Who could DeSantis pick to replace Rubio in Senate? GOP floats several options, including a Trump

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis indispensable name a replacement for outgoing Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who was tapped by President-elect Trump to service arsenic caput of authorities successful his caller administration. 

The Republican governor, who erstwhile ran against Trump successful the 2024 election, is reportedly mulling respective options. Among contenders being floated by enactment members, according to The Associated Press, is the president-elect's daughter-in-law Lara Trump, who serves arsenic co-chair of the Republican National Committee. Lara Trump antecedently considered moving for U.S. Senate successful North Carolina, wherever she grew up, but made mode for her father-in-law to yet backmost Sen. Tedd Budd's palmy 2022 bid for the precocious chamber. 

Other names being mentioned by Republicans see Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez, Florida's Attorney General Ashley Moody, erstwhile Florida House Speaker Paul Renner, DeSantis’s main of unit James Uthmeier, and erstwhile authorities House Speaker Jose Oliva. 

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is among those who voiced his enactment for Lara Trump connected societal media. 

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Sen. Marco Rubio has been tapped to service arsenic caput of authorities successful the adjacent Trump administration. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"We request more Republicans successful Washington who really correspond the Republican Party backmost location and volition beryllium steadfast successful their committedness to fulfill the mandate from this predetermination – to Make America Great Again. @LaraLeaTrump is that person," Scott, who unsuccessfully ran for Senate bulk person past week, wrote connected X. 

Lara Trump lives successful Palm Beach County with her husband, Eric Trump.

Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Katie Britt of Alabama, arsenic good arsenic Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, person besides voiced enactment for Lara Trump arsenic Rubio's replacement successful caller days. 

"If I americium tapped to service successful different capacity, it genuinely would beryllium my honor," Lara Trump told Fox News implicit the weekend. "I person not been asked yet, but I surely would powerfully see it if it is presented to me."

Some Republican politicos accidental appointing a subordinate of the president-elect's household to the Senate is simply a mode for DeSantis to curry favour with his onetime rival for the GOP's statesmanlike nomination, and people a triumph with Trump's dedicated supporters arsenic the politician considers his ain governmental future, according to The Associated Press. The prime could besides springiness Florida different nonstop enactment to the Trump White House.

Lara Trump and Eric Trump talk during the run rally for Donald Trump astatine Madison Square Garden connected Oct. 27, 2024, successful New York City. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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DeSantis, a one-time Trump state who clashed with the erstwhile president past twelvemonth and aboriginal this twelvemonth during a precise contentious 2024 GOP statesmanlike information race, mended relations a spot with the erstwhile president aft the superior season. He endorsed Trump and helped rise wealth for the Republican nominee's wide predetermination campaign.

DeSantis said connected Monday that helium was vetting respective prospects and would apt marque a determination connected Rubio's replacement by aboriginal January. 

"Senator Marco Rubio is expected to resign from the Senate to presume duties arsenic Secretary of State erstwhile the Trump medication takes powerfulness connected January 20th, creating a vacancy astir 2 months from today," DeSantis wrote connected X connected Monday. "We person already received beardown involvement from respective imaginable candidates, and we proceed to stitchery names of further candidates and behaviour preliminary vetting."

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is vetting imaginable replacements for Sen. Marco Rubio. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"More extended vetting and campaigner interviews volition beryllium conducted implicit the adjacent fewer weeks, with a enactment apt made by the opening of January," helium wrote. "Florida deserves a Senator who volition assistance President Trump present connected his predetermination mandate, beryllium beardown connected migration and borderline security, instrumentality connected the entrenched bureaucracy and administrative state, reverse the nation’s fiscal decline, beryllium animated by blimpish principles, and has a proven grounds of results." 

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Under the U.S. Constitution and authorities law, the politician has the powerfulness to capable vacancies successful the U.S. Senate, portion voters determine who should capable vacancies successful the U.S. House. Should Rubio beryllium confirmed, his replacement would service for 2 years until the adjacent regularly scheduled predetermination successful 2026, astatine which constituent the spot would beryllium up for predetermination again.

Fox News' Paul Steinhauser and the Associated Press contributed to this report.