{"id":13653,"date":"2025-10-21T08:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T08:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/13653\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T08:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T08:58:09","slug":"florida-cops-back-ashley-moody-for-u-s-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/13653\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida cops back Ashley Moody for U.S. Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is backing U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody in her first election to retain her seat.<\/p>\n

The Florida FOP represents more than 24,000 law enforcement officers throughout the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cSenator Moody has proven time and again that she is an ally to law enforcement officers, as a leader guided by principle, and an unwavering advocate for the men and women who serve and protect our communities every day,\u201d Florida FOP President Shawn Dunlap said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer consistent record of standing up for victims, supporting strong criminal justice policy, and defending the rule of law makes her one of our most trusted and respected voices in Washington.\u00a0Senator Moody\u2019s record is one of action and principle. When others hesitated, she led \u2014 ensuring law enforcement had the support and resources needed to protect Florida\u2019s families.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moody praised the organization, and all members of law enforcement, calling them \u201cthe best in the business of keeping Florida families protected.\u201d Moody added that she\u2019s \u201chonored to have\u201d the group\u2019s support.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs your Senator, just as when I was your Attorney General, I am committed to policies that promote law and order, and ensure our brave men and women in uniform are supported. Other states want to defund police, but in Florida we defend them, and that is a fight I will never back down from,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Moody to the Senate in January<\/a>\u00a0to replace former U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who left office to accept President Donald Trump\u2019s appointment as Secretary of State. Moody was sworn into office<\/a> as Florida\u2019s new junior Senator a few days later, on Jan. 21.<\/p>\n

This will be Moody\u2019s first election to the seat after serving as Florida\u2019s elected Attorney General for a term and a half.<\/p>\n

Moody faces opposition from Democrat Jennifer Jenkins<\/a>, a former Brevard County School Board member. Moody is the favorite, with a poll earlier this month putting her at 44% support to Jenkins\u2019 37%.<\/p>\n

While that poll<\/a> showed broad support (73%) for extending Enhanced Premium Tax Credits<\/a>, which launched with the Affordable Care Act and are set to expire in 2026, Republicans hold a huge voter registration advantage in Florida, at well over 1 million voters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A Democrat hasn\u2019t held a U.S. Senate seat in Florida since former U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson lost to now-U.S. Sen. Rick Scott in 2018. And only one Democrat has held statewide office since Alex Sink\u2019s term as Chief Financial Officer ended in 2011: now-Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried, who served as Agriculture Commissioner.<\/p>\n

Since then, Republicans have dominated statewide races, including DeSantis\u2019 2022 landslide victory over former Gov. Charlie Crist by nearly 20 percentage points.<\/p>\n

Moody also has powerful support, including the coveted Trump endorsement<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is backing U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody in her first election to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3853,409,28,12107,30,29,12108,8877,2858],"class_list":["post-13653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-ashley-moody","tag-donald-trump","tag-florida","tag-florida-fraternal-order-of-police","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-jennifer-jenkins","tag-marco-rubio","tag-shawn-dunlap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}