TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take 鈥檚 seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to in the chamber.
Elected as the state鈥檚 top law enforcement officer in 2018, Moody campaigned on a pledge to voters that she鈥檇 be a prosecutor, not a politician. Along with DeSantis, Moody boosted her political profile during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling on the federal government to 鈥渉old China responsible鈥� for the outbreak.
Before running for statewide office, Moody worked as a federal prosecutor. In 2006, she was elected to the post of circuit judge in Hillsborough County, home to Tampa.
Kate Payne, The Associated Press
