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Rep. J. Randy Forbes, R-4th, is a leading candidate to be President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of the Navy, according to multiple reports.

Politico reports that Forbes is the front-runner for the post and that U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and others on the president-elect’s transition team have interviewed Forbes.

Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-1st, is a potential successor to Forbes as head of the Seapower subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. That post would take on new importance under Trump’s plan to enlarge the Navy’s fleet to 350 ships. The Navy says it now has 272 deployable battle-force ships.

Wittman said on a radio show Friday that at this point he still plans to run for governor in 2017, but he is considering his options.

“My plans remain unchanged, but I do owe it to my constituents, and to Virginia, to the nation, to make sure that I am listening and seeing what the options are,” he told “The Kojo Nnamdi Show” on Washington’s WAMU radio.

“It boils down simply to this,” Wittman said. “I have to look at where I can best serve. My plans have not changed, but obviously the situation around me has changed.”