Jacob Ogles
U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody has raised upward of $1.6 million in contributions in her first six weeks in the Senate. And the Moody-related “Stronger Safer Nation” super PAC also has raised $7 million year-to-date.
Perhaps just as importantly, her campaign also announced a key hire of a pollster closely tied to President Donald Trump.
“Together, we will make Florida safer and stronger, and I will continue my fight for the conservative principles that make this country great,” Moody said in a statement announcing the funding haul.
“From launching the campaign, to receiving the endorsements of respected leaders throughout the state, and building out my team, this quarter was a massive success. I am looking forward to continuing this fight on behalf of the millions of people who call Florida home.”
That team now includes Tony Fabrizio, a prominent Republican pollster who worked for Trump’s presidential campaigns.
“As a Floridian, I’m honored to work for Ashley Moody — a tough-as-nails conservative — who is deeply committed to advancing President Trump’s agenda to Make America Great Again,” he said.
Moody, a Plant City Republican, was appointed to the Senate by Gov. Ron DeSantis. She served as Florida Attorney General alongside the Governor since both of their elections to statewide office in 2018.
That makes the Fabrizio hire all the more notable. Amid rumblings of potential Primary battles next year between Florida candidates tied to Trump and to DeSantis, including a Trump-allied Congressman pondering a challenge to Moody, bringing a pollster closely tied with the President shows the Senator has rapidly made inroads with Trump and his team.
Fabrizio also is working for U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds’ campaign for Governor in 2026, even as Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis ponders a run for the same job.
Details about contributions to Moody’s campaign were not immediately available. The Senator said she has worked to meet with voters statewide in her new role as she concurrently verses herself on business in Washington.
“Since taking office, I have been traveling around the state to share my Florida First message and continue earning support for my campaign to return to the U.S. Senate,” Moody said. “We are just getting started, and I am so grateful for the overwhelming support we have received in just a short amount of time.”
And she’ll have plenty of support from the Stronger Safer Nation super PAC, which looks set to add plenty of cash to support the Senator this cycle.
Of course, statewide runs are nothing new to Moody either. She won election as Florida Attorney General in 2018 and 2022 and was the top vote-getter of any candidate seeking statewide office in both election cycles.
Moody filled a seat vacated this year by former U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio following his appointment by Trump as Secretary of State. But she will have to stand for election next year in a race to determine who holds the job for the last two years of Rubio’s term. The seat then goes up for re-election again in 2028 with a full six-year term up for grabs.
The incumbent is one of eight candidates who have filed so far for the race, most of them lesser-known candidates. None has filed official reports to date yet with the Federal Election Commission.
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