Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis named his state’s attorney general, Ashley Moody, to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate. DeSantis said Thursday that he picked Moody, the attorney general since 2019, because she would work to cut federal spending and curb illegal immigration.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said he would appoint Ashley Moody, his state’s attorney general, to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday named state Attorney General Ashley Moody to the US Senate, choosing a staunch ally to fill the seat set to be vacated by Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State.

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.

Senate confirmation hearings for the Trump cabinet continue on Thursday. They will include Doug Burgum for interior secretary, Scott Turner for housing secretary and Lee Zeldin for Environmental Protection Agency administrator at 10 a.m. Eastern, and Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary at 10:30 a.m.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that Ashley Moody, the state's attorney general, will replace Marco Rubio in the Senate.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday picked Ashley Moody, the state's attorney general, to replace Senator Marco Rubio when he leaves his office to become the next U.S. Secretary of State. Rubio was picked by Trump to serve as the top U.

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.

Governor Ron DeSantis is sending Florida attorney general Ashley Moody from Tallahassee to Washington, D.C. to fill Marco Rubio’s absence in the U.S. Senate.