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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Aratani

Ron DeSantis picks Florida attorney general to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat

A woman speaks into a microphone as a smiling man stands next to her
Ashley Moody, left, at a 2021 press conference with Ron DeSantis in Florida. Photograph: Orlando Sentinel/TNS

The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, has announced he is appointing Ashley Moody, the state’s attorney general, to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat. Rubio is Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state.

Moody has been Florida’s attorney general since 2019, having replaced Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick for US attorney general. Rubio had been in the Senate since 2011 as part of the Tea Party wave during the 2010 election.

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