Ashley Moody
Ashley Moody | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| United States Senator from Florida | |
| Assumed office January 21, 2025 Serving with Rick Scott | |
| Appointed by | Ron DeSantis |
| Preceded by | Marco Rubio |
| 38th Attorney General of Florida | |
| In office January 8, 2019 – January 21, 2025 | |
| Governor | Ron DeSantis |
| Preceded by | Pam Bondi |
| Succeeded by | James Uthmeier |
| Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida | |
| In office January 2, 2007 – April 28, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Susan Sexton |
| Succeeded by | Jennifer Gabbard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ashley Brooke Moody March 28, 1975 Plant City, Florida, U.S. |
| Party | Republican (1998–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic (1993–1998) |
| Spouse | Justin Duralia |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | James S. Moody Jr. (father) |
| Education | University of Florida (BS, MS, JD) Stetson University (LLM) |
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| Website | Senate website Campaign website |
Ashley Brooke Moody (born March 28, 1975) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Florida. A member of the Republican Party, she served from 2019 to 2025 as the 38th attorney general of Florida.
Born in Plant City, Florida, Moody is a graduate of University of Florida and Stetson University. She worked in civil litigation and then as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Florida until she was elected as a circuit court judge in Hillsborough County in 2006. She remained in the role until 2017, when she resigned to run for Florida attorney general.
As Florida attorney general, Moody supported lawsuits to invalidate the Affordable Care Act and opposed the legalization of recreational cannabis. She supported then-President Donald Trump in Florida during the 2020 presidential election, and joined the lawsuit Texas v. Pennsylvania, which sought to overturn the results of the election.
In January 2025, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Moody to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the resignation of Marco Rubio. Moody is running for the Republican Party nomination in the 2026 United States Senate special election in Florida.