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Prior to serving in the Senate, Aronberg worked as a lawyer in both the public and private sectors. He was serving as the Florida Attorney General’s “Drug Czar” in 2012 when he announced his candidacy for Palm Beach County State Attorney. [4] He was first elected to the office in November 2012 and re-elected without opposition on May 6, 2016.
Ashley Brooke Moody (born March 28, 1975) is an American attorney and politician serving as the attorney general of Florida since January 2019. Moody previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney and a circuit court judge in Hillsborough County.
The Florida attorney general is an elected cabinet official in the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general serves as the chief legal officer of the state, and is head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs. The office is one of Florida's three elected state cabinet posts, along with the chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
In the general election, she faced Democratic nominee Dan Gelber, a former prosecutor who spent 10 years in the state legislature. [10] She ultimately comfortably defeated Gelber to become the state's first female attorney general. [11] [12] Bondi was re-elected in November 2014, receiving 55% of the vote.
On November 21, 2024, Gaetz announced on X that he was withdrawing his name from consideration as attorney general to avoid complicating the Trump transition. [ 108 ] [ 109 ] The next day, he said he did not intend to join the 119th Congress , though he had already won reelection. [ 110 ]
Smith and his wife, DeeDee, live on their farm in Alachua County. As reported in Tampa Bay Online Smith, "married Deidra 'DeeDee' Painter, a lawyer .... They have three kids, one together and one each from previous marriages." DeeDee Smith graduated from law school at age 39 and is an attorney and advocate for child abuse victims.
Incumbent Republican attorney general Ashley Moody was reelected for a second term, defeating Democratic challenger Aramis Ayala by a 21-point margin in a landslide victory. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Moody received the most raw votes and the highest percentage of the vote of any state-wide candidate in the 2022 Florida elections .
Sean Michael Shaw (born March 17, 1978) is an American attorney and politician from the State of Florida.A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Florida House of Representatives District 61, which includes portions of Hillsborough County in and around Tampa, including Ybor City and Tampa Heights, from 2016 to 2018. [1]