{"text":[[{"start":7.06,"text":"A member of the Democratic Socialists of America unexpectedly won the primary election to become Florida Democrats’ pick for the US Senate, in the latest victory for progressives shaking up the party’s establishment."}],[{"start":19.44,"text":"Angie Nixon, a Florida state representative, clinched the Democratic nomination early on Wednesday. She beat Alex Vindman, a US Army veteran whom Donald Trump fired from the National Security Council after he testified against the president during congressional impeachment proceedings in 2019."}],[{"start":37.42,"text":"Nixon’s 12-point win is the latest boost to the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, which has secured primary victories in Minnesota, New York and Colorado as it campaigns on voters’ discontent over the political establishment."}],[{"start":49.4,"text":"“Together, we went up . . . against millions of dollars . . . We were outspent 16 to one and we won,” Nixon said in her victory speech, as she called for taking on “the rampant corruption in Washington DC”."}],[{"start":61.76,"text":"“We showed the world what organised people can accomplish,” Nixon added. “And we showed the world what the people of Florida are all about: Medicare for all, universal childcare, real affordable housing, fully funded public education and an end to senseless war.”"}],[{"start":77.12,"text":"Other progressives fell short in separate Florida primaries, however. Elijah Manley and Oliver Larkin respectively lost heavily to incumbents Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Jared Moskowitz in congressional district polls."}],[{"start":89.28,"text":"The far left has also suffered defeats in other primaries, including in Wisconsin, where Milwaukee County executive David Crowley, a moderate, unexpectedly defeated a democratic socialist in a tight race to become Democrats’ pick for governor."}],[{"start":103.32,"text":"Florida’s Republican gubernatorial primaries were also being closely watched on Tuesday. Byron Donalds, the nominee backed by Trump, prevailed over candidates including far-right James Fishback, who was criticised by the state’s own Republican Party for what it described as his “antisemitic and racist attacks”."}],[{"start":120.04,"text":"Donalds will face Democrat David Jolly, a former Republican, in a race to determine the replacement for Republican governor Ron DeSantis, who has reached his term limit."}],[{"start":133.15,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1787132876_6526.mp3"}