Three Insurgents Challenge Florida Democrats in Tuesday Primary

Larkin, who openly identifies as a democratic socialist, told Newsweek the party's standard collapsed in 2024. "The electability argument, the how electable a candidate is being directly tied in with how many corporate PAC donations or how moderate they are on issues, I think that's just gone completely out the window after the 2024 election, losing a second nationwide election to Donald Trump," he said, adding: "Kamala Harris lost every single swing state in the country in 2024." He summed up his pitch as arithmetic: "Electoralism is a game of addition, not subtraction."

Manley, who calls himself a progressive and economic populist, said the standard is applied selectively. "People tend to use the word electability and viability against candidates of color the most," he said. "And against women, against candidates of color, Black candidates specifically." He rejected the case for moderation: "Why would I vote for a Republican light when I could just have the Republican?"

Nixon said she is not worried about appealing to Florida's independent and no-party-affiliation voters. "We are not going to leave any stone unturned at all," she told Jacksonville Today. "This campaign is not about politics as usual. It's about returning the power back into the hands of the people." She is endorsed by Tlaib, Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Service Employees International Union and the Working Families Party.

Vindman, in a statement to Newsweek, said: "The choice is clear: if you want an outsider who is ready to disrupt the status quo, I'm your guy." His campaign said it has attracted 235,000 unique donors with an average contribution under $40, that 98 percent of donations were under $200, and that he takes no corporate PAC money. He is running on a "Florida First Agenda" that includes lowering homeowners' insurance, gas and housing costs and banning congressional stock trading.

Republican Rep. Randy Fine criticized Tlaib's visit, telling Fox News Digital it was "no coincidence" that Tlaib, the only Palestinian American currently serving in Congress, was campaigning against two of the chamber's remaining Jewish Democrats.

White House spokeswoman Allison Schuster said in a previous statement to Newsweek that "the Democrats' full-blown embrace of socialism and communism is a mortal threat to American liberty," adding that "President Trump will never allow America to become a socialist or communist country."