Lara Trump, President-elect Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, said on Saturday that she decided to remove her name from consideration to be a senator in Florida.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, says she’s removing herself from consideration to be a Florida senator. That ends speculation she could replace Sen. Marco Rubio, who has been tapped to be the incoming administration’s secretary of state.
Lara Trump withdrew her name from consideration Saturday to replace Senator Rubio in the U.S. Senate, leaving Florida Governor Ron DeSantis back to square one.
Lara Trump announced on Saturday that she was removing herself from contention for the open Florida Senate seat, ending weeks of speculation that the president-elect’s daughter-in-law would represent the Sunshine
Lara Trump, former RNC co-chair and President-elect Trump's daughter-in-law, said Saturday she is withdrawing from consideration to replace Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate.
The announcement comes more than a month after the incoming president tapped Rubio as his secretary of state designee, prompting speculation that Lara Trump could fill the vacant seat in the US Senate.
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