Kalshi bettors on Tuesday made Anna Kelly the frontrunner to become the next White House press secretary, putting the White House deputy press secretary at 15 percent after Katie Zacharia’s five-day tenure ended. The market move leaves President Donald Trump with a vacancy at the top of the White House press office and no announced replacement.
Anna Kelly at 15 percent
Kelly joined the press team in January 2025 as Karoline Leavitt’s deputy and was later promoted to principal deputy. Her rise inside the White House communications shop gives the market ranking a concrete basis, but she has already been passed over for the top job once in favor of Zacharia.
That history makes her lead less simple than the odds suggest. Kelly is now the betting favorite, yet the office already moved to someone else once, and she has not commented publicly on whether she wants the role.
Scott Jennings at 13 percent
Scott Jennings followed at 13 percent. Trump said in August, “Scott Jennings is good,” when asked whether the political contributor was being considered for the position, and Jennings had an elevator pitch meeting with Susie Wiles about the job.
Jennings has also worked as communications director for George W. Bush and Sen. Mitch McConnell. Those connections helped keep him in the conversation even after Kelly moved ahead of him in the market.
Elizabeth Pipko at 6 percent
Elizabeth Pipko was listed at 6 percent. She was signed by Wilhelmina Models at 17, worked on Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, and her husband, Darren Centinello, was a former staffer for Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns.
Pipko’s family links also tie her to the same orbit: her father, Roman Pipko, is U.S. ambassador to Estonia. For the moment, the prediction market points to Kelly, but the White House has not named the successor who will replace Zacharia.
