U.S. Governors (current and former)
Greg Abbott, Texas[203]
Eddie Calvo, Guam[204]
Rick Perry, Texas (former); Presidential Candidate 2016, 2012[205]
U.S. Senators (former)
Bob Smith, New Hampshire (former); Presidential Candidate 2000[206]
U.S. Representatives (current and former)
Justin Amash, Representative from Michigan[207] (previously endorsed Rand Paul)[208]
Brian Babin, Representative from Texas[209]
Bob Barr, former Representative from Georgia; also Libertarian Nominee in 2008[210]
Jim Bridenstine, Representative from Oklahoma[211]
Mo Brooks, Representative from Alabama[212]
Paul Broun, former Representative from Georgia[213]
Ken Buck, Representative from Colorado[214]
Michael C. Burgess, Representative from Texas[215]
John Culberson, Representative from Texas[216]
David Davis, former Representative from Tennessee[217]
Jeff Duncan, Representative from South Carolina[218]
Trent Franks, Representative from Arizona (also endorses Marco Rubio)[219]
Louie Gohmert, Representative from Texas[220]
Paul Gosar, Representative from Arizona[221]
Sam Graves, Representative from Missouri[222]
Jody Hice, Representative from Georgia[223]
Tim Huelskamp, Representative from Kansas[224]
Sam Johnson, Representative from Texas[225]
Steve King, Representative from Iowa[226]
Jack Kingston, former Representative from Georgia[227]
Raúl Labrador, Representative from Idaho[228] (previously endorsed Rand Paul)[229]
Tom McClintock, Representative from California[230]
Mark Meadows, Representative from North Carolina[231]
Alex Mooney, Representative from West Virginia[232]
John Ratcliffe, Representative from Texas[219]
Dana Rohrabacher, Representative from California[233]
Mark Sanford, Representative from South Carolina; also former Governor of South Carolina[234]
Tom Tancredo, former Representative from Colorado; also presidential candidate in 2008[235][236]
Randy Weber, Representative from Texas[237]
Roger Williams, Representative from Texas[238]
Republican National Committee members (current and former)
Ron Nehring, chair of CA GOP (2007–2011)[239]
Mike Schroeder, California Republican Party Chairman (1997–1999)[240]
Willis Lee, former Hawaii Republican Party Chairman[240]
Barry Peterson, former Chairman of the Idaho Republican Party[240]
Ellen Barrosse (DE), Melody Potter (WV), and Carolyn McLarty (OK), leaders of the Conservative Steering Committee of the Republican National Committee[241]
Norm Semanko, chair of ID GOP (2008–2012)[242]
Richard Cebra, chair of ME GOP (2012–2013)[240]
Saul Anuzis, chair of MI GOP (2005–2009)[243]
Jack Kimball, former Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee[244]
Tina Benkiser, chair of TX GOP (2003–2009)[245]
Morton Blackwell, Republican National Committeeman from Virginia[246]
Statewide officials
Mark Martin, Arkansas Secretary of State[247]
Ralph Hudgens, Georgia Insurance Commissioner[223]
Ron Crane, Idaho State Treasurer[242]
Matt Schultz, former Secretary of State of Iowa[248][249]
Patricia Dillon Cafferata, former Nevada State Treasurer[250]
Adam Laxalt, Nevada Attorney General[251]
Charlie Condon, former South Carolina Attorney General[252]
David J. Porter, Texas Railroad Commissioner[253]
Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas[254]
Ryan Sitton, Texas Railroad Commissioner[254]
George Strake, Jr., former Secretary of State of Texas[240]
Ken Cuccinelli, former Attorney General of Virginia and President of Senate Conservatives Fund[255]
State legislators
Alabama State Senator: Shay Shelnutt[256]
Nine Arizona State Representatives: Steve Montenegro (House Majority Leader),[257] David Livingston (House Majority Whip),[257] Bob Thorpe,[257] Vince Leach,[257] Mark Finchem,[257] Anthony Kern,[257] Jay Lawrence,[257] Noel W. Campbell,[257] Adam Kwasman (former)[257]
Four Arizona State Senators: Judy Burges,[257] Sylvia Allen,[257] Steve Smith,[257] Al Melvin (former)[257]
Fourteen Arkansas State Representatives: Bob Ballinger[258] Kim Hammer,[259] Donnie Copeland,[259] Bruce Cozart,[259] John Payton,[259] Brandt Smith,[259] Rick Beck,[259] Mary Bentley,[259] Justin Gonzales,[259] Stephen Meeks,[259] Michelle Gray,[259] Dan Sullivan,[259] Robin Lundstrum,[259] Jack Ladyman[259]
Five Arkansas State Senators: Peggy Jeffries (former),[258] Linda Collins-Smith,[259] Terry Rice,[259] Scott Flippo,[259] Gary Stubblefield[259]
Three Members of the California State Assembly: Matthew Harper,[260] Shannon Grove,[260] Ray Haynes (former)[260]
Florida State Representative: Neil Combee[261]
Seven Georgia State Senators: Mike Crane,[223] Marty Harbin,[223] William Ligon,[223] Josh McKoon,[223] Bill Jackson,[262] Bruce Thompson,[262] Clint Day (former)[262]
Eight Georgia State Representatives: Timothy Barr,[262] Emory Dunahoo,[262] Micah Gravley,[262] Sheri Gilligan,[262] Dustin Hightower,[262] Jeff Jones,[262] Jason Spencer,[262] Tony McBrayer (former)[262]
Kansas State Representative Mark Kahrs of Wichita, state Cruz chairman in Kansas[263]
Two Illinois State Senators: Tim Bivins,[264] Chapin Rose[264]
Six Iowa State Senators: Jake Chapman,[248][249] Dennis Guth,[249] Jason Schultz,[249] Bill Anderson,[265] Randy Feenstra,[266] Jerry Behn[267]
Six Iowa State Representatives: Greg Heartsill,[248][249] Steve Holt,[248][249] Larry Sheets,[248][249] Ralph Watts.,[248][249] Terry Baxter,[268] Sandy Salmon[269]
Three Kansas State Senators: Tom Arpke,[270] Mary Pilcher-Cook,[270] Steve Fitzgerald[270]
Fourteen Kansas State Representatives: Mark Kahrs,[271] Amanda Grosserode,[270] William Sutton,[270] Brett Hildabrand,[270] Blake Carpenter,[270] Craig McPherson,[270] Dennis Hedke,[270] J. R. Claeys,[270] John Rubin,[270] Kasha Kelley,[270] Randy Garber,[270] Randy Powell,[270] Mike Kiegerl,[270] Steve Huebert,[270] Tony Barton[270]
Former Louisiana State Senator: Elbert Guillory[272]
Massachusetts State Representative: James J. Lyons, Jr.[273]
Michigan State Senator: Patrick Colbeck[274]
Michigan State Representative: Ray Franz[275]
Eight Minnesota State Representatives: Steve Drazkowski,[276] Cindy Pugh,[276] Glenn Gruenhagen,[277] Dave Hancock,[277] Josh Heintzeman,[277] Jerry Hertaus,[277] Tim Miller,[277] Jim Newberger[277]
Two Mississippi State Senators: Chris McDaniel,[278] Melanie Sojourner (former)[278]
Three Missouri State Senators: Jim Lembke (former),[279] Delbert Scott (former),[279] Brad Lager (former),[279] Chuck Purgason (former)[279]
Nine Missouri State Representatives: Carl Bearden (former Speaker pro Tempore),[279] Eric Burlison,[279] John McCaherty,[279] Bill White,[279] Rob Vescovo,[279] Rick Brattin,[279] Charlie Davis,[279] Doug Funderburk (former),[279] Bryan Stevenson (former)[279]
Six Members of the Nevada Assembly: Victoria Seaman,[280] Michele Fiore,[280] John Moore,[280] Victoria Dooling,[281] Ira Hansen,[281] Jim Wheeler (Assembly Majority Whip)[282]
Two New Hampshire State Senators: Dave Wheeler (1992–1998, also rep 1988–1992),[206] Fenton Groen (former),[283]
Thirty-seven New Hampshire State Representatives: Duane Brown,[206][284] Carol Bush,[206] Jane Cormier (former),[206] Sue DeLemus,[206] Jeff Harris,[206] Eric Johnson,[206] Josh Moore,[206] Jeanine Notter,[206] Bill O’Brien (Speaker[206] 2010–2012),[285] Greg Salts (former),[206] David Scott (former),[206] Ken Sheffert (former),[206] James Spillane,[206] Len Turcotte.,[206] Warren Groen,[283] Rick Christie,[283] Allen Cook,[283] Guy Comtois,[283] Bill Kuch,[283] Walter Koloziej,[283] Patrick Bick,[283] Carol Vita (former),[283] Lucien Vita (former),[283] Colette Worsman (former),[283] Harry Accornero (former),[283] Richard Gordon,[286] Timothy Twombly,[286] Fran Wendelboe (former),[244] Katherine Prudhomme-O’Brien,[244] Will Smith (former),[244] Max Abramson,[287] Eric Eastman,[287] Harold French,[287] Larry Gagne,[287] J. R. Hoell,[287] Mark McLean[287]
North Carolina State Representative: Rayne Brown[288]
Three Oklahoma State Senators: Brian Bingman (President pro tempore),[289] Gary Stanislawski,[289] Anthony Sykes[289]
Nine Oklahoma State Representatives: David Brumbaugh,[289] David Derby,[289] Dan Fisher,[289] Mark Lepak,[289] Mark McCullough,[289] Michael Rogers,[289] Chuck Strohm,[289] Ken Walker,[289] Justin Wood[289]
South Carolina State Senator: Lee Bright.[290][291]
Two South Carolina State Representatives: Bill Chumley,[290][291] Wendy Nanney[292]
Five Tennessee State Senators: Janice Bowling,[217] Mark Green,[217] Joey Hensley,[217] Frank S. Niceley,[217] Jim Tracy[217]
Eighteen Tennessee State Representative: Joe Carr (former),[293] Judd Matheny (former House Speaker Pro-Tempore),[245] Sheila Butt (House Majority Floor Leader),[245] Kelly Keisling,[245] Mike Sparks,[245] Courtney Rogers,[245] James Van Huss,[245] Jerry Sexton,[245] Jay Reedy,[245] Jason Zachary,[245] Tilman Goins,[217] Ron Lollar,[217] Billy Spivey,[217] Rick Womick[217]
Five Texas State Senators: Brian Birdwell,[294] Konni Burton,[294] Brandon Creighton,[294] Lois Kolkhorst,[294] Bob Hall[294]
Thirty-nine Texas State Representatives: Cecil Bell Jr.,[294] DeWayne Burns,[294] Gary Elkins,[294] Pat Fallon,[294] Allen Fletcher,[294] Dan Flynn,[294] John Frullo,[294] Dan Huberty,[294] Bryan Hughes,[294] Mark Keough,[294] Stephanie Klick,[294] Matt Krause,[294] Brooks Landgraf,[294] Jodie Laubenberg,[294] Jeff Leach,[294] Ken Mercer (former),[295] Will Metcalf,[294] Doug Miller,[294] Rick Miller,[294] Jim Murphy,[294] Andrew Murr,[294] Larry Phillips,[294] John Raney,[294] Debbie Riddle,[294] Matt Rinaldi,[294] Matt Schaefer,[294] Mike Schofield,[294] Matt Shaheen,[294] Wayne Smith,[294] Stuart Spitzer,[294] Tony Tinderholt,[294] Scott Turner,[294] Molly White,[294] John Wray,[294] Bill Zedler,[294] John Zerwas,[294] Paul Pressler (former)[296]
Four Utah State Representatives: Christopher Herrod (former),[297] Curtis Oda,[297] Ken Sumsion (former),[297] Matt Throckmorton (former)[297]
Two Virginia State Senators: Bill Stanley,[298] Dick Black[299]
Two Virginia State Delegates: Mark Berg,[299] Brenda Pogge[299]
Two Washington State Representatives: Graham Hunt,[300] Jesse Young[300]
Wisconsin State Senator: Duey Stroebel[301]
Six Wisconsin State Representatives: David Craig,[301] Bob Gannon,[301] Andre Jacque,[301] Jesse Kremer,[301] Dean Knudson,[301] Adam Neylon[301]
Three Wyoming State Senators: Curt Meier,[302] Larry S. Hicks,[302] Kit Jennings (former)[302]
Ten Wyoming State Representatives: Edward Buchanan (former Speaker),[302] Mark Baker,[302] Scott Clem,[302] Harlan Edmonds,[302] Mark Jennings,[302] David Miller,[302] Tom Reeder,[302] Nathan Winters,[303] Amy Edmonds,[302] Mark Semlek,[302] Matt Teeters[302]
Mayors and other municipal leaders
Steve Lonegan, former Mayor of Bogota, New Jersey[304]
International Politicians
Cory Bernardi, Australian Senator (Liberal Party)[305]
Kenneth Svendsen, Norwegian MP (Progress Party)[306]
Oskar Jarle Grimstad, Norwegian MP (Progress Party)[306]
Businesspeople
Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric[307] (also author/speaker)
Kelcy Warren, chairman and chief executive officer of Energy Transfer Partners[254]
Darwin Deason, founder of Affiliated Computer Services[254]
Scott Banister, libertarian activist and former Rand Paul supporter[308]
Celebrities, commentators, and activists
Georgia: Jenny Beth Martin, Chairman, Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund[309]
California: Thomas Sowell, economist, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University[310]
California: James Woods, actor and conservative activist[311]
California: Paul Chappell (College President and Pastor)[312]
California: Adam Carolla, radio and television host[313]
California: Clint Howard, actor[314]
Colorado: James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family[315]
Florida: Steven Bauer, actor[316]
Hawaii: Jason Jones (activist/filmmaker), film-maker[317]
Iowa: Jeff Roe (campaign manager for Ted Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign)[318]
Iowa Bob Vander Plaats, president of the Family Leader[319]
Kansas Troy Newman, pro-life activist[320]
Kansas: R. Lee Ermey, actor[321] and former marine
Louisiana: Phil Robertson, hunter, businessman, and reality TV star of Duck Dynasty[322]
Louisiana: C.L. Bryant, conservative African-American radio talk show host, pastor Shreveport, Louisiana[323]
Kentucky: Dakota Meyer, marine sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient[324]
Michigan: Debbie Schlussel, talk radio host and political commentator[325]
Missouri: Mike Bickle (minister), evangelical leader[326][327]
New Jersey: William R. Forstchen, historian and author[288]
New York: Andrew C. McCarthy, columnist and national security expert[328]
New York: Gavin McInnes, writer, creative director, actor, comedian, and co-founder of Vice Media.[329]
New York: Pamela Geller (activist)[330][331]
North Carolina: The Benham Brothers, Former MLB Players and TV Hosts
North Carolina: Don Brown (author), former U.S.Navy JAG officer, bestselling author of the Navy Justice Series & author of Call Sign Extortion 17: The Shoot-Down of SEAL Team Six
North Carolina: Michael L. Brown, conservative activist, columnist, and radio host[332]
South Carolina: Bob Jones III, 3rd president of Bob Jones University[333]
Tennessee: Steve Gill, conservative talk radio host[245]
Tennessee: Michael Tait, lead singer of Newsboys[334]
Tennessee: Arthur Laffer, economist for Reagan administration[335]
Texas: Robin Armstrong, former Vice Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas[272]
Texas: Dana Loesch, Radio host[336]
Texas: Marcus Luttrell, former Navy Seal, actor and former Rick Perry supporter[337]
Texas: Taya Kyle, widow of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and former Rick Perry supporter[337]
Texas: Gary Clarke, actor[338]
Texas: Glenn Beck, conservative/libertarian activist, columnist, founder of 9-12 Project[339]
Texas: de:Carol Everett, pro-life activist, president of The Heidi Group[340]
Vermont: David Mamet, writer-director, playwright[316]
Virginia: Cynthia Dunbar,[298]
Virginia: Richard Viguerie, chairman of ConservativeHQ.com[341]
Virginia: Virginia Thomas, attorney and founder of Liberty Consulting[342]
Virginia: E. W. Jackson, 2013 Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia[343]
Utah: Gayle Ruzicka, State leader Utah [Eagle Forum]
Washington: Keli Carender, initial activist for Tea Party movement[344]
Washington, DC: William G. Boykin, former Lieutenant General[345]
Washington, DC: Virginia Thomas, founder of Liberty Consulting[346]
Washington, DC: Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council and Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives[347]
Washington, DC: Gary Bauer, conservative activist; unsuccessful presidential candidate, 2000[348]
Washington, DC: L. Brent Bozell III, conservative activist, columnist, president,Media Research Center[349]
John C. Eastman, law professor and constitutional law scholar[260]
Mark Levin, Radio host [350]
Organizations
Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund[309]
Georgia Right to Life[351]
Gun Owners of America[352]
National Federation of Republican Assemblies[353]
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility[354]
National Organization for Marriage[355]
California Republican Assembly [356]
Well, if wishes were horses (or cars) Trump wouldn’t have to walk to work. Each of the candiates has some endrosements, and I’m sure it it all very persuasive to the average voter.
WOW, Post #2 VERY IMPRESSIVE! Gov. Abbott alone is worth 100 true conservatives.
An asterisked win in Iowa and THREE loses. LOL
I want quality conservatives on our side, not quantity.
PS: Just read Ben Sasse's letter to a constituent...it looks like he's sold out...you guys should go for him.
That’s an impressive list.. and not one former KKK grand wizard among them.
Who are those people ???
a good 3/4 of them have names nobody in the threads have ever heard of...
But guess what ???
The endorsement of one LORD God Almighty beats all those mortals...
Ooooooooooooo...............
Rick Perry!
Bestill my beating heart! /eyeroll
That is a long list. Many I know. Many I don’t. But far too many are so establishment that it screams the fact that Cruz is a lifelong government employee. I do congratulate him on the positive, non GOPe endorsements.
This election is about more than endorsements. This election is finally about what the average American, whose name few know, wants for America.
Even Trump’s endorsements are second to We The People who are finally speaking in mass. I don’t need anyone to tell me who to vote for. I will decide. I am so tired of watching acquaintances wait to see who endorses a candidate to make a decision that should be from their heart.
I guess the best way to prove Cruz is the anti-establishment candidate, is to trot out all the establishment professional politicians, who are all talk and no action, who support him.
We’ve had too many lawyers turned politicians who are in it to line their pockets.
And all of these “endorsers” have delivered ONE victory to saint Ted of Goldman. I bet Saint Ted wishes he had Sessions endorsement.
We’ll see where ‘endorsements’ get candidates this year...
Quite a lot to look through. Can you tell me how many of his colleagues in the senate endorse him?
and with all that he’s still a loser.. doesn’t say much for Cruz as a candidate
That’s quite long, impressive list..But most everyone one there is GOPe...They’re who we Trump supporters are trying to get rid of...
So what? Trump has David Duke.
And don’t forget. More Wall street money that Clinton !