Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., revealed on Thursday who he plans to appoint to the Senate once Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., resigns, as he is expected to be confirmed to be President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of State after his inauguration.
The governor selected Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to be the next senator.
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Florida AG Ashley Moody and Gov. Ron DeSantis at public event. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Moody has been a key ally of DeSantis in the state and worked in tandem with him to facilitate his agenda as governor.
During his Thursday announcement, DeSantis said “So this is something that I thought about long and hard. We did a lot of research. We got a number of great candidates throughout the state of Florida, and many of them, I think, could have done a good job. But the final criteria I used was because you can say all those things and say you stand for it—I wanted somebody with a demonstrated record of delivering results on those important issues. Talk is cheap.”
“We need people that have demonstrated fidelity to these principles with their actions. So that is why today I’m proud to announce that I am selecting our Attorney General, Ashley Moody, to serve as our next U.S. Senator,” he told attendees.
Moody accepted the challenge and thanked the governor for choosing her. “Thank you so much. I will bring the same persistence and passion and tenacity as a United States Senator that I have brought as Florida’s Attorney General,” she said.
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Moody was chosen to be the next Florida senator. (Florida Governor’s Office)
“If you have worked with me and fought with me over the last six years, you know, I don’t think of this as a job. I think of it as a calling,” she explained.
When asked about potentially taking on the role on “Fox and Friends First” in November,