A Jacksonville Democrat is closing in on her next political move, which would take her out of the Florida House and into the Primary race for the U.S. Senate.

“Change can’t wait, and neither can we. That’s why I’m considering a run for U.S. Senate and launched a listening tour,” state Rep. Angie Nixon wrote in a text message Thursday.

Nixon has been considering a Senate run for months.

As far back as July, one current state Senator was asked for Nixon’s endorsement. And a Democratic consultant said then that Nixon was “going to be announcing for Senate extremely soon,” which “put a lot of pressure on former and current contenders on whether they would stay in the race or not.”

Nixon’s campaign would put pressure on the only current major Democrat running for the right to face U.S.

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