TAMPA - Lt. Gov. Jay Collins says he is heavily considering a run for governor. He would be joining a primary fight that has already attracted two Republicans. One of them has already been endorsed by President Trump.

What we know:

For now, Collins is three months into a job no one, least of all him, could have imagined. "I grew up in a trailer," he said. "I was adopted by my grandparents. You know, only in a nation as great as ours can this story exist."

But is it the job of a lifetime? Or is there more ahead for Tampa's former state senator?

What they're saying:

Since Gov. DeSantis named him Lt. Governor, he has been dogged by, and to be fair, also encouraged by the talk of him running for governor in the November 2026 election. "I took a holistic approach to this," said Collins,

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