Ashley Moody
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Ashley Brooke Moody (born March 28, 1975) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Florida. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 38th attorney general of Florida from 2019 to 2025. Born in Plant City, Florida, Moody received both her undergraduate degree and Juris Doctor from the University of Florida. She worked in civil litigation and then was an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Florida until she was elected as a circuit court judge in Hillsborough County in 2006. She remained in the role until 2017, when she resigned to run for Florida attorney general. She won the 2018 election by the widest margin of any statewide race that year. As Florida attorney general, Moody supported lawsuits to invalidate the Affordable Care Act and opposed the legalization of recreational marijuana. She supported then-President Donald Trump in Florida during the 2020 presidential election, and joined in the Texas v. Pennsylvania lawsuit, which sought to overturn the results of the election. In January 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Moody to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the resignation of Marco Rubio, who became United States secretary of state. On January 21, 2025, she was sworn in by Vice President JD Vance, becoming Florida's second female senator, after Paula Hawkins. Moody's appointment expires in January 2027; to remain in the Senate, she must win a special election in November 2026. She is running for a full term.