Lara Trump is no longer her father-in-law’s choice to run for Senate in North Carolina. The former co-chair of the Republican National Committee dropped the surprise announcement Thursday morning in a statement on X.

President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump has announced that she has ended her bid for the North Carolina U.S. Senate seat after the president endorsed her opponent

Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has announced she won’t run for the North Carolina seat in the U.S. Senate. She posted on X that she won’t be pursuing the seat this time. Moreover, she’s hopeful about where the future leads her.

Currently, two candidates are running for Senate: former Rep. Wiley Nickel, a Democrat from Cary and former NAVY JAG officer Don Brown, a Republican.