Angie Nixon

Melanin Market

Nixon is the co-founder of the Melanin Market, an outdoor market which allows small business owners to sell healthy food options and connects residents to local resources.^[5]

Literary works

Nixon co-authored a book with her daughter, Natalie McGriff. When Natalie was 7, in response to her low self-esteem about her natural hair, Nixon suggested the two write a comic-style children's book about a girl whose Afro puffs transform her into a powerful superhero. The Adventures of Moxie McGriff was born. The book won Florida's One Spark where they received enough funding to publish and tour the book, donating many copies to organizations that promote literacy.^[6]

Food industry

Nixon, along with her daughter, owns a smoothie/ice cream/sandwich shop on the Eastside of Jacksonville called Natalie’s Nook & Candy Shop. The goal is for their restaurant, is to bring healthy food options to the food insecure neighborhood.^[7]

In 2024, Nixon founded a bookstore and coffee shop in Jacksonville's Northside called Cafe Resistance, which serves as a community-focused space for local organizing, after-school educational and recreational activities for children and students, and promoting black history and culture through literature and storytelling in opposition to state repression of historical accounts of African-American resistance.^[8]

Florida Public Service Union

Nixon is currently Director for the Florida Public Service Union's (FPSU) Higher Education Campaign and was previously the Florida state field director for the Service Employees International Union, of which FPSU is an affiliate.

Disruptive Conduct Reprimand

The Florida State House reprimanded Nixon May 14, 2026 for her loud and disruptive conduct on April 29, 2026 while using a pink megaphone in a loud and boisterous protest intended to interrupt a congressional redistricting vote. The House Rules and Ethics Committee sanctioned her for violating conduct rule 15.2 and even causing injuries, and in particular, for creating confusion and interfering with legislative business.^[9]

The Committee's action was described as a “measured response” to maintain legislative decorum, especially since her outburst disrupted the voting process and reportedly caused damage to another lawmaker's hearing, leading to a workers' compensation claim. The reprimand followed a history of Nixon's protests against redistricting, including a previous incident in 2022.^[10]

Nixon defended her actions by stating that fighting for democracy is more important than maintaining decorum.

Elections

Since there were no other party nominees for the office, and the two persons who had discussed running as write-in candidates withdrew, the general election was cancelled and Nixon was declared the winner.