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

Republican Ashley Moody has been sworn in as Florida’s junior U.S. Senator. She took office a day after former U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s confirmation as Secretary of State. Vice President JD Vance administered the oath of office to Moody and new Ohio U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, who fills the seat just vacated by Vance.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) tapped Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill the seat of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who is slated to lead the State Department. “I want somebody that’s going to work with President Trump to deliver on the mandate he earned from the American people,

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced he is replacing Marco Rubio in the Senate with the state's attorney general, Ashley Moody.

Ashley Moody, Florida's attorney general, was selected by Gov. Ron DeSantis to replace Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate.

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.

The Florida attorney general has been a faithful foot soldier to Governor Ron DeSantis — and President-elect Donald Trump.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that state Attorney General Ashley Moody will be taking Marco Rubio’s place as the Sunshine State’s junior senator. DeSantis announced his pick at a news conference in Orlando days before Rubio is set to resign to become President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state.

Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

Moody, 49, becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins, a Republican who served one term in the 1980s.

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.