Ashley Moody

U.S. Senate

Statewide — appears on every PBC ballot

Incumbent

★★★★☆

128 / 165 points

Integrity & Legal Record

Professional & Business Transparency

Policy & Platform Consistency

Community Engagement & Character

Campaign Transparency

Issue-Based Positions

Incumbent (appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in January 2025 to fill the seat vacated by Marco Rubio; running for election to a full term in 2026; born 3/28/1975, Plant City, FL; former Circuit Court Judge, 13th Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County, 2006–2017; served as Florida Attorney General 2019–2025; faces REP primary challengers Neelam Taneja Perry, Chris Gleason, and Ernie Rivera)

Last updated: 2026-08-21

Every candidate is researched identically across six categories using only public records and candidate-submitted information. No candidate is endorsed. Read the full methodology.

Integrity & Legal Record 20 / 25

Criminal History

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Ashley Moody" arrested OR convicted OR indicted — 2026-08-02]`. No adverse nationwide news coverage found for this individual; an unrelated same-named individual in Nashville was investigated and ruled out (see Identity note above).

Sources:

Nationwide Google/news search: "Ashley Moody" arrested OR convicted OR indicted — 2026-08-02 — no adverse matches for this individual

Civil Court History

No personal civil litigation against Moody was found via nationwide news search. (Distinct from the Hope Florida matter documented under Ethics Violations below, which concerns her former office's official actions rather than personal civil litigation.)

Sources:

Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-02 — no adverse personal civil litigation found

Ethics Violations

Two significant matters were identified, both documented factually below with context on their current (unresolved) status: (1) Hope Florida Foundation Medicaid settlement diversion. While Moody was Florida Attorney General, her office approved the diversion of $10 million from a $67 million Medicaid settlement with health care contractor Centene — money originally earmarked to expand children's healthcare in Florida — to the Hope Florida Foundation (a charity founded by First Lady Casey DeSantis), reportedly without the safeguards her office would typically require. The funds were then passed to two political action committees — one chaired by James Uthmeier, then-Gov. DeSantis's chief of staff (who succeeded Moody as Attorney General) — and used to help fund opposition campaigns against two 2024 ballot initiatives (marijuana legalization and abortion rights). A Florida House investigation in 2025 led to a grand jury investigation under State Attorney Jack Campbell in Tallahassee. The grand jury completed its investigation without filing any criminal charges against Moody or anyone else, but its final report has not been publicly released and is the subject of an ongoing court fight over disclosure. Moody's Senate primary opponent, Alex Vindman, and the Florida Democratic Party chair have called on her to support releasing the report; her spokesperson has stated she was not involved in the grand jury proceedings and would welcome the report's release. No personal charges or findings of wrongdoing against Moody individually have been reported. (2) "The 65 Project" ethics complaint (2022). The 65 Project, a legal advocacy group whose stated mission is to seek disbarment of attorneys who challenged the 2020 presidential election results, filed a Florida Bar ethics complaint against Moody (along with 14 other current/former Republican state attorneys general) over her joining the amicus brief in Texas v. Pennsylvania, which sought to overturn 2020 election results in several states. As of the most recent reporting found, the large majority of this advocacy group's complaints nationwide had been dismissed or resulted in no punishable finding; the specific final disposition of Moody's individual complaint was not confirmed via this search. A related, informal 2021 online petition calling for her disbarment (citing the same underlying conduct) collected roughly 1,700 signatures but did not result in any formal Bar action.

Sources:

WLRN — "Florida Democratic chair calls on Ashley Moody to release grand jury report on Hope Florida" — 2026-08-02
CBS Miami — "Florida Senator Ashley Moody faces renewed scrutiny over her role in Hope Florida scandal" — 2026-08-02
Florida Phoenix — "DeSantis administration confirms it reimbursed feds for $10M Hope Florida payment" — 2026-08-02
WUSF — "Inside the grand jury probe of the Hope Florida Foundation" — 2026-08-02
The 65 Project — "Ethics Complaint Against Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody" — https://the65project.com/ethics-complaint-against-ashley-moody/ — 2026-08-02
Washington Times — "Anti-Trump legal group targets Republican AGs in ethics complaint over 2020 election lawsuit" — 2026-08-02 — describes the complaint's dismissal pattern nationally

⚠️ PRIORITY REVIEW FLAG — The Hope Florida matter involves a documented, official action by Moody's former office (approving a $10 million diversion of Medicaid settlement funds intended for children's healthcare, without customary safeguards) that is the subject of a completed but unreleased grand jury report, amid an active political and legal dispute over its release. No personal charges have been filed against Moody, and her office's specific decision-making rationale has not been independently verified by this research beyond news reporting. Given the scale of the funds involved, the ongoing court fight over the report's release, and the fact that this is a live campaign issue being raised by her opponent, recommend the operator personally review this section and its sourcing before scorecard publication. The 65 Project complaint is documented for completeness but is from an advocacy organization with a stated partisan purpose and a general pattern of dismissal; it is flagged for awareness, not weighted as adjudicated misconduct.

Campaign Finance Violations

A federal FEC complaint (Matter Under Review 8437, assigned 3/10/2026) was filed against Moody, her principal campaign committee ("Moody For Florida"), her joint fundraising committee ("Ashley Moody Victory Fund"), her disbanded Florida state PAC ("Friends of Ashley Moody"), its successor ("Protect Florida PAC"), and WinRed, Inc. The complaint alleges Friends of Ashley Moody — a Florida state PAC Moody established, financed, and controlled — formally disbanded and transferred approximately $3.85 million to Protect Florida PAC, a successor committee sharing the same chair (Melanie Bonanno) and treasurer (Rich Heitmeyer), and alleges this and related transfers violate federal soft-money and conduit-contribution rules, including alleged contributions from foreign nationals routed through WinRed. This complaint was filed by Chris Gleason, one of Moody's Republican primary opponents in this same Senate race (also on this project's roster) — a direct competitive interest that is disclosed here for full transparency. Additionally, per this project's own research on Gleason (`research/Gleason_Chris.md`), a Florida Second District Court of Appeal opinion found his pro se legal briefs in an unrelated matter cited nonexistent case law, consistent with undisclosed AI use — a documented credibility concern relevant to evaluating this complaint's self-described "forensic analysis of 1.08 billion FEC contribution records analyzed through 430+ independent detection methodologies," phrasing that itself reads as atypical for a standard FEC filing and was sourced from a Substack-hosted account rather than a mainstream outlet. As of this research date, MUR 8437 remains an open matter before the FEC; no finding of violation has been made, and this is an unresolved allegation, not an adjudicated determination.

Sources:

FEC.gov — MUR 8437 case matter — 2026-08-02 — matter opened, respondents named, allegations as described
Campaign Legal Center — "DeSantis's Soft Money Operation Opens the Door to Foreign Election Influence" — 2026-08-02 — describes the broader soft-money pattern referenced in the complaint
Scribd-hosted complaint document ("Fec Complaint Ashley Moody Executed") — 2026-08-02 — complaint text and filer identity (Chris Gleason)

⚠️ PRIORITY REVIEW FLAG — This is an active, unresolved FEC complaint (MUR 8437) alleging substantial soft-money and foreign-national contribution violations, filed by a direct primary opponent. It should be treated as an unresolved allegation, not a finding of wrongdoing, and the filer's competitive motive should be weighed alongside the substance. Recommend the operator personally review this section before scorecard publication, and consider whether/how to also document it in Chris Gleason's own profile (as the complainant) for balance.

Residency Confirmed

Moody is a fifth-generation Floridian from Plant City, Hillsborough County, and has held elected/appointed office in Florida continuously since 2006 (circuit judge, then Attorney General, then U.S. Senator), all of which require Florida residency. As a statewide candidate, PBC-specific property records are not applicable; her long-documented Hillsborough County/statewide residency is not in dispute in any source found.

Sources:

Wikipedia — "Ashley Moody" — 2026-08-02 — Plant City, Hillsborough County background
Ballotpedia — "Ashley B. Moody" — 2026-08-02 — biographical and residency background

⚠️ PRIORITY REVIEW FLAG: The Hope Florida Foundation Medicaid settlement matter (documented under Ethics Violations above) is a significant, ongoing story involving her former office's approval of a $10 million fund diversion, an unreleased grand jury report, and an active court fight over its disclosure. Recommend the operator personally review this section and monitor for the report's eventual release, which could materially change this assessment in either direction.
⚠️ PRIORITY REVIEW FLAG: The open FEC complaint (MUR 8437, documented under Campaign Finance Violations above) was filed by a direct primary opponent, Chris Gleason. Recommend operator review of both the substance and the filer's competing interest, and consider cross-referencing in Gleason's own research file when that candidate is researched.
The 65 Project ethics complaint (2022, tied to the Texas v. Pennsylvania 2020 election lawsuit) is documented for completeness but explicitly contextualized as originating from an advocacy organization with a stated partisan disbarment campaign and a general pattern of dismissal nationally; it was not weighted as adjudicated misconduct.
Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate per the roster, and the CIVICS Disclosure Survey PDF answers have not yet been extracted/indexed per-candidate in general.

Professional & Business Transparency 23 / 25

Business Ownership

A live Sunbiz Officer/Registered Agent search for "Moody, Ashley" returned no exact match — the nearest alphabetical results were a cluster of unrelated entities tied to a different "Ashley N. Moody" (auto sales/consumer businesses, e.g., AutoNation Group LLC, Acceptance Auto Inc., ANM Automotive Sales Inc.) and other unrelated "Moody" individuals (Ashtinn Moody, Athena Moody, etc.) — none matching this candidate's middle name (Brooke) or known biography (career judge/prosecutor/AG, no reported business ownership). No entity was found under any exact-match spelling for Sen. Ashley Brooke Moody. This is consistent with her documented, decades-long public-sector-only career (Hillsborough County prosecutor, circuit judge 2006–2017, Florida AG 2019–2025, U.S. Senator 2025–present) and no news source found describes her owning or operating a business.

Sources:

Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz.org) — Officer/Registered Agent Name search, "Moody, Ashley" — 2026-08-17 — no exact match; nearest results reviewed and ruled out as different individuals
Nationwide Google/news search: "Ashley Moody" LLC OR "business owner" OR Sunbiz — 2026-08-17 — no matches describing personal business ownership

Financial Conflicts of Interest

No direct financial conflict was found between Moody's personal/business interests and the government bodies she has served (13th Judicial Circuit, Florida AG's office, U.S. Senate). The most relevant financial-transparency item found: as of her January 2025 Senate appointment, Moody was a passive participant in an extended family investment partnership in which a relative/adviser made stock trades on her behalf without her personal input — resulting in 223 disclosed Periodic Transaction Reports in the first months of her term (attributed to the partnership, not personal trading decisions per her office's public statements). Her office states she withdrew from the arrangement and has not traded stocks since April 2025, and she has since co-sponsored bipartisan legislation (the "Restore Trust in Congress Act," with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand) to ban members of Congress and their spouses/dependents from owning or trading individual stocks. This is documented as a disclosed, explained arrangement with a legislative remedy she is publicly championing — not a hidden conflict — though it is noted here because the underlying trades themselves (regardless of who initiated them) were legally attributed to her financial disclosure. No connection was found between these trades and any specific legislative or AG-office action (i.e., no evidence found of trades in companies she was simultaneously regulating or legislating on).

Sources:

24/7 Wall St. — "New Nancy Pelosi? Senator Ashley Moody Up 310% in One Year With These Stocks" — 2026-08-17
Senator Moody press release — "News Release: Senators Moody & Gillibrand Lead Bipartisan Bill to Ban Stock Trading by Members of Congress" — moody.senate.gov — 2026-08-17
CBS News Miami — "Florida Sen. Ashley Moody helps launch cross-party effort to end stock trading by lawmakers" — 2026-08-17
CNN — "Senators' stock trades directly overlapped with their committee work, CNN analysis finds" — 2026-08-17 — reviewed for whether Moody was specifically named in overlap findings; no Moody-specific overlap allegation found in available excerpts

⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Not an adverse finding (Moody has been transparent about the arrangement and is legislating against the broader practice), but recommend the operator review the full CNN committee-overlap analysis directly to confirm Moody was not among the senators specifically flagged, since this research could not fully verify that from search excerpts alone.

Bankruptcy History

`[NOT FOUND — searched: CourtListener/RECAP (blocked by site, see note), nationwide Google/news search "Ashley Moody" bankruptcy — 2026-08-17]`. No personal or business bankruptcy filing found for this candidate. News results returned only her official actions as Attorney General regarding other entities' bankruptcies (e.g., opioid manufacturer Mallinckrodt's pre-packaged bankruptcy, MV Realty's bankruptcy following her office's consumer-protection lawsuit) — these are her office's litigation targets, not her own filings, and are not counted as adverse findings against her.

Sources:

CourtListener.com — attempted direct query — 2026-08-17 — returned HTTP 403 (blocked); noted as a tooling limitation per this project's standard practice of citing CourtListener/RECAP as the free PACER substitute
Nationwide Google/news search: "Ashley Moody" bankruptcy — 2026-08-17 — no personal bankruptcy found

Tax Liens

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Ashley Moody" tax lien, Hillsborough County property/tax record aggregators — 2026-08-17]`. No federal or state tax lien found against Moody personally. As noted in this project's standing methodology, the absence of an indexed result is not proof of a clean record; tax lien indexing is inconsistent online and a Hillsborough County Clerk direct-record search was not performed in this pass.

Sources:

Nationwide Google/news search: "Ashley Moody" tax lien Hillsborough — 2026-08-17 — no adverse matches

Board Memberships

A ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer search for "Ashley Moody" returned zero nonprofit affiliations (search matched 18 unrelated people with similar names and 980 unrelated filings, but no nonprofit record tied specifically to this candidate as an officer/director). General news search likewise found no corporate or civic board seat held by Moody, consistent with her continuous public-sector career.

Sources:

ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — search: "Ashley Moody" — https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/search?q=Ashley+Moody — 2026-08-17 — zero matching nonprofit affiliations
Nationwide Google/news search: "Ashley Moody" board member nonprofit corporate director — 2026-08-17 — no matches

Spouse Business Check (Justin Duralia)

Moody's husband, Justin Duralia, is a former DEA supervisory special agent (24 years) who became Deputy Police Chief of Plant City, FL in July 2024 — a public-sector law enforcement career, not a private business owner. A live Sunbiz Officer/Registered Agent search for "Duralia, Justin" returned no exact match — the nearest alphabetical result was an unrelated "Duralia, Nancy J" (officer of Nancy's Cookie Creations LLC), a different individual (possibly a relative, unconfirmed) with no apparent connection to this candidate. No shared business entities or government-contract ties were found.

Sources:

Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz.org) — Officer/Registered Agent Name search, "Duralia, Justin" — 2026-08-17 — no exact match
News coverage identifying Justin Duralia as Moody's husband and his DEA/Plant City Deputy Police Chief career — 2026-08-17

⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: Recommend the operator directly review the CNN "Senators' stock trades directly overlapped with their committee work" analysis to confirm whether Moody was among the senators specifically named, since her Category 2 profile otherwise reads as a transparently-disclosed and since-remedied family investment-partnership situation rather than an active conflict.
Tooling note: Browser-based Sunbiz automation succeeded for both Moody and her husband (Duralia) with clean "no match" results before browser tooling became unstable later in this research session (see other candidates' files for where this affected coverage).
A direct Hillsborough County Clerk of Courts tax-lien/property record search was not performed this pass; recommend as a follow-up if a fully exhaustive tax-lien clearance is required before publication.

Policy & Platform Consistency 20 / 20

Voting Record

Moody has served in the U.S. Senate since appointment on 1/21/2025. Per GovTrack, across the 119th Congress she has cast 231 recorded roll-call votes, missing 11 of 882 votes (1.2% missed — better than the ~2.8% median among currently-serving senators). She has sponsored 192 bills per GovTrack (other trackers cite a smaller figure counting only bills with floor action). Her stated legislative focus areas are immigration, science/technology/communications, and sports/recreation. Specific documented votes include: YES on the Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025; NO on the "Overturn Biden's Offshore Energy Ban Act" (a resolution to reverse a Biden-era offshore drilling restriction — her NO vote is notable given her party affiliation and warrants operator awareness for full context). She was a cosponsor of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivor's Protection Act.

Sources:

GovTrack.us — Sen. Ashley Moody [R-FL, 2025-2026] — 2026-08-21
OnTheIssues.org — "Ashley Moody on the Issues" — 2026-08-21

⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Her NO vote on the "Overturn Biden's Offshore Energy Ban Act" was not further investigated for context (e.g., whether this reflects a Florida-specific offshore-drilling-moratorium position, which would be consistent with Florida's bipartisan tradition of opposing drilling off its own coasts, rather than a break from her party generally); recommend follow-up if full context is needed.

Position Consistency

Moody's core positions (opposition to abortion, hardline immigration enforcement, law-and-order/anti-trafficking focus) have remained consistent from her tenure as Florida Attorney General (2019–2025) through her Senate appointment and 2026 campaign. As AG, she defended Florida's 15-week abortion ban and fought to keep a state constitutional abortion-rights measure off the ballot; as a Senate candidate/appointee she continues to oppose abortion as an unrestricted right. Gov. DeSantis's own stated rationale for appointing her ("she's never been a squish," "part of the enforcement caucus, not the amnesty caucus") is consistent with her documented AG-era immigration record.

Sources:

My Florida Legal (Attorney General's office) — "AG Moody Leaves Legacy of Fighting Fed Overreach, Protecting the Border..." — 2026-08-21
Yahoo News — coverage of her Senate appointment, quoting Gov. DeSantis — 2026-08-21

Flip-Flops

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Ashley Moody" flip-flop reversed position changed stance — 2026-08-21]`. No documented instance of Moody publicly reversing a previously-stated position was identified.

Sources:

Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches

Endorsements

Received: President Trump ("complete and total endorsement"); Sens. Ted Cruz and Rick Scott; numerous FL U.S. Representatives (Bean, Bilirakis, Buchanan, Cammack, Diaz-Balart, Dunn, Franklin, Gimenez, Haridopolos, Lee, Mast, Patronis, Rutherford, Webster); Florida State FOP, Florida PBA, Florida Police Chiefs Association; 64 of Florida's sheriffs (every Republican sheriff in the state); Florida Farm Bureau Federation FedPAC; the REALTORS PAC; and Maggie's List (a PAC supporting conservative women candidates). Given: Endorsed Donald Trump and (in the primary, before he withdrew) Ron DeSantis for President in 2024; opposed 2024 Florida Amendment 3 (marijuana legalization, defeated) and Amendment 4 (abortion rights, defeated) as ballot measures; per 2026 news coverage, has traded campaign endorsements with gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds and campaigned jointly with him.

Sources:

ashleymoody.com — "Endorsements" — 2026-08-21
Ballotpedia — "Endorsements by Ashley B. Moody" — 2026-08-21
FL Voice News — "Maggie's List endorses Sen. Ashley Moody for 2026 election" — 2026-08-21
Nationwide Google/news search — Moody/Donalds joint campaigning — 2026-08-21

⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: Her NO vote on the "Overturn Biden's Offshore Energy Ban Act" was not further contextualized; recommend follow-up if full context is needed (this may reflect Florida's bipartisan anti-offshore-drilling tradition rather than a party-line break).
Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Community Engagement & Character 18 / 25

Community Involvement

Moody has a substantial, well-documented pre-political record of in-person civic/pro-bono work, predating both her AG and Senate tenures: as a Hillsborough County circuit judge, she created the Attorney Ad Litem program (recruiting volunteer attorneys to stand in for absent parents in dependency court) and a Big Brothers/Big Sisters mentoring program for at-risk youth in the juvenile delinquency system; she helped start Crossroads For Florida Kids, a nonprofit training/mentoring pro bono attorneys representing Hillsborough County children in dependency/delinquency cases; and, earlier in her career, she personally volunteered assisting domestic-violence victims seeking court protection. The Legal Services Corporation recognized her with a Pro Bono Service Award in 2015 for these programs. As Senator, she has continued in-person outreach, including documented visits with veterans groups across Central Florida. `[In-person verified: Attorney Ad Litem program, Big Brothers/Big Sisters mentoring, Crossroads For Florida Kids co-founding, DV-victim court assistance, veterans-group visits — sustained across roughly two decades, not limited to campaign season.]`

Sources:

Legal Services Corporation — "LSC to Honor U.S. Senator Ashley Moody... for Access to Justice Work" — 2026-08-24
Federalist Society — "Hon. Ashley Moody" biography — 2026-08-24
Senator Moody press release — "Senator Ashley Moody Visits with Veterans Groups Across Central Florida" — moody.senate.gov — 2026-08-24

Veteran / First Responder Service

`[NO PERSONAL SERVICE RECORD FOUND — Moody has never served in the military or as a first responder herself — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Ashley Moody" military service veteran first responder — 2026-08-24]`. She publicly self-describes on X as "Mom, Wife of a LEO" — her husband, Justin Duralia, is a former DEA supervisory special agent (24 years) and current Plant City Deputy Police Chief (already documented in Category 2), a spousal connection, not her own service. She has demonstrated documented public support for the veteran community as Senator (visits with veterans groups, cosponsored veteran-focused legislation), which is noted factually alongside the absence of personal service.

Sources:

X/Twitter — @AshleyMoodyFL bio — 2026-08-24
Senator Moody press release — veterans-group visits (as above) — 2026-08-24

None — factual absence of personal service, not a misrepresentation; no claim of personal military/first-responder status was found anywhere in her materials.

Faith-Based Involvement (scored on character consistency)

`[NOT FOUND — no specific denomination, congregation, or faith-community role was documented — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Ashley Moody" church faith Baptist Christian Plant City — 2026-08-24]`. Per this project's neutral-scoring protocol, absence of documented faith involvement is not itself scored negatively. Assessed instead on character consistency: her stated public values (child welfare, law-and-order, anti-human-trafficking focus) are directly consistent with her documented pro-bono/volunteer record above (Attorney Ad Litem, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Crossroads For Florida Kids, DV-victim assistance) — no contradictions between stated values and documented conduct were identified.

Sources:

Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no faith-community affiliation found

Debates / Town Halls

`[No documented invitations or appearances found for the 2026 cycle — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Ashley Moody" Senate debate town hall 2026 — 2026-08-24 — scored on available information only, per protocol]`. She defeated her REP primary opponents (Perry, Gleason, Rivera) with 75.3% of the vote per primary-results coverage, but no specific debate/forum coverage was located for this research pass.

Sources:

News4Jax — "Ashley Moody wins Florida Republican Senate primary" — 2026-08-24
Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no debate/town hall coverage found

⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Genuine data gap, not treated as avoidance absent any documented invitation; recommend a follow-up search closer to the November general election when general-election debate coverage (if any) becomes available.

Social Media Presence & Consistency

Active, professional X/Twitter presence (@AshleyMoodyFL) with a clear, consistent self-description ("U.S. Senator Fighting for Florida | 38th Attorney General of Florida | Mom, Wife of a LEO") and content generally aligned with her stated platform (e.g., a National Retail Federation "2026 Hero of Main Street" recognition post referencing Florida's economy). `[A full manual review of her last 90 days of posts across all platforms was NOT performed this pass — searched via news/search aggregation only, not a direct platform-by-platform audit — 2026-08-24]`. No inflammatory, contradictory, or controversial social-media content was surfaced in general search.

Sources:

X/Twitter — @AshleyMoodyFL — 2026-08-24

⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — A full manual 90-day post review was not completed; recommend direct platform review if full certainty on tone/consistency is required.

⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: No debate/town hall coverage located for the 2026 cycle; recommend a follow-up check closer to the November general election.
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: Social media assessment relied on search aggregation, not a full manual 90-day platform audit; recommend direct review if full certainty is required.
Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Campaign Transparency 13 / 25

Top Donors / Donor Composition

``` DONOR COMPOSITION (through late July 2026): Total raised: $11.3 million Individuals: ~$4.9M (~43%) PACs/other committees: ~$2.0M (~18%) Large authorized-committee transfer (from her former AG campaign account): ~$4.2M (~39% of receipts) Cash on hand: $8.5 million Top individual donor: Jay N. Trumbull (Panama City, FL) — $19,000 Top "PAC" contributor: "Moody For Florida" (her own former committee) — $843,500 ``` `[Precise small-donor (<$200) vs. large-donor ($1,000+) percentage breakdown NOT FOUND — searched: OpenSecrets, FEC.gov, DonorSecrets — 2026-08-26]`. The available composition shows a substantial share (39%) came from an authorized-committee transfer of her own former Attorney General campaign funds — the same underlying mechanism at issue in the Category 1 PRIORITY FEC complaint (MUR 8437) — rather than newly-raised contributions from either small or large donors this cycle.

Sources:

Florida Politics — "Ashley Moody, Alex Vindman both reach into seven figures in fundraising while squabbling over totals" — 2026-08-26
OpenSecrets — "Ashley Moody Top Contributors" — 2026-08-26

⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — A large share of total receipts (39%) derives from an inter-committee transfer of her own former campaign funds rather than newly-solicited contributions; precise small-vs-large individual donor split could not be confirmed this session.

PAC / LLC / Funneling Structures

⚠️ CROSS-REFERENCE: This category's central finding is the Category 1 PRIORITY open FEC complaint (MUR 8437), which alleges Moody's disbanded Florida state PAC ("Friends of Ashley Moody") transferred approximately $3.85 million to a successor committee ("Protect Florida PAC") sharing the same chair and treasurer, and that this and related transfers — including alleged contributions from foreign nationals routed through WinRed — violate federal soft-money and conduit-contribution rules. Separately and non-adversely, she also maintains a traditional leadership PAC, "Florida Leads." `[PAC NOTED — Florida Leads — leadership PAC, amount/recipients not itemized this pass — Fully disclosed — 2026-08-26]`. `[⚠️ PAC FLAG — Level 2/3 — Friends of Ashley Moody → Protect Florida PAC — ~$3.85M transfer, shared chair/treasurer, alleged foreign-national routing through WinRed — subject of open FEC MUR 8437, filed by primary opponent Chris Gleason — Operator review required — see Category 1]`

Sources:

Cross-referenced from Category 1 (FEC.gov MUR 8437) — 2026-08-26
Florida Politics — "Ashley Moody adds $720K..." and related PAC coverage — 2026-08-26

⚠️ PRIORITY CROSS-REFERENCE — see Category 1 for full detail; this is an unresolved allegation, not an adjudicated finding, filed by a direct primary competitor.

Advertising Spend

A pro-Moody super PAC, Stronger Safer Nation, reported nearly $11.2 million on hand as of mid-July 2026 (including a $2.5 million contribution from Ken Griffin). Separately, outside groups reported approximately $520,000 in independent expenditures supporting her as of 6/30/2026: Senate Leadership Fund ($250,000), Senate Conservatives Fund ($160,681), Law Enforcement for a Safer America PAC ($55,000), and Senate Conservatives Action ($53,948). Her own authorized committees disbursed approximately $2.78 million from January 2025 through July 2026. This reflects a significant outside-group spending apparatus supporting her candidacy, separate from her own campaign's disclosed spending.

Sources:

Florida Politics — "Pro-Ashley Moody super PAC sits on nearly $11M after Ken Griffin cuts $2.5M check" — 2026-08-26

⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Significant outside-group/super-PAC spending on her behalf ($11M+ on hand, $520K+ in disclosed IEs) is documented; no coordination violation is alleged, but the scale is a relevant transparency data point.

Grassroots Engagement

`[No documented door-knocking, phone-banking, or in-person voter-contact events were located this session — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Ashley Moody" Senate 2026 canvassing volunteer field office — 2026-08-26]`. Her campaign's documented activity centers on institutional endorsements (law enforcement, sheriffs), high-profile political staffing (pollster Tony Fabrizio), and the outside-spending apparatus documented above, rather than a specifically-documented ground game.

Sources:

Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Donations to Political Figures

Moody maintains a leadership PAC ("Florida Leads"), consistent with common practice for sitting senators, but `[a specific list of recipient candidates/PACs and amounts was NOT FOUND — searched: FEC.gov, OpenSecrets — 2026-08-26]`. No donations to indicted, corrupt, or ethically questionable figures were identified.

Sources:

Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — leadership PAC confirmed, recipient detail not found

🔴 PRIORITY CROSS-REFERENCE: The PAC/LLC metric score is directly informed by the Category 1 open FEC complaint (MUR 8437); not re-litigated here in full. Recommend the operator monitor for the complaint's resolution before scorecard finalization.
Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Issue-Based Positions 34 / 40

2A Rights Score

NRA A-rating confirmed (2018-2019 cycle; no updated 2026 rating located this session). As FL Attorney General, Moody defended state gun legislation in court against NRA challenges and publicly opposed an assault-weapons ban.

Sources:

WGCU/PBS — "Moody Asks Judge To Reject NRA Challenge To Gun Legislation" — 2026-08-26; Florida Politics — "Ashley Moody sticks to her guns on assault weapon ban opposition" — 2026-08-26

Pro-Life / Pro-Family Score

As U.S. Senator, sponsored the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (requiring parental consent/notification for minors crossing state lines for abortion) and the Pregnant Students' Rights Act; voted for H.R.1 provisions defunding Planned Parenthood of Medicaid dollars.

Sources:

Senator Moody official press releases — moody.senate.gov — 2026-08-26

Fiscal Conservatism Score

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — no AFP, Club for Growth, CATO, or NFIB rating located this session — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: AFP, Club for Growth, CATO, NFIB, campaign website — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:

Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Parental Rights Score

Publicly supports school choice and parental rights in education; delivered remarks at a Supreme Court event marking the 100th anniversary of Pierce v. Society of Sisters (a foundational parental-rights-in-education case).

Sources:

iVoterGuide — Ashley Moody candidate profile — 2026-08-26

Election Integrity Position

Sponsored federal legislation amending the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require photo voter identification.

Sources:

GovTrack — Sen. Ashley Moody bill record — 2026-08-26

Housing / Insurance Position

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — no specific PBC-relevant housing/insurance policy proposals located this session — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: campaign website, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:

Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Education / School Choice Position

Same source documents her as supporting school choice generally (paired with the Parental Rights finding above), though no ESA/voucher-specific legislative record was independently confirmed this session.

Sources:

iVoterGuide — as above — 2026-08-26

Environment / Everglades Position

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — no PBC-specific Everglades/water-quality position located this session — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: campaign website, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:

Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Three of eight metrics (Fiscal Conservatism, Housing/Insurance, Environment/Everglades) scored neutral (3) per the No Stated Position protocol; no adverse implication.
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