Outgoing U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito is lobbying to be President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Drug Enforcement Agency administrator after he narrowly lost his reelection bid in November, members of his team told Spectrum News 1 Wednesday.

The Long Island Republican congressman’s endeavor after leaving the House of Representatives was first reported by Axios. Trump’s first pick to run the DEA, Hillsborough County, Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister, withdrew his name from consideration Wednesday.

D’Esposito was elected to New York's 4th Congressional District in 2022. He lost his bid for a second term to Democrat Laura Gillen in a rematch contest.

Should D’Esposito be selected, he would join other current and former New York members of Congress to serve in Trump’s cabinet — Rep. Elise Stefanik as UN ambassador and former Rep. Lee Zeldin as EPA administrator.

The position of DEA chief is subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate.