Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) teased Friday that he may throw his hat into the ring to replace outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

“We’ll see what happens,” he told fellow guest Puck's Tara Palmeri Friday evening on "Real Time with Bill Maher," when asked about the 2026 gubernatorial race.

Sources close to Donalds told The Hill last month that the close ally to President Trump has approached Florida donors and also made notable political hires, such as the president’s 2016 and 2024 pollster Tony Fabrizio.

Maher asked the two guests whether they thought DeSantis’s wife, Casey DeSantis,

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