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OPINION: Angie Nixon and Byron Donalds will be on opposing sides come Election Day in a state that hasn’t been the kindest to Black candidates

While long considered a solid Republican stronghold, Tuesday’s primary revealed that not even Florida is immune to national trends. 

Black lawmakers in Florida are calling out Gov. Ron DeSantis for allegedly going MIA during the latest surge.  

Not burdened by respectability politics and rules of decorum, lawmakers like Park Cannon, Angie Nixon, Travaris McCurdy, and Michele K. Rayner-Goolsby center equity injustice and are fighting to protect democracy.