Florida Senator Ashley Moody voted 13 times against Senate measures to end United States military action against Iran that Congress never authorized, from a June 27, 2025 vote after the first strikes through a September 24, 2026 vote that failed 49 to 50. Four of those measures failed by a single vote, so her vote alone would have changed each result. The war that began on February 28, 2026 has killed at least 21 service members and wounded 865.
Moody also cast one of the 50 votes that confirmed Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense, who then ran the war. On the day it began, Moody posted that "When someone says they want to destroy you, you should listen." One of the first four soldiers killed was Captain Cody A. Khork, 35 years old, of Winter Haven, Florida, and gasoline in Florida rose 35.6% in the war's first six months.
Ashley Moody's Votes and Statements on the Iran War
- Moody Voted 12 Times in 2026 Against Ending the War With Iran. From March 4 to September 24, 2026, Ashley Moody voted no 12 times on Senate measures directing the President to remove forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress had not authorized: on March 4, March 18, March 24, April 15, April 22, April 30, May 13, June 16, June 24, July 23, July 30 and September 24. The May 13, July 30 and September 24 measures each failed 49 to 50 and the June 16 measure failed 47 to 48, so a yes vote from Moody would have advanced each one. On June 24 the Senate voted 47 to 50 against taking up S.J.Res. 185, the one Iran resolution it had discharged from committee. Most of the war's 865 wounded were hurt after July 7, when fighting restarted, and about 50,000 troops remain in the region; Hegseth has estimated they will remain until at least early 2027.
- Moody Voted Against Limiting Military Action Against Iran After the June 2025 Strikes. On June 27, 2025, six days after bombers struck three Iranian nuclear sites without Congressional approval, Moody voted no on bringing up Senator Tim Kaine's resolution to remove forces from hostilities against Iran that Congress had not authorized. It failed 47 to 53. The Defense Intelligence Agency's early assessment said the strikes likely only set it back by months; eight months later the United States launched a major strike on Iran with Israel.
- Moody Cast One of the 50 Votes That Confirmed Pete Hegseth, Who Ran the War. On January 24, 2025, Moody voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense. The vote was 50 to 50 and the Vice President broke the tie, so Hegseth would not have been confirmed without Moody's vote. She also voted to confirm Stephen Feinberg as deputy secretary of defense and General Dan Caine as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. On the war's first day a military investigation preliminarily found the United States responsible for a Tomahawk missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, using outdated data provided by the US Defense Intelligence Agency, and Iranian authorities said the attack killed at least 175 people, including scores of civilians. The Pentagon put the war's cost at $43.6 billion as of September 2026.
- Moody Voted to Confirm Kash Patel, Who Fired Iran Counterintelligence Staff Days Before the War. On February 20, 2025, Moody voted to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, and he was confirmed 51 to 49. Days before the war began, Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit that monitored threats from Iran, CNN reported, citing two sources, and officials worried that investigations of threats inside the country could be hampered by a mass exodus of national security experts.
- Moody Voted Against a Plan to Protect Consumers From Iran-War Price Increases in April 2026. On April 22, 2026, Moody voted no on waiving budget rules for Senator John Hickenlooper's amendment "to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that consumers are protected from price increases associated with tariffs and the Iran war." It failed 47 to 51. By October 16 the national average for gasoline was $4.33 a gallon, or 45% above its prewar level, and Moody's Analytics economist Mark Zandi put the war's cost at about $2,000 per household, including $1,100 in higher energy prices, $540 in higher interest rates.
- Moody Backed the Attack on Iran the Day It Began. On February 28, 2026, the day the United States and Israel attacked Iran, Moody posted on X that "this evil Iranian regime has called for the death of America" and added, "When someone says they want to destroy you, you should listen," in a post WUSF published among Florida officials' reactions to the strikes. At the time, polls taken so far find between 27% and 43% of Americans approve of the attacks, the Ohio Capital Journal reported. The war she praised has killed 21 service members and injured 865 as of the Pentagon's October 15, 2026 report.
What the Iran War Ashley Moody Voted to Continue Has Cost Florida
- Florida soldier killed. Captain Cody A. Khork, 35 years old, of Winter Haven, Florida, an Army Reserve officer, was one of four soldiers killed in an unmanned aircraft attack in Kuwait on March 1, 2026, the war's second day, NPR reported.
- Gasoline. Regular gasoline in Florida rose from $2.91 a gallon on February 18, 2026 to $3.95 on August 20, up 35.6%, according to AAA prices compiled by Visual Capitalist.
Frequently Asked Questions About Ashley Moody on Iran war
What is Ashley Moody's record on the Iran war under Trump?
Ashley Moody voted 13 times against Senate measures to end military action against Iran that Congress never authorized, including four that failed by one vote, and she cast one of the 50 votes that confirmed Pete Hegseth, whose department ran the war. The war has killed 21 service members, including a Winter Haven, Florida, Army captain, and cost the Pentagon $43.6 billion by September 2026. In Florida, gasoline rose 35.6% in the war's first six months.
Did Ashley Moody vote to let Congress stop the Iran war?
No. Ashley Moody voted no 12 times in 2026 on Senate war powers measures on Iran, including the June 24, 2026 vote against taking up the one Iran resolution the Senate had discharged from committee. The last of them, on September 24, failed 49 to 50, so a yes vote from Moody would have passed it.
What did Ashley Moody say about the attack on Iran?
Ashley Moody wrote on February 28, 2026 that "this evil Iranian regime has called for the death of America" and that "When someone says they want to destroy you, you should listen." Four days later she voted against the first 2026 war powers resolution, and against all 11 that followed.
Have Florida service members died in the Iran war?
Yes. Ashley Moody voted to confirm the defense secretary who ran the war, in which Captain Cody A. Khork, 35 years old, of Winter Haven, Florida was killed in Kuwait on the war's second day. Across the war, 21 service members have died as of the Pentagon's October 15, 2026 report, and most of the wounded were hurt after July 7, when fighting restarted.
Last updated: 2026-10-25