Rubio tapped for secretary of state position by Trump — these are the frontrunners for Florida’s open Senate seat

Even as Floridians digested the likelihood of their senior senator being tapped to run Donald Trump’s State Department, the question of who replaces Marco Rubio came into focus.

It’s not official yet, but it’s “very firm,” a senior source familiar with the next White House’s thinking tells The Post.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has a panoply of options open to him, from insider picks who are far from household names to state officeholders who, like him, will be term-limited in 2026 and are ready for something new.

We considered this question in July, when Rubio was being considered as Trump’s running mate, before being rejected because an all-Florida ticket would have created Electoral College problems in what was expected to be a close race.

Four months later, many of the options remain the same. Including one potentially tantalizing one.

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