Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has chosen Ashley Moody to replace Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate. Moody, Florida's Attorney General, will be the second woman to represent Florida in the Senate, following fellow Republican Paula Hawkins who served from 1981-1987.

Moody, 49, becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins, a Republican who served one term in the 1980s.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody delivers remarks after Governor Ron DeSantis ... and the first in nearly 40 years; Republican Paula Hawkins served in the chamber from 1981-1987. In her first statements after DeSantis announced her appointment ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will appoint state Attorney General Ashley Moody to the seat Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is expected to vacate.

Ashley Moody will soon move from the Florida Cabinet to the U.S ... also will be the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate. Paula Hawkins, a Republican, served one term, from 1981 to 1987, but lost her reelection bid to Democrat Bob Graham.

Ron DeSantis’ choice of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody. Her credentials as a full-bore MAGA ... No Republican has been voted out of a Florida Senate seat since Paula Hawkins lost to Bob Graham in 1986. DeSantis could have appointed himself ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to hold a news conference Thursday in Orlando. A source tells ABC News that he is expected to announce his selection to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who President-elect Donald Trump has nominated as U.S. Secretary of State.

Moody, a former prosecutor and judge, has a record of “delivering results,” DeSantis said as he announced his choice at an Orlando hotel.

Ashley Moody was sworn in as a U.S. senator on Tuesday ... becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins, a Republican who served one term in the 1980s.

The attorney general of Florida is supposed to represent the people of the state, not serve as counsel for the governor. Ashley Moody never understood that, but it’s worked out nicely for

Ron DeSantis has appointed Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to be the state's next U.S. senator ... and the first in nearly 40 years; Republican Paula Hawkins served in the chamber from 1981-1987. In her first statements after DeSantis announced ...

MIAMI - Florida House Speaker Danny "Daniel" Perez congratulated state Attorney General Ashley Moody on her appointment to the U.S. Senate by Florida Gov. Ro