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  • Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

  • In Florida, a big win for Democratic Socialist State Representative Angie Nixon,

  • who beat Lieutenant Colonel Alex Vindman, who outraised her by 16 to 1. And Pierce Ashley Lopez has more.

  • Nixon will be running against Republican Senator Ashley Moody, an incumbent who was endorsed by President Trump.

  • And moving forward, a big question is how Nixon positions herself as she tries to get votes from in a red state,

  • and she ran on a lot of progressive ideas like Medicare for All, universal childcare, and raising taxes on billionaires.

  • She also joined the Democratic Socialists of America, but was never endorsed by the group.

  • And Piers Ashley Lopez.

  • Meanwhile, Florida could elect its first black governor.

  • Republican Representative Byron Donalds, who is backed by President Trump, easily won his GOP primary race for governor.

  • He'll face Democrat David Jolly, a former Republican.

  • And in Alaska's key Senate race, former Congresswoman Mary Peltola

  • and Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan have advanced to the November ballot.

  • A dozen Republican-led states are appealing the latest court order that blocks

  • President Trump's efforts to limit mail-in voting for this fall's midterms.

  • NPR's Hansi Lo Wang has more.

  • Alabama, Florida, Indiana, and Missouri are among the 12 states to appeal the latest ruling by a federal judge.