Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida, the incumbent. Every point on this page links to its source. We don't grade candidates or tell you how to vote. As of 2026-09-28.
In Congress: 55 bills and resolutions sponsored, 223 cosponsored, 0 became law on their own (a bill folded into a larger law isn't counted). Congress.gov
Confirmation votes
Every Supreme Court confirmation while in the Senate, and Cabinet confirmations in the last two Congresses. Senate records, newest first.
Cabinet
Voted Yea on Todd Blanche, Attorney General (2026-08-08, Confirmed 50–49, roll call)
Voted Yea on Walter Clayton, Director of National Intelligence (2026-07-28, Confirmed 51–47, roll call)
Voted Yea on Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security (2026-03-23, Confirmed 54–45, roll call)
Voted Yea on Michael G. Waltz, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations (2025-09-19, Confirmed 47–43, roll call)
Voted Yea on Troy Meink, Secretary of the Air Force (2025-05-13, Confirmed 74–25, roll call)
Voted Yea on John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy (2025-03-24, Confirmed 62–30, roll call)
Voted Yea on Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Secretary of Labor (2025-03-10, Confirmed 67–32, roll call)
Voted Yea on Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education (2025-03-03, Confirmed 51–45, roll call)
Voted Yea on Daniel Driscoll, Secretary of the Army (2025-02-25, Confirmed 66–28, roll call)
Voted Yea on Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2025-02-19, Confirmed 52–46, roll call)
Voted Yea on Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce (2025-02-18, Confirmed 51–45, roll call)
Voted Yea on Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture (2025-02-13, Confirmed 72–28, roll call)
Voted Yea on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (2025-02-13, Confirmed 52–48, roll call)
Voted Yea on Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence (2025-02-12, Confirmed 52–48, roll call)
Voted Yea on Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2025-02-06, Confirmed 53–47, roll call)
Voted Yea on Eric Turner, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2025-02-05, Confirmed 55–44, roll call)
Voted Yea on Pamela Bondi, Attorney General (2025-02-04, Confirmed 54–46, roll call)
Voted Yea on Douglas Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2025-02-04, Confirmed 77–23, roll call)
Voted Yea on Christopher Wright, Secretary of Energy (2025-02-03, Confirmed 59–38, roll call)
Voted Yea on Douglas Burgum, Secretary of the Interior (2025-01-30, Confirmed 80–17, roll call)
Voted Yea on Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2025-01-29, Confirmed 56–42, roll call)
Voted Yea on Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation (2025-01-28, Confirmed 77–22, roll call)
Voted Yea on Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury (2025-01-27, Confirmed 68–29, roll call)
Voted Yea on Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security (2025-01-25, Confirmed 59–34, roll call)
Voted Yea on Peter Hegseth, Secretary of Defense (2025-01-24, Confirmed 50–50, roll call)
Voted Yea on John Ratcliffe, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2025-01-23, Confirmed 74–25, roll call)
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Where they stand
In their own words, from their campaign and official websites, summarised in plain English. Under each issue, their Senate votes: Final passage votes in the Senate in the last two Congresses (2023 to now), matched to each issue by Congress.gov's own topic for the bill (and its subject tags, unless it is a catch-all bill with dozens), closest votes first: a lopsided vote says little about where anyone stands.
Moody says ratepayers should never have to pay for large data centers built in their communities, and she has cosponsored the Ratepayer Protection Act to address this.
“Ratepayers should NEVER foot the bill for massive data centers in their communities. That’s why I’ve cosponsored the Ratepayer Protection Act and will work hard to get it passed!”
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
Ashley Moody (REP, incumbent)
Raised
$11.3M through 2026-07-29individuals $5.0M · PACs $2.0M · party $62K · from the candidate's other committees $4.2M · cash on hand $8.5M
SLF PAC— $280K supporting MoodyLargest donors:
ONE NATION $70.7M (28%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Miriam Adelson $30.0M (12%), Adelson Drug Clinic, Physician; Stephen A Schwarzman $17.0M (7%), Blackstone, Chairman & CEO; Paul Elliott Singer $14.5M (6%), EMC, President; Elon Musk $10.0M (4%), Space Exploration Technologies Corp., CEOSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND— $227K supporting MoodySENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION— $87K supporting MoodyLargest donors:
Michael Rydin $500K (48%), Retired, Retired; Arthur B Choate $155K (15%), Self, InvestorLAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC— $55K supporting MoodyOUT OF THE SWAMP PAC— $36K opposing Moodyand 1 more
What named supporters and critics say, as reported. Shown in equal numbers.
Praise
Gov. Ron DeSantis: Praised Moody as a key ally who fought Democratic 'woke agenda' policies as attorney general. npr.org
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Sen. Rick Scott: Said he had no doubt Moody would do an incredible job as senator. thehill.com
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President Donald Trump: Said Moody is doing a tremendous job representing Florida. foxnews.com
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Brian Ballard: Predicted Moody would win reelection easily. politico.com
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Criticism
Alex Vindman: Called Moody a corrupt politician in contrast to himself. miamiherald.com
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Angie Nixon: Said Moody and other Florida politicians aren't listening to the people amid rising costs. cbsnews.com
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Nikki Fried: Called Moody DeSantis's personal lapdog who defended his extreme agenda and would take orders from Trump. cbsnews.com
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Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kristen Gillibrand: Said Moody's votes have cost Florida by siding with insurers over Floridians and cutting health care. nbcnews.com
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Controversies
Stated as reported. Most are reported by at least two independent news outlets or found in an official record; any with only one source so far is marked Single source.
Court cases
Lawsuit over Ryan Routh assassination attempt investigation jurisdiction Single source
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
Moody, as Florida Attorney General, filed a federal lawsuit against the Justice Department seeking to allow the state to continue its own investigation into Ryan Routh, the man charged in an attempted assassination of Donald Trump, after federal prosecutors told the state to suspend its investigation.
Hope Florida $10 million settlement diversion Single source
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
News organizations and a state legislative inquiry reported that while Moody was Florida Attorney General, her office was a signatory to a settlement with Centene that diverted $10 million in Medicaid settlement funds to the Hope Florida Foundation, which then transferred the money to political committees opposing 2024 ballot amendments. A grand jury report found Moody's office knew of plans to divert the funds and that she authorized her chief deputy John Guard to sign the settlement; Moody has said her office had no knowledge of how the funds would be spent.
Democratic Senate candidate Alex Vindman and others called on Moody to demand release of the sealed Hope Florida grand jury report, alleging she may be blocking its release; Moody's campaign said she had "no issue with the public release of any report."
Hope Florida Foundation records housed with pro-Moody Super PAC's vendor Single source
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
The Miami Herald reported that the Hope Florida Foundation's financial records were moved to the same Alabama building used by Crosby Ottenhoff Group, a firm paid by the super PAC supporting Moody's reelection, raising oversight questions about potential coordination; Moody is not directly tied to the super PAC and coordination between a federal candidate and a super PAC is illegal.
2020 election challenge brief despite own lawyers' criticism Single source
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The Miami Herald reported that emails showed lawyers in Moody's own office mocked the Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn 2020 election results in four states the day before Moody agreed to sign a brief supporting it; it is not clear from the emails whether Moody was aware of her staff's opinions at the time.
Role in Hope Florida Foundation $10 million transfer
CBS Miami and other outlets reported that as Florida Attorney General, Moody's office approved the diversion of $10 million in Medicaid settlement funds to the Hope Florida Foundation without the safeguards her office would typically require, and that the money was then quickly transferred to a political committee opposing 2024 ballot amendments. Reports say Moody has declined to answer questions from journalists and a state legislative investigator about her knowledge of the transaction, and her campaign has said the agreement was negotiated by AHCA lawyers and outside counsel.
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