Marco Rubio, who is poised to be the next Secretary ... also will be the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate. Paula Hawkins, a Republican, served one term, from 1981 to 1987 ...

replacing Marco Rubio, who was sworn in earlier in the day as the next secretary of state. Moody, 49, becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins ...

(AP) — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S ... and the first in nearly 40 years; Republican Paula Hawkins served in the chamber from 1981-1987.

Ron DeSantis named Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate ... the first being the late Paula F. Hawkins, a Republican who served from 1981 to 1987.