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

Moody, a Republican from Plant City who was in her second term as Attorney General when Gov. Ron DeSantis picked her to replace Secretary of State Marco Rubio, is on five panels, where her previous roles will inform her legislative work. Her experience as a jurist will surely come into play on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

Fittingly, U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody cast her first vote as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Pam Bondi for U.S. Attorney General. Bondi was Moody’s predecessor as Florida’s Attorney General.

Moody, an ally of the governor, said she looked forward to carrying out the Trump agenda.

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, testifies Thursday before the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence

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.

Vice President J.D. Vance swore in the former Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody as a new senator ... will build on that success in the United States Senate. I look forward to working closely ...

“I believe that we have done that, and I think we have to take that same direction to the United States Senate ... for transgender children. “Ashley Moody has been Ron’s personal lapdog ...

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.

Ron DeSantis has selected Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate ... He was a law clerk for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and worked for Rubio in Washington. He later was an associate at the Jones Day law firm, also ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) appointed Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, 49, to fill Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-FL) seat.

The Senate voted on Monday to confirm Marco Rubio as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, the first high-level Cabinet official for the new administration to be approved by the chamber.