Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday appointed state Attorney General Ashley Moody to the U.S. Senate, setting her up to fill Sen. Marco Rubio's seat when he joins the Trump administraiton.

DeSantis has been above water his entire six years in office, though he saw his nadir the latter half of 2020, when the state struggled with the pandemic, high unemployment and a failing unemployment assistance website. He was at +1 and +2 in the Fall and Winter quarters, respectively.

The political travel continued that week for DeSantis, though he did come to the state to sign the Heartbeat Protection Act banning abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy late at night. He went to Lynchburg, Virginia, where he talked to Liberty University students, and to Manchester, New Hampshire.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he's waiting till the last minute to announce his pick because he doesn't want the new person to be "a piñata" for the news media.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is taking steps to rebuild his ties with President-elect Trump after a bitter primary rivalry drew a wedge between the two former allies. Trump and DeSantis met over

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that state Attorney General Ashley Moody will be taking Marco Rubio’s place as the Sunshine State’s junior senator. DeSantis announced his pick at a news conference in Orlando days before Rubio is set to resign to become President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, joined by a couple of Central Florida sheriffs, delivered the remarks from Winter Haven on Wednesday. Watch them here:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has tapped the state’s Republican attorney general, Ashley Moody, to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in the Senate following his nomination to serve as

The program allows companies to bring in educated foreign professionals for “specialty” occupations that are hard to fill with U.S. workers, but critics say it costs Americans jobs.

Trump has said he would bring in the military to help with mass deportations, but he has not specified whether he means state-based National Guard members or active duty troops.

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