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Ashley Moody waves to supporters at a campaign rally, with American and Florida flags and a Make America Great Again sign behind her. Senator Ashley Moody gestures and points toward Senator Sheldon Whitehouse as they argue across the Senate Judiciary Committee dais.
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Ashley Moody waves to supporters at a campaign rally, with American and Florida flags and a Make America Great Again sign behind her.
On the campaign trail Sen. Ashley Moody waves to the crowd after being introduced by Pres. Donald Trump at a campaign event in Daytona Beach, Florida, in 2026. Appointed in 2025, she won election to the U.S. Senate in 2026.

Ashley Moody

United States senator
Also known as: Ashley Brooke Moody
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Ashley Moody is a fifth-generation Floridian who learned about her Florida roots from an early age. Her family members have been prominent citizens in the small central Florida city of Plant City since the late 19th century. She embraced the Moody family legacy by becoming a federal prosecutor, a judge, the state’s attorney general, and, in 2025, a United States senator. Quick Facts Ashley Moody was born in 1975, the oldest of Carol and James...

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