Moody Wins Florida Senate Seat Amid Hope Florida Medicaid Scrutiny

U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody won a special election Tuesday to retain the Florida Senate seat she was appointed to after Marco Rubio became secretary of state, defeating Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon by roughly 2 percentage points. The race centered on ideological attacks, with Moody branding Nixon a "socialist" over her Democratic Socialists of America affiliation. Nixon countered by repeatedly invoking the Hope Florida scandal, pointing to Moody's role as former attorney general in directing $10 million in Medicaid funds from a Centene managed care settlement to the Hope Florida Foundation, a charity championed by First Lady Casey DeSantis. Moody's win keeps the seat in Republican hands through 2028.

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