The 54-46 vote fell mostly along party lines, with Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) joining Republicans voting in her favor.

A Tampa-area native, Pam Bondi became the second Floridian and the third woman to hold the office of U.S. attorney general.

The former Florida attorney general is expected to oversee a radical reshaping of the Justice Department that has already been rattled by the firings of career employees seen as disloyal to the Republican President.