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Lara Trump announced Sunday that she is stepping down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee.

“The job I came to do is now complete and I intend to formally resign from the RNC at our next meeting,” Trump said in a post on X.

Trump, President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, announced the change after speculation that she could be chosen to fill a potential U.S. Senate vacancy in Florida.

Senator Marco Rubio was recently appointed by the President-elect as the new Secretary of State. If Rubio is confirmed to the role by the Senate, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis would appoint a replacement by 2026.

Trump told the Associated Press that she would “seriously consider” running for the seat.

“If I’m being completely transparent, I don’t know exactly what that would look like,” she continued in her comments to the AP. “And I definitely want to get all the information I can if this is something that is real to me. But yeah, I would 100% consider it.”

Trump was named co-chair of the RNC in March after receiving her father-in-law’s endorsement a month earlier. She was elected unopposed along with former North Carolina GOP Chairman Michael Whatley to replace RNC co-chair Drew McKissick and Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, respectively.

At the time, people close to Donald Trump and the RNC described the leadership change at the top of the party committee as a power grab as the former president sought to align the committee with his presidential campaign.

Lara Trump served as the public face of the RNC, with a focus on fundraising and public speaking. Among her more prominent campaign moments was Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention, where she extended an olive branch to fence-sitters, saying, “You didn’t have to love everything he tweeted, but you can’t deny that you felt better when.” Donald Trump was in office.”

When asked about a possible appointment in an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Trump said: “If that is presented to me, it would be a real honor.”

Discussing her family connection in the interview, she added: “I think my last name might raise my political profile a little bit, but I have a proven track record. I served as co-chair of the RNC during the most consequential election of our lifetime.”

Trump wrote on Sunday that the RNC had three goals during her time in office: exceeding fundraising records, ensuring election integrity and increasing voter turnout.

“We achieved all three,” she said.