

"There are a lot of people who are enraged by it, and they’re ready to fight, they’re ready to vote, and they’re ready to get rid of these elected officials who are doing that," she said.

In recent years, a growing number of cities and states have taken action on reparations to address the ongoing harms of anti-Black racism – something Nixon said she is open to discussing federally.

"I am definitely open to a conversation and looking at how we can actually afford descendants of enslaved people here in this country some form of reparations," Nixon told TAG24 NEWS.

Nixon mentioned tax breaks and incentives, educational opportunities, grants, and no-interest loans as potential vehicles she would consider, adding that she is "willing to do more research" on the topic.

She also noted she is "99.9% sure" she would co-sponsor S 40 – the Senate companion to HR 40 – to establish a federal reparations commission.

Asked to imagine what a US would look like that had meaningfully addressed its legacy of enslavement and racial discrimination, Nixon described, "There would be equity all across the board."

"People would have great living wages. Folks would have homes. We would not have such mass incarceration or racial profiling that we see. People would be on or above grade level for their reading. We would see generational wealth. And we would not see such divisiveness," she continued.

"People would be whole and complete within themselves and their communities, and when you’re whole and complete within yourself, all you have to offer other people is love and goodness."

"I see us having a multiracial working class that is operating in harmony."

Nixon vowed to keep pushing for economic and racial justice despite opposition from the White House.

"We need to make sure we are vocal and keeping things to the forefront and not letting things just get pushed in the background and be dismissed," Nixon said, touting her experience as a union and community organizer.

"Our ancestors started with shackles on their feet and huge weights, and so we never have been able to catch up. We need to continually have conversations about these types of things."

As she looks toward the general election, Nixon is encouraging Floridians to envision a new path forward.

"My message to voters is that right now we have the opportunity to build a new vision for our country that actually benefits everyone, and we need to send someone to Washington DC who’s not going to be a rubber stamp and going to allow the chaos and corruption to continue," she said.

"I want to go to Washington DC so that I can put people first. They can count on me to answer questions, return phone calls and emails with my staff. I'm someone who’s going to be accessible and someone they can trust."

"If they want a lawmaker that actually works for them and doesn’t feel as though the voters work for that lawmaker, then they'll vote for me."

As the cost of living skyrockets and the gap between rich and poor widens, the Senate candidate emphasized the urgency of the present moment.

"We're in a battle for the soul and humanity of our country right now," Nixon said.