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.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to hold a news conference Thursday in Orlando. A source tells ABC News that he is expected to announce his selection to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who President-elect Donald Trump has nominated as U.S. Secretary of State.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will appoint state Attorney General Ashley Moody to the seat Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is expected to vacate.

All 99 senators voted in favor of Rubio, including Rubio himself. The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state on Monday, making him the first confirmed member of ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis revealed in an Orlando press conference on Thursday that Ashley Moody, the state's Attorney General, has been selected

replacing Marco Rubio, who was sworn in earlier in the day as the next secretary of state. Moody, 49, becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins ...

Marco Rubio, whom she’ll replace when he’s confirmed as secretary ... No Republican has been voted out of a Florida Senate seat since Paula Hawkins lost to Bob Graham in 1986. DeSantis could have appointed himself; his selection of Moody suggests ...

After Donald Trump announced that Republican Sen. Marco Rubio would be his choice to serve as the next secretary of state, speculation swirled as to whom Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would appoint to ...

Marco Rubio, Florida's senior senator since 2010 ... and the first in nearly 40 years; Republican Paula Hawkins served in the chamber from 1981-1987. In her first statements after DeSantis announced her appointment Thursday, Moody said her experiences ...

MIAMI - Florida House Speaker Danny "Daniel" Perez congratulated state Attorney General Ashley Moody on her appointment to the U.S. Senate by Florida Gov. Ro

Ron DeSantis names her to take Marco Rubio's seat in the U.S. Senate on Jan. 6 ... Moody will be the first woman in nearly 40 years to represent Florida in the Senate. Republican Paula Hawkins served in the chamber from 1981-1987. With the appointment ...

Under Florida law, it’s up to the Republican governor to pick Rubio’s replacement after Trump picked the three-term senator to be his next secretary of state.