Karoline Leavitt's possible successors emerge after WH press secretary's surprise departure

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's Wednesday announcement that she's leaving her role stunned many insiders — who immediately began buzzing about who might replace her behind the briefing room lectern.

A White House source told The Post that Trump has not yet decided on a replacement.

Sources within and close to the administration told The Post that early front-runners for the role are believed to include Alina Habba, the former acting US attorney for New Jersey, and Breitbart Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle.

Other contenders could include former White House deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel Taylor Budowich, who departed that role last September to return to the private sector, and current White House communications director Steven Cheung.

Also subject to heavy speculation are Katie Miller, a former aide to Elon Musk at DOGE and the wife of deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, as well as principal deputy press secretary Anna Kelly and US chief of protocol Monica Crowley, a former journalist who regularly interacts with the president.

The Kalshi betting market featured wild swings as gamblers digested the news.

Longtime Trump adviser Jason Miller at one point placed second to Habba, before fading as major bets were placed, vaulting Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's wife, Fox News personality Rachel Campos-Duffy to 65% likelihood, before failed Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt took the lead.

Campos-Duffy and Pratt would be dark horses.

Other names bandied about include pro-Trump commentator Scott Jennings and former Arizona political candidate Kari Lake, who presided over last year's attempted dismantling of Voice of America while leading the federal agency that oversees the US-funded media outlet.