Republican Ashley Moody victory speech celebrates Senate seat win in Florida election
Republican Sen. Ashley Moody fended off a challenge from Democrat Angie Nixon in Florida, according to projections from CNN and Decision Desk HQ, defeating a candidate who had energized the left and was among a number of Democratic Socialists on the ballot.
Moody, the state’s former attorney general, was appointed to the Senate seat to replace Marco Rubio when President Donald Trump picked him as secretary of state.
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