Moody is just the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, and the first in nearly 40 years; Republican Paula Hawkins served in the chamber from 1981 to 1987.

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.

If she’s to retain the seat, she has history on her side. No Republican has been voted out of a Florida Senate seat since Paula Hawkins lost to Bob Graham in 1986.

Moody is poised to become just the second woman to represent the state in the U.S. Senate, and the first in nearly 40 years; Republican Paula Hawkins served in the chamber from 1981-1987.

Moody is poised to become just the second woman to represent the state in the U.S. Senate, and the first in nearly 40 years; Republican Paula Hawkins served in the chamber from 1981-1987.

Paula Hawkins, a Republican, served one term, from 1981 to 1987, but lost her reelection bid to Democrat Bob Graham. A former federal prosecutor and state circuit court judge, Moody has roots in ...

She would be the second woman to serve as a U.S. senator from Florida, following Republican Paula Hawkins of Winter Park. Hawkins served a single term from 1981 to 1987.

Moody will be the second woman to represent the state in the Senate, and the first in nearly 40 years; Republican Paula Hawkins served in the chamber from 1981-1987.

Moody, Florida’s Attorney General, will be the second woman to represent Florida in the Senate, following Paula Hawkins who served from 1981-1987.