KARAH RUCKER: Lara Trump is interested in being a U.S. Senator. And now the outgoing chair of the Republican National Committee may have not one but *two* different states where she could serve.

In an interview with the Associated Press released Monday, Trump – wife of President-elect Trump’s son Eric – said she would “seriously consider” serving if Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed her to replace Senator Marco Rubio, President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State.

Trump told the AP, “If I’m being completely transparent, I don’t know exactly what that would look like. And I certainly want to get all of the information possible if that is something that’s real for me. But yeah, I would 100% consider it.”

DeSantis would have the power to appoint a new senator should Rubio be confirmed to his cabinet post and step down. That senator would serve until a special election can be held in 2026.

The Florida governor is also a rumored candidate for an appointment to be Secretary of Defense should embattled nominee Pete Hegseth drop out over concerns about sexual abuse allegations and reported alcohol problems.

But Florida may not be the only Senate possibility for Lara Trump following a successful 2024 election cycle as head of the Republican Party.

Trump weighed a Senate bid in her home state of North Carolina in 2022 but declined. And the Tar Heel State has a seat of its own up for election in 2026.

Pollster Victory Insights found in a poll taken in late November that nearly seven in ten Republicans in the state would back her if she ran for Senate. She leads the current Republican Senator Thom Tillis 69 percent to 11 percent.

The same poll found her within the margin of error if she ran against top hypothetical Democratic nominee Governor Roy Cooper.

For Straight Arrow News, I’m Karah Rucker.

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