Vice President J.D. Vance swore in the former Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody as a new senator this week. The Senate seat was filled as Rubio was confirmed to be President Donald Trump’s Secretary of State. Read: As Trump, Desantis threaten mass deportations, Florida business experts concerned — but skeptical

Former U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio was sworn in as secretary of State on Tuesday morning and pledged to improve the department and make the country and world better over the next four years.

The Senator is expected to be an easy confirmation, but that didn't mean there was no drama Wednesday morning.

Sen. MARCO RUBIO (R-Fla.) is used to questioning witnesses after his 14 years in the Senate and eight years in the Florida House. But on Wednesday, he was the one getting questions from his soon-to-be-former colleagues to become President-elect DONALD TRUMP ’s next secretary of State.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced his choice to replace Sen. Marco Rubio who has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of state. Reports on Wednesday said DeSantis is naming Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to the seat. Previous reports said that she was among his top considerations.

Fla., sailed through his secretary of state confirmation hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has tapped the state’s Republican attorney general, Ashley Moody, to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in the Senate following his nomination to serve as

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed on Thursday who will replace Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate after he is likely confirmed to be Secretary of State.

Marco Rubio (R), in the upper chamber ... including Florida’s former governor and soon-to-be senior Sen. Rick Scott (R). “Ashley has done an incredible job fighting for Floridians and keeping ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – It’s the second day of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees on Capitol Hill. Secretary of State nominee Florida Senator Marco Rubio and the nominee for attorney general Pam Bondi are scheduled Wednesday.

Marco Rubio if he is confirmed as President-elect ... The Hill reported. Senator Rick Scott, a Republican, would become Florida's senior member in the U.S. Senate if Rubio is confirmed as ...

Moody, 49, becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins, a Republican who served one term in the 1980s.