{"id":2391373,"date":"2025-01-16T17:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-ashley-moody-marco-rubios-senate-replacement\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T17:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T22:49:58","slug":"who-is-ashley-moody-marco-rubios-senate-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-ashley-moody-marco-rubios-senate-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Ashley Moody, Marco Rubio\u2019s Senate replacement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwho-is-ashley-moody-marco-rubios-senate-replacement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2391373&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content\u2062 appears to \u200cfocus on \u200cGovernor Ron DeSantis and discusses Ashley Moody as a potential replacement for Senator Marco Rubio. Though, the specific details regarding who Ashley Moody is or her\u200d qualifications are not provided in\u2064 the \u2062excerpt. The text also suggests an interactive element, inviting users to click a button for \u2062more data, \u2062indicating that there is an extensive article available on the Washington Examiner&#8217;s website. The page includes various mobile navigation elements,a search\u2063 function,and \u200csections formatted\u200b for user engagement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Who is Ashley Moody, Marco Rubio&rsquo;s Senate replacement?<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1937266\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) tapped Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill the seat of Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marco Rubio<\/a> (R-FL), who is slated to lead the State Department.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I want somebody that&rsquo;s going to work with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Trump<\/a> to deliver on the mandate he earned from the American people,&rdquo; DeSantis said about his choice of Moody.<\/p>\n<p>The 49-year-old has served as Florida&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a> since 2019. A Trump loyalist, Moody joined other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">state attorneys general<\/a> in signaling their support for a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requesting that the Supreme Court void the 2020 presidential election results in the swing states of Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Moody and her family accused Trump in a federal lawsuit of fraud stemming from a real estate deal. She said in 2017 that her involvement in the case had no bearing on her support for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This matter had absolutely no bearing on my family&rsquo;s support of our President during the election, and I continue to support him and his agenda in Washington,&rdquo; Moody <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/florida\/story\/2017\/06\/08\/gop-candidate-for-florida-attorney-general-once-sued-donald-trump-in-federal-fraud-case-112624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> in a statement to <em>Politico<\/em> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Moody endorsed DeSantis for president in 2023 and joined him on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Over the last five years, I&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-announces-replacement-for-marco-rubios-senate-seat\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Announces Replacement for Marco Rubio&#039;s Senate Seat\">ve worked hand-<\/a>in-hand and witnessed personally DeSantis&rsquo;s extraordinary leadership, his integrity and his commitment to not only the state of Florida but our nation,&rdquo; Moody said at the time of her endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>However, once the governor dropped out of the presidential race, she, like many DeSantis backers, voiced her support for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2023, Moody petitioned the state Supreme Court to disqualify a 2024 state ballot measure to expand abortion access, claiming that the ballot language could mislead voters. The measure ended up staying on the ballot, but it failed to garner the 60% voter support needed to amend the state constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Moody is a fifth-generation Floridian from Plant City, according to her attorney general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfloridalegal.com\/ag-bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">biography.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2006, at age 31, she became the youngest judge in Florida when she was elected circuit court judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She attended the University of Florida, where she earned her bachelor&rsquo;s and master&rsquo;s degrees, and later attended Stetson University, where she earned a master&rsquo;s degree in international law.<\/p>\n<p>She is married to Justin Duralia, the deputy chief of the Plant City Police Department, and they have two sons together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1937266\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1937266\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Ashley Moody, the new Senate appointee?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2391374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ashley-Moody.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48122,43492,48231,34360,35788],"class_list":["post-2391373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ashley-moody","tag-florida-politics","tag-government-officials","tag-marco-rubio","tag-senate-replacement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ashley-Moody.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391373"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391377,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391373\/revisions\/2391377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}