{"id":299686,"date":"2026-06-08T08:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299686\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:47:08","slug":"florida-home-builders-rally-behind-ashley-moody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299686\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Home Builders rally behind Ashley Moody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The construction industry will do its part to support U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody in the General Election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/fhba.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Florida Home Builders Association<\/a> on Monday is announcing its endorsement of the Plant City Republican when she <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/716261-2026-moody-committee\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">stands for election<\/a> this election cycle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am honored to earn the endorsement of the Florida Home Builders Association \u2013 an organization that represents the men and women who quite literally build the American Dream for Florida families,\u201d Moody said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs your Senator, I have championed housing reform and fought to lower costs for Florida families. I look forward to continuing to work with them to keep Florida building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moody was <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/716078-gov-desantis-names-ashley-moody-to-succeed-marco-rubio-in-the-senate\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">appointed<\/a> to the U.S. Senate last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis to fill a seat vacated when Marco Rubio was <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/716588-senate-unanimously-confirms-marco-rubio-as-secretary-of-state\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">confirmed<\/a> as Secretary of State. She is still running this year, and a November election will determine who serves the last two years of a six-year Senate term.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chpk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-746910 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/25JF-7.9.25-FL-Politics-Ads-728X90-V2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While this year marks the first time Moody has formally run for the Senate seat, she has twice won <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/569489-moody-reelect\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">statewide elections<\/a> for Florida Attorney General, getting more votes than any candidate on the Florida ballot in both 2018 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Florida Home Builders Association <a href=\"https:\/\/fhba.com\/florida-home-builders-pac-announces-candidate-endorsements-in-state-cabinet-races-3\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">endorsed<\/a> her when she ran for that Cabinet post as well, both when she first ran and when she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChCo50fOsa4\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">sought re-election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Through March this year, Moody had raised $8.2 million to run her race. While she faces three other Republicans in the GOP Primary this year, her closest competitor as of the end of March has reported raising less than $3,400.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She most likely will face Democrat Alex Vindman, but he faces his own Democratic Primary against Angie Nixon. Through the first quarter, Vindman had raised about $8.2 million, and Nixon had reported $294,000. Primaries will determine the nominees for the major parties in August.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The construction industry will do its part to support U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody in the General Election. 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