Republican Ashley Moody wins Florida Senate race against Democrat Angie Nixon
Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) defeated Democrat Angie Nixon in Florida's 2026 Senate election. Moody received roughly 50.7% of the vote to Nixon's 48.2%. Moody was appointed to the seat in January 2025 after Marco Rubio left to become secretary of state.
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Divergence score
3 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
3 camps
2 bias groups
The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
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Washington Examiner
CBS News
NBC News
Supportive of action
Neutral
Dismissive
Critical
Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Washington Examiner
Ashley Moody defends seat from Angie Nixon in Florida Senate race
Republican horse-race and fundraising detail · positive
CBS News
Ashley Moody projected to win Florida Senate election
Progressive primary dynamic and socialist-label context · neutral
First to report
- NBC Newsfirst
- Washington Examiner+6 min
- CBS News+12 min
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
All three agree Moody won and frame Nixon as a democratic socialist; they split on whether the seat is a special election to finish Rubio's term or a full six-year term, and on how much Nixon's socialist label mattered.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
“Ashley Moody projected to win Florida Senate election”
“GOP Sen. Ashley Moody wins special Senate election for Marco Rubio’s old seat in Florida”
“Ashley Moody defends seat from Angie Nixon in Florida Senate race”
6 tracked claims across 3 outlets
Fact ledger
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Whether Moody is serving a full six-year term or completing the remainder of Rubio's term through early 2029
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