Former state attorney general and Tampa native Pam Bondi and Senator Marco Rubio are set to appear on Capitol Hill for confirmation hearings, Wednesday.

Vice President JD Vance officially swore in former Florida Senator Marco Rubio as the 72nd U.S. Secretary of State in a ceremony at the White House on Monday. Surrounded by family, friends, and colleagues,

Former Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody was sworn in as Florida’s junior U.S. senator on Tuesday afternoon, becoming only the second woman to represent Florida in that legislative body and the first from the Tampa Bay area.

The Florida attorney general has been a faithful foot soldier to Governor Ron DeSantis — and President-elect Donald Trump.

Ashley Moody, a Republican, would take the seat of Senator Marco Rubio once he is confirmed as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s secretary of state.

The U.S. Senate swiftly and unanimously confirmed Florida Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State on Monday, making him the first member of President Donald J. Trump’s new Cabinet to be officially approved.

Ashley Moody, the state's attorney general, will soon move from the Florida Cabinet to the U.S. Senate. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced Moody as his pick to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio ... Democrat Sean Shaw of Tampa, in the general election.

DeSantis said he wanted an appointee who would be strong on immigration enforcement, support cutting the federal bureaucracy and fight “the woke agenda.”

Elected as the state’s top law enforcement officer in 2018, Moody campaigned on a pledge to voters that she’d be a prosecutor, not a politician.

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis chose Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to be the state’s next senator, serving out the next two years of Sen. Marco Rubio’s term. In an Orlando news conference, DeSantis said Moody had “a demonstrated record of delivering results” on immigration and fighting President Joe Biden’s administration.

The Florida attorney general will serve as U.S. senator until the next general election in 2026 when the seat returns to the ballot.

(AP) — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate ... judge in Hillsborough County, home to Tampa. A fifth generation native of Plant City, Florida ...