DeSantis announced he is appointing Ashley Moody to replace Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State.

The Florida attorney general will serve as U.S. senator until the next general election in 2026 when the seat returns to the ballot.

Jim Jordan and State Attorneys General Speak at Republican National Lawyers Association Conference Florida Republican Ashley Moody and Ohio Republican Jon Husted were ceremonially sworn in as members of the U.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced he is replacing Marco Rubio in the Senate with the state's attorney general, Ashley Moody.

If you are not willing to come out now and oppose this swampy piece of legislation, you are not going to get elected governor in this state,” DeSantis says of the legislative

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee (HCREC) re-elected Carmen Edmonds as its Chair during its monthly meeting.

Former U.S. senator from Florida Marco Rubio jumps into new role as secretary of state with flurry of phone calls, planned trip to Panama.

Moody, a Republican from Plant City who was in her second term as Attorney General when Gov. Ron DeSantis picked her to replace Secretary of State Marco Rubio, is on five panels, where her previous roles will inform her legislative work. Her experience as a jurist will surely come into play on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

Nick Pope Republican Florida Sen. Ashley Moody, one of the newest members of the Senate, will serve on key committees that put her in prime position to help advance President Donald Trump’s nominees through the confirmation process.

Republican Florida Sen. Ashley Moody, one of the newest members of the Senate, will serve on key committees that put her in prime position to help advance

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.

Marco Rubio has been sworn in to be Donald Trump's new secretary of state, and another familiar Florida name has joined the Senate in his place.