Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon defended her recent call to put her GOP opponent Sen. Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) in jail over accusations she approved of mishandling taxpayer funds into a charity called Hope Florida. Appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Saturday, Nixon was asked whether her calls for Moody to be “locked up and…

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has made a point of investing in Republican-leaning states. He rallied in Tampa for Ms. Nixon, the underdog Democratic nominee for Florida Senate.

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