Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) appointed state Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) to the Senate on Thursday, catapulting a rising star in Florida politics into the national spotlight. Moody

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ announcement that he’s appointing Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Marco Rubio places the 49-year-old Plant City native in an exotic locale far from home.

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

“My overriding objective will be to return the Department of Justice to its core mission of keeping Americans safe and vigorously prosecuting criminals,” Bondi said. “That includes getting back to basics: gang, drugs cartels, our border and our foreign adversary.”

(The Center Square) – At her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said that if confirmed as ... Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody did. In one case, her office sued Antifa and Jane’s Revenge activists who ...

Ashley Moody will soon move from the Florida Cabinet to the U.S ... Moody, 49, who in 2019 became the second woman to be Florida Attorney General when she succeeded Pam Bondi, also will be the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has tapped the state’s Republican attorney general, Ashley Moody, to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in the Senate following his nomination to serve as

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

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) will resign his seat upon his confirmation as Secretary of State, which gave Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) a decision on who to appoint.

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is congratulating Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on her appointment by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the U.S. Senate to succeed U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.

Ashley Moody, Florida's attorney general ... She was the second woman to become Florida's attorney general. She succeeded Pam Bondi, who is Trump's pick as U.S. attorney general. She's also undergoing confirmation hearings in Washington, D.C. Moody ...

Moody, a Tampa Bay area native, has been Florida’s attorney general since 2019. She'll hold Rubio's seat until the 2026 election.