Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate ... of circuit judge in Hillsborough County, home to Tampa. A fifth generation native of Plant City ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber.

Ashley Moody, a Republican, would take the seat of Senator Marco Rubio once he is confirmed as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s secretary of state.

DeSantis said he wanted an appointee who would be strong on immigration enforcement, support cutting the federal bureaucracy and fight “the woke agenda.”

On his first full day in office, Vice President JD Vance administered the oath of office to Moody and new Ohio Sen. John Husted, who is filling Vance's vacancy.

Elected as the state’s top law enforcement officer in 2018, Moody campaigned on a pledge to voters that she’d be a prosecutor, not a politician.

(AP) — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate ... judge in Hillsborough County, home to Tampa. A fifth generation native of Plant City, Florida ...

MOODY WAS A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR IN THE TAMPA AREA ... LIKELY APPOINT HIS CHIEF OF STAFF, JAME Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov.

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.

In a historic move on the second day of President Trump's second term, Florida Senator Marco Rubio has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate as the new Secretary of State, with a vote of 99 to 0. This significant event marks the beginning of President Trump's cabinet formation.

WASHINGTON — The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day.