DeSantis Talks Up Wife Casey as Potential Successor as Florida First Lady Teases Governor Run

National Harbor, Md. – Florida’s First Lady Casey DeSantis is not ruling out a run to become the Sunshine State’s chief executive in 2026, making clear at National Review Institute’s Ideas Summit on Friday she is considering hopping in the race to succeed her husband, two-term Governor Ron DeSantis, who will leave the governorship in January 2027.

Pressed by National Review’s Jim Geraghty onstage Friday about whether she is considering running for governor in 2026, she lavished praise on her husband’s record, but characterized his achievements as “extremely fragile.”

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National Harbor, Md. – Florida’s First Lady Casey DeSantis is not ruling out a run to become the Sunshine State’s chief executive in 2026, making clear at National Review Institute’s Ideas Summit on Friday she is considering hopping in the race to succeed her husband, two-term Governor Ron DeSantis, who will leave the governorship in January 2027.

Pressed by National Review’s Jim Geraghty onstage Friday about whether she is considering running for governor in 2026, she lavished praise on her husband’s record, but characterized his achievements as “extremely fragile.”