Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. Senate (special election) · Florida

3 candidates on the ballot.1,2,3,4,5

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Ashley Moody
Republican · Incumbent
Currently serves as a U.S. senator from Florida, appointed to the seat on January 21, 2025.
Angie Nixon
Democrat · Challenger
Neil J. Gillespie
No Party Affiliation · Challenger

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Ashley MoodyAngie NixonNeil J. Gillespie
Party on the ballotRepublican1,2,3,6Democrat1,2,3,7No Party Affiliation1,2,3,8
StatusIncumbent9ChallengerChallenger
Raised$14,524,032 through October 14, 202610$11,319,380 through October 14, 202611Not found in the public sources we checked
Cash on hand$816,35510$3,266,79511Not found in the public sources we checked
Outside spending$3,749,247 for · $3,484,141 against12$3,971,886 for · $10,151,025 against13Not found in the public sources we checked
Police fundingHer campaign website says that as Florida's attorney general she championed policies to strengthen law enforcement and crack down on violent crime, and her official Senate biography says she supported and recruited law enforcement officers.14,15Her campaign website says she supports demilitarizing police and investing in community-based public safety, violence prevention and crisis response.16Not found in the public sources we checked
Health insurance systemNot found in the public sources we checked
One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All, a plan covering every person in the US with no premiums, deductibles or copays.16,17		His campaign site says he proposes national health coverage that people could opt out of.18,19,20
Immigration enforcement inside the countryNot found in the public sources we checked
Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies
Her campaign website says she supports abolishing ICE and rebuilding immigration enforcement under civilian oversight, with a pause on deportations until enforcement practices are audited.16		His campaign site says he supports the lawful removal of people who enter the country illegally, along with a path to citizenship for immigrants who follow the rules.18,19,20

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Ashley Moody — 1 issue
  • Children and social media
    Her official Senate biography says that as attorney general she worked to defend children against what it calls invasive and addictive Big Tech policies.15
Angie Nixon — 41 issues
  • Abortion law
    Her campaign website says she supports protecting the right to abortion from political interference.16
  • Birth control and IVF
    Her campaign website says she supports protecting access to contraception and IVF from political interference.16
  • Ethics rules for Supreme Court justices
    Her campaign website says she supports ethics reform for the Supreme Court, including binding ethics rules for all federal judges.16
  • Supreme Court term limits
    Set fixed terms, such as 18 years
    Her campaign website says she supports term limits for Supreme Court justices.16
  • Voting Rights Act protections
    Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act)
    Her campaign website says she supports restoring and expanding the Voting Rights Act.16
  • Marijuana laws
    Her campaign website says she supports federal decriminalization of marijuana.16
  • Federal minimum wage
    Her campaign website says she supports raising the federal minimum wage to a living wage that rises with inflation, covering every worker.16
  • Union fees and right-to-work laws
    Allow union contracts that require fees in every state, overriding state right-to-work laws
    Her campaign website says she supports ending right-to-work laws.16
  • Union organizing rules
    Make it easier to form a union (for example, the PRO Act)
    Her campaign website says she supports passing the PRO Act to make it easier to form a union.16
  • Books in school libraries
    Her campaign website says she opposes federal or state efforts to ban books.16
  • Classroom teaching on race, gender and sexuality
    Her campaign website says she opposes efforts to censor curricula or punish teachers for teaching accurate history, and supports age-appropriate standards written by educators and historians rather than political appointees.16
  • Student loan forgiveness
    Broad cancellation of student debt
    Her campaign website says she supports canceling student debt.16
  • Tuition-free college
    Free tuition at public colleges and universities
    Her campaign website says she supports tuition-free public college and trade school.16
  • Campaign finance rules
    Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
    Her campaign website says she supports overturning Citizens United, capping contributions to super PACs and public financing of elections.16
  • Drawing district lines (redistricting)
    Have independent commissions, not lawmakers, draw district lines
    Her campaign website says she supports independent redistricting commissions to end partisan gerrymandering, and says she led the fight against Governor DeSantis's voting maps, which it calls unfair.16,17
  • Stock trading by members of Congress
    Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
    Her campaign website says she supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office.16
  • Voter ID
    Her campaign website says she supports ending voter ID laws it describes as burdensome.16
  • Data centers and electricity costs
    Her campaign website says tech companies should pay for the energy and water their data centers use, and that no new data centers should be built until federal rules, including environmental review and community input, are in place.16
  • Child care costs
    Make child care free, or cap what families pay at a set share of income (such as 7%), paid for with new public funding
    Her campaign website says she supports universal child care and pre-kindergarten, with costs capped so no family pays more than a small share of its income, and says she expanded child care in the State House.16,17
  • Food assistance (SNAP)
    Undo the 2025 changes or expand benefits and eligibility
    Her campaign website says she supports reversing the SNAP cuts affecting veterans' families.16
  • Paid family and medical leave
    Create a national paid leave program for all workers
    Her campaign website says she supports paid family and medical leave for every worker in the country, guaranteed by law.16
  • Foreign aid
    Restore or increase foreign aid, including programs cut in 2025
    Her campaign website says she supports restoring US humanitarian aid and US funding for UN agencies and global public health programs.16
  • Iran's nuclear program and sanctions
    Her campaign website says she supports ending the war in Iran.16
  • Military aid to Israel
    Her campaign website says US military assistance must not be used to enable human rights violations, citing the Leahy Law, and calls for ending US support for West Bank settlements it describes as illegal and for upholding the ceasefire in Gaza.16
  • Who decides on military action
    Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack
    Her campaign website says she would enforce the War Powers Act so that every member of Congress has to vote on the record before US troops are sent into combat.16
  • ACA premium tax credits
    Her campaign website says she supports restoring the ACA tax credits that, according to the site, 440,000 Floridians lost this year.16
  • Federal Medicaid funding
    Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding
    Her campaign website says she supports reversing the Medicaid cuts affecting veterans' families.16
  • Large investors buying single-family homes
    Her campaign website says she supports cracking down on corporate landlords and investors who buy single-family homes.16
  • Limits on rent increases
    Freeze rents or keep yearly increases low, as in traditional rent control
    Her campaign website says she supports a national rent freeze, a national rent stabilization standard and a moratorium on evictions.16,17
  • Legal status for immigrants here without permission, including Dreamers
    A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks
    Her campaign website says she supports a swift path to citizenship for Dreamers and other undocumented residents.16
  • State and local role in immigration enforcement
    Her campaign website says local police should not share license plate and location data with federal immigration authorities without a criminal warrant.16
  • Federal disaster aid (FEMA)
    Her campaign website says she supports taking FEMA out of the Department of Homeland Security and funding disaster resilience to protect homes from hurricanes.16
  • Medicare dental, vision and hearing coverage
    Add dental, vision and hearing coverage to traditional Medicare
    Her campaign website says she wants Medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing care.16
  • Social Security benefit levels
    Increase benefits, for example with larger yearly cost-of-living raises
    Her campaign website says she supports protecting Social Security and expanding its benefits rather than cutting them.16
  • Taxes on very large fortunes
    A yearly tax on net worth above a high threshold (such as $50 million)
    Her campaign website says she supports a 5% yearly tax on the part of a person's net worth above $1 billion.16
  • Rules for artificial intelligence
    Her campaign website says she supports safety requirements for AI chatbots, clear notice that users are talking to a machine, and independent safety testing before AI products reach children.16
  • DC statehood and self-government
    Make most of DC a state, with two senators and a voting House member
    Her campaign website says she supports statehood for Washington, D.C.16
  • Puerto Rico's political status
    Her campaign website says the people of Puerto Rico should decide its future political status through a binding process.16
  • Private care for veterans
    Expand the VA's own hospitals and clinics, using private care mainly when the VA can't provide it
    Her campaign website says she opposes privatizing VA services and wants to expand the VA's own facilities, including a full VA medical center in Jacksonville.16
  • VA staffing
    Hire more VA staff, including to replace jobs lost in 2025
    Her campaign website says she wants to restore VA job cuts and hire more VA doctors, nurses and mental health providers.16
  • Veterans' disability and survivor benefits
    Expand benefits for some groups, such as combat-injured retirees with under 20 years of service and surviving spouses who remarry
    Her campaign website says she supports the Major Richard Star Act, which would let veterans injured in combat keep both their full military retirement pay and their VA disability pay.16
Neil J. Gillespie — 2 issues
  • Proof of citizenship to register to vote
    In questionnaire answers posted on his campaign site, he says proof of citizenship is important for secure elections and suggests the State Department could keep the documents people need to prove citizenship.19,20
  • Birthright citizenship
    In questionnaire answers posted on his campaign site, he says the US must end birth tourism.18

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.