Eliza Collins

USA TODAY

Despite reports that Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., was Donald Trump’s frontrunner for the Secretary of the Interior last week, Politico and The Washington Post are reporting that the president-elect has offered the spot to Montana’s Ryan Zinke.

Zinke is a former Navy SEAL and a freshman representative. He sits on House Natural Resources Committee and the Armed Services Committee.

This summer Zinke resigned as a delegate at the Republican National Convention over his party’s position on federally controlled lands.

At the time Zinke called the Republican platform “more divisive than uniting.” The GOP platform called for shifting some of the land controlled by the government over the states, which Zinke opposed. While he was not a delegate, Zinke did give a speech at the convention.

McMorris Rodgers posted on her Facebook Tuesday saying that she planned to stay in Congress.

A spokesman for Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to requests for confirmation.