Rubio’s GOP successor clears key hurdle to finish his six-year Senate term

Trump-backed Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., defeated her challengers in Florida's GOP Senate primary to keep Marco Rubio's former seat through 2029.

Florida voters are at the polls Tuesday for the special primary election to fill the remainder of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Senate term. Republican Sen. Ashley Moody was appointed to the seat in 2025 and is running in a contested GOP primary to finish the final two years of Rubio’s term. On the other…