Angie Nixon rejects James Carville's criticism of her and other Black candidates

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1. Nov 13, 2026James Carville called Angie Nixon a uniquely uninspiring Senate candidate who was not a good fit for Florida on his 'Politics War Room' podcast.

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• Peltola holds nearly 4-point lead on Sullivan in latest ballot dropthehill.com· 8h

  The Hill reports that Mary Peltola has widened her lead over Senator Dan Sullivan in Alaska's U.S. Senate race to nearly 4 points, more than 10,000 votes, with 91 percent counted and Peltola at 49.8 percent, just short of avoiding a ranked choice runoff. Her campaign declared victory on X, saying Sullivan has no mathematical path, while Decision Desk HQ has not called the race; it also projected Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins won the governorship and that the still-uncalled House race will go to a ranked choice tabulation.
• Angie Nixon fires back at Carville: ‘He needs to go retire’thehill.com· 23h

  The Hill reports that Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon, who lost to Republican incumbent Ashley Moody by a little less than 3 points, calls James Carville a racist and says his criticism of her and other Black candidates is disrespectful. She tells him he needs to retire, and says Democrats must invest in Black leadership, not only Black labor.

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• Kirsten Gillibrand is dreaming of a Democratic supermajoritypolitico.com· 6h

  Kirsten Gillibrand, preparing for a second term as Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair, says Democrats who won at least 55 Senate seats in 2026, flipping Iowa, South Carolina, Kansas, and North Carolina, could add seven more in 2028 to reach a filibuster-proof 60-seat supermajority, targeting Wisconsin and states Trump won three times. The article also notes progressive criticism of Chuck Schumer's primary strategy and Sherrod Brown's 2028 Ohio defense.
• Opinion | Democrats need to invest more time in the South — and then invest more moneyms.now· 10h

  Rep. Clyburn writes an opinion column arguing Democrats should invest more time — then money — in the South, citing 2026 wins by Annie Andrews and Scott Colom and near-misses in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida as proof. He says Senate Majority PAC spent $150 million in Ohio but $750,000 in South Carolina, and urges committees and donors to organize early rather than write off Southern states.
• Democrats won Congress. Can their leaders read the room? | Opinionnewsweek.com· 11h

  In a Newsweek opinion column, Faisal Kutty calls the Democrats' 2026 midterm sweep of Congress a rebuke of Donald Trump driven by young voters' worries over living costs and the Iran war, not an endorsement of the progressive left. He questions whether Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries can read the room as calls grow for new leadership.
• Opinion | The Worst Thing Democrats Could Do Right Nownytimes.com· 35h

  In a New York Times opinion column, Ben Rhodes argues the worst thing Democrats could do is trade their newfound populist energy for a familiar insider ethos, citing Yassamin Ansari's detention-center visits, Zohran Mamdani's affordability focus, and Gina Hinojosa's Texas win. He warns against reverting to business as usual, backs Chris Van Hollen for Senate leader, and urges visible governance, anti-corruption oversight, and populist legislation, including abolishing the filibuster.
• Southern Democrats Repudiate MAGA Racismnewyorker.com· 2d

  Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor's New Yorker article argues that Southern Black Democratic candidates in the 2026 midterms weathered racist attacks from Donald Trump and his allies and ran unexpectedly strong campaigns, with Keisha Lance Bottoms becoming the first Black woman elected governor and wins for Abdul El-Sayed and Scott Colom. Taylor writes that these class-focused campaigns show the viability of Democratic politics in the South, if the party chooses to invest there.
• The Democratic Leadership Fights Are Missing Something - The American Prospectprospect.org· 3d

  In The American Prospect, David Dayen argues the Democratic leadership fights—Chuck Schumer's Senate contest challenged by Chris Van Hollen and Bernie Sanders, and Hakeem Jeffries' Speaker race—fixate on individual leaders while the real problem is the centralized, Pelosi-style leadership itself. He forecasts Schumer likely stays in control despite base discontent.
• Black Women Carried Democrats to Victory—Again - The American Prospectprospect.org· 4d

  Naomi Bethune writes in The American Prospect that Black voters, and Black women especially, turned out in force in the 2026 election, propelling Democrats to wins despite the Trump administration's disenfranchisement efforts and post-Louisiana v. Callais gerrymandering in Southern states. The article credits Black women's grassroots organizing and coalition-building for historic wins like Keisha Lance Bottoms becoming the country's first Black female governor and Angie Nixon nearly beating Florida Senator Ashley Moody, while questioning whether the blue wave will address economic disparities hitting Black women hard.
• Schumer & Jeffries RATF*CK Dems ALREADY!! | The Kyle Kulinski Showyoutube.com· 4d

  On The Kyle Kulinski Show, Kyle Kulinski argues Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are already betraying the voters behind the Democrats' landslide, citing Sludge reports that Schumer's former aides lobby for private equity, calls to reject Jeffries as speaker, his AIPAC and Palantir donations, and a day-one agenda critics call a return to 2023. He plays clips of Hasan Piker calling Jeffries out of touch, Liz Smith warning against Medicare for All "irrational exuberance," and James Carville dismissing Angie Nixon, whom Roland Martin and her crossover vote numbers defend.
• We can do betterghost.io· 5d

  Thor Benson argues that despite Democrats' landslide midterm win, voters were not endorsing Hakeem Jeffries or Chuck Schumer, whom he calls timid and unsuited to the moment, and that Democrats should choose different leaders. He says a leadership debate would make the party look democratic, and suggests figures like Ayanna Pressley and Chris Van Hollen.
• Democrats’ Victory Will Be Wasted Without New Leadershipcurrentaffairs.org· 5d

  Current Affairs argues that Democrats' 2026 landslide—powered by left-wing winners like Abdul El-Sayed, Angie Nixon, and Troy Jackson who triumphed despite Chuck Schumer's opposition or neglect—will be squandered if the party keeps its current leadership. It says Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries must be replaced, suggesting figures like Bernie Sanders, Chris Van Hollen, or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
• Erin Burnett OutFront 11/7/26 | CNN Breaking News Today November 7, 2026youtube.com· 6d

  CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront reports Democrats' historic 2026 midterm sweep: Burnett says they hold 253 House seats to the Republicans' 156 with 26 races uncalled, and have already regained the Senate with 54. Guests blame the Iran war, Ken Paxton, and Trump himself, as Republicans push to oust Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Tucker Carlson declares the Trump era over.
• Trump SCRAMBLES After Getting REBUKED By Group He FEARED MOST!!youtube.com· 7d

  Katie Phang interviews Vote Mama founder Liuba Gretchen Shirley, who says the group elected 188 Democratic mothers in the 2026 elections with a 95% win rate, and that a third of new members of Congress are Vote Mama moms. Shirley credits the wins to candidates speaking plainly about the costs of raising kids, and says Vote Mama will back Angie Nixon fully when she runs again in 2028.
• Does Florida’s narrow escape from the blue wave hold lessons for Republicans?washingtonpost.com· 7d

  Alex DeLuca's Washington Post article asks whether Florida's narrow Republican escape from the blue wave holds lessons for the party, noting that while few Republicans were cheering their midterms showing, Gov. Ron DeSantis probably came closest to a victory lap. Commenters blame Democrats' lack of investment in Florida and criticize GOP governance there, including DeSantis's, and voice frustration with Amendment 3.
• These Are My Top 10 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Blue Tsunamisubstack.com· 7d

  In a Substack post, W. Kamau Bell draws ten takeaways from the Democrats' 2026 midterm "Bluenami": Keisha Lance Bottoms becoming Georgia's first Black woman governor, Gina Hinojosa unseating Greg Abbott in Texas after Joe Rogan and Elon Musk's pro-Trump Texas takeover backfired, LaKesha Womack beating the congressman who gerrymandered her district, and Trump's Supreme Court–enabled redrawing of districts costing Republicans seats. He blames Chuck Schumer and the DSCC for Angie Nixon's narrow loss, still sees ICE, expensive groceries, and threats to trans kids as unfinished work, quotes Mother Jones on the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and forecasts it could make the 2028 election the popular vote's to decide.
• AOC is the only Democratic nominee who can make the blue tsunami lastsubstack.com· 7d

  In a 6 November 2026 Perkstack column, Nick Perkins argues that despite Jon Ossoff's 18-point Georgia Senate win and the Democrats' sweeping midterm majorities making him the 2028 frontrunner, Ossoff's incrementalism suits him poorly for a once-in-a-generation moment. He contends Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the only nominee with the agenda — Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, a higher minimum wage — to deliver a second New Deal and turn the blue tsunami into a lasting Democratic coalition.
• The Angie Nixon Caucus - The American Prospectprospect.org· 8d

  Maureen Tkacik's American Prospect article profiles two grassroots Democrats, LaKesha Womack and Victoria Broderick, who flipped Republican-held House seats in North Carolina and Tennessee on budgets under $100,000, arguing they belong to an emerging "Angie Nixon caucus" of populist candidates who beat the system by skipping consultants, call time, and big fundraising. Among the facts: Womack, who was homeless in 2019, faces a felony hearing over a seven-year-old unreturned rental car, while Broderick leads eight-term incumbent Scott DesJarlais by 280 votes with her race uncalled.
• ‘The South rose up’: Black lawmakers urge Democrats to invest in region before 2028politico.com· 8d

  Politico reports that a surge in Black voter turnout fueled Democratic wins across the South in the November 2026 midterms — a 21-point turnout increase in counties at least 60% Black — and that Black Democratic lawmakers are pressing the party to invest in the region before 2028. Victories include Keisha Lance Bottoms as the first Black woman governor, a first South Carolina Senate win in nearly three decades, and Mississippi's Senate race still too close to call, with Raphael Warnock, Bennie Thompson, and Troy Carter among those demanding year-round investment.
• The New House Will Have Genuine Working-Class People. Will It Matter?newrepublic.com· 8d

  The New Republic's Monica Potts reports that the 2026 midterms swept in a wave of working-class Democrats — at least 17 union members likely headed to Congress, including logger Troy Jackson, who unseated Susan Collins in Maine — and argues the blue wave was a referendum on Trump's economy and a rejection of billionaire power. She warns Democrats must deliver on wages, unions, and health care, or voters will demand change again in two years.
• Black voters help propel Democrats, including history makers, in sweeping midterm victoriesapnews.com· 9d

  The Associated Press reports that strong Black turnout drove Democratic midterm wins on November 3, 2026, including Keisha Lance Bottoms as the first Black woman elected U.S. governor, Shomari Figures' reelection in a redrawn Alabama district, and Black women winning several Georgia statewide offices. In closer races, Scott Colom remained locked with Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith as votes were still being tallied, Justin Pearson conceded a tight Tennessee race, and Jamie Davis fell just short in Louisiana, while Kamala Harris called the results a wake-up call for Democratic investment in the South.
• Actually, Democrats Don’t Have to Sacrifice Trans People or Immigrants to Winthenation.com· 9d

  In a Nation opinion column, Elie Mystal argues the 2026 midterms prove Democrats can win without abandoning trans people, immigrants, or other principles. He cites results including J.D. Ford's defeat of Victoria Spartz in Indiana, logger Troy Jackson's win over Susan Collins in Maine, Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan, and Peggy Flanagan's Minnesota win on a dismantling-ICE platform, and says the party's know-it-alls who backed Graham Platner were dead wrong.
• Angie Nixon could have won Florida. National Democrats failed hersalon.com· 9d

  A Salon commentary argues national Democrats' refusal to fund Angie Nixon's democratic socialist Senate campaign cost the party a winnable Florida race, blaming her narrow loss to appointed incumbent Ashley Moody on the DSCC's write-off of the state. It points to national party spending that favored Iowa over Florida ten to one while Democrats came shockingly close in Mississippi and Louisiana, and says well-placed funding could have blocked Trump's agenda.
• TOTAL WIPEOUT: Dems 56 SEATS?, MS BLUE?youtube.com· 10d

  Breaking Points' election-night rundown has Democrats sweeping statewide races — Talarico by 12 in Texas, Ossoff by 18 in Georgia, Cooper by 20 in North Carolina — putting them at 55 or 56 Senate seats, with Hyde Smith's opponent narrowly ahead in Mississippi, where no automatic recount exists. The co-hosts attribute the wave to gas prices, an unpopular war, corruption stories, and an affordability playbook picked up nationwide after Zohran Mamdani, while Elon Musk's half a billion dollars failed to move races.
• Trump tells CNBC he can work with Dems on ‘many more things than people understand’cnbc.com· 10d

  CNBC's live blog tracks a Democratic midterm wave on 4 November 2026 — sweeping the House and Senate, flipping five governorships including Texas and Georgia, and driving the Dow up more than 1,500 points — as President Trump tells CNBC he can work with Democrats on "many more things than people understand" while blaming the Iran war's oil prices for the losses. The blog also covers Hakeem Jeffries' speaker bid, Pete Hegseth's uncertain future, voters rejecting data center measures in 40 of 41 races, and uncalled Senate counts in Mississippi and Alaska.
• A Blue Wave Just Crashed on Trumpnewyorker.com· 10d

  In a New Yorker article, Benjamin Wallace-Wells reports that a Democratic wave in the 2026 midterms stripped Donald Trump's party of Senate races in Ohio, Texas, South Carolina, Iowa, and Kansas, with Fox News projecting Democrats would take the House, and argues that after two years of DOGE, broad tariffs, a migration crackdown, and the Iran war, almost nothing in U.S. politics seems certain. He traces Democratic gains to newer figures like Jon Ossoff, James Talarico, and Abdul El-Sayed, says the intraparty fight between insurgents and the legacy party is unresolved, and quotes Trump calling the result "just a point in time."
• Republican Ashley Moody Holds On to Florida Senate Seat, Defeating Angie Nixonnytimes.com· 10d

  The New York Times, reporting from Patricia Mazzei, covers Republican Ashley Moody's special-election win over Democrat Angie Nixon for the Florida Senate seat Ron DeSantis appointed her to in 2025, completing Marco Rubio's term. Nixon, who would have been Florida's first Black senator, leaned into progressive policies and ran a grass-roots campaign that kept the race closer than expected in a state Trump carried by 13 points.
• Democrats Win Ohio Governor’s Race as Vivek Ramaswamy Blows It Againnewrepublic.com· 10d

  A New Republic live-blog tracks Democrats' midterm sweep: Amy Acton defeated Vivek Ramaswamy for Ohio governor, making her the state's first Democratic governor in 15 years, and the outlet credits the backlash over his campaign ads—including one using Acton's estranged mother—for sinking him. It also notes James Talarico turning Texas blue, Annie Andrews's Senate win over Darline Graham in South Carolina, Republican gerrymandering in Florida backfiring, and MAGA figures like Michael Flynn lamenting the results.
• Ryan Grim PREDICTION: DEM SUPERMAJORITYyoutube.com· 11d

  In a Breaking Points video, Ryan Grim lays out a Senate prediction map built around a historic, maybe once-in-a-century wave that could hand Democrats a supermajority, walking through races in Maine, Montana, Arkansas, Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Florida. He flags Arkansas as his least confident call and calls Angie Nixon a generational talent even as he doubts Florida can flip.
• Election Day is upon usdailykos.com· 11d

  Daily Kos staff run a live blog tracking Election Night 2026 results, where Democratic Sen. Mark Warner has been declared the winner in Virginia, the first Senate call of the night, and Democrats lead in Indiana's 5th District, where Rep. Victoria Spartz trails JD Ford by 20 points with half the vote counted. Markos Moulitsas calls the first exit polls brutal for Trump, with 62% of voters blaming him for high prices, while Emily C. Singer says Trump is complaining on Truth Social about fake polls.
• Florida Election Results 2026: Live Updatesnpr.org· 11d

  NPR's live updates page tracks the 2026 Florida election results, tabulated by the Associated Press, which estimates 0% of votes in as of 2 November 2026 at 10:10 p.m. PT, with all listed races — governor (Byron Donalds vs David Jolly), Senate (incumbent Ashley Moody vs Angie Nixon), and several House districts — still at 0 votes.
• Florida U.S. Senate Special Election 2026 Live Results: Ashley Moody vs. Angie Nixonnbcnews.com· 11d

  NBC News projects Republican incumbent Ashley Moody the winner of Florida's 2026 special U.S. Senate election for the seat previously held by Marco Rubio, leading Angie Nixon 50.8% to 48.1% with 96% of the expected vote in. It also projects Democrat Roy Cooper flipping North Carolina's Senate seat and other Democratic wins across the 2026 elections.
• MAGA POLLSTER: Historic DEM NIGHT INCOMINGyoutube.com· 12d

  Breaking Points interviews pollster Rich Baris about his new Florida polls, which show the governor's race within three points as Democrats claw back registration ground and higher-propensity Republicans vote early. He also discusses Trump voters refusing polls, the 2025 miss that understated Democrats, and pollsters herding under pressure.
• James Carville Says He’d Rather GOP Win House by 5 Seats Than Dems Win by 5: They’d Be ‘Hostage to DSA’mediaite.com· 26d

  James Carville says he would rather see Republicans win the House by five seats than Democrats win by the same margin, warning that a razor-thin majority would leave Hakeem Jeffries hostage to the Democratic Socialists of America. The comments, made on Bill Kristol's Bulwark podcast, continue Carville's months-long campaign against the party's left flank, and he says DSA-backed primary winners should not be treated as Democrats.