Ashley Moody

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Ashley Moody
Official portrait, 2025
United States Senator from Florida
Incumbent
Assumed office January 21, 2025 Servingwith Rick Scott
	Republican	Ashley Moody	41,522	39.08%	N/A
	Democratic	Gary Dolgin	33,675	31.70%	N/A
	Independent	Pat Courtney	31,042	29.22%	N/A
Majority			7,847	7.38%	N/A
Turnout			106,239

2006 Thirteenth Judicial Court of Florida election, General election ^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ashley Moody	142,610	60.31%	N/A
	Democratic	Gary Dolgin	93,854	39.69%	N/A
Majority			48,756	20.62%	N/A
Turnout			236,464

2018 Florida Attorney General election, Republican primary ^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ashley Moody	882,028	56.80%	N/A
	Republican	Frank White	670,823	43.20%	N/A
Majority			211,205	13.60%	N/A
Turnout			1,552,851

2018 Florida Attorney General election, General election ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ashley Moody	4,232,532	52.11%	−2.96%
	Democratic	Sean Shaw	3,744,912	46.10%	+4.09%
	Independent	Jeffrey Marc Siskind	145,296	1.79%	N/A
Majority			487,620	6.01%	−7.07%
Turnout			8,122,740
	Republican hold

2022 Florida Attorney General election, General election ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ashley Moody (incumbent)	4,651,279	60.59%	+8.48%
	Democratic	Aramis Ayala	3,025,943	39.41%	−6.69%
Total votes			7,677,222	100.0%
	Republican hold

See also

• List of new members of the 119th United States Congress
• Women in the United States Senate

References

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External links

• Profile at Vote Smart
• Appearances on C-SPAN

Party political offices
Preceded by Pam Bondi	Republican nominee for Attorney General of Florida 2018, 2022	Most recent
Legal offices
Preceded by Pam Bondi	Attorney General of Florida 2019–2025	Succeeded by John Guard Acting
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Marco Rubio	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Florida 2025–present Served alongside: Rick Scott	Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Jon Husted	Order of precedence of the United States as United States Senator	Succeeded by Matt Meyer as Governor of Delaware
	United States senators by seniority 100th	Last