You saved me time, Field Marshal. I agree with your evaluation 100 %.
Out of the list only Jeff Sessions and Marsha Blackburn stands out. The rest are hacks or not enough info.
I wrote up a list of VP possibilities that were actually Conservative some months ago (of officeholders or recent ones). I should revise it as follows (of statewide or federal and recent ex-officeholders). Doesn’t include any non-pols, whom are harder to vet:
AL
Sen. Jeff Sessions
Rep. Mo Brooks
AK
Ex-Gov. Sarah Palin
AZ
Rep. Dave Schweikert
AR
N/A
CA
Rep. Duncan Hunter, Jr.
Ex-Rep. Duncan Hunter, Sr.
Rep. Tom McClintock
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
CO
N/A
CT
N/A
DE
N/A
FL
Ex-Rep. Allen West (now of TX)
GA
N/A
HI
N/A
ID
N/A
IL
N/A
IN
Rep. Marlin Stutzman (outgoing)
IA
Rep. Rod Blum
KS
Rep. Mike Pompeo
KY
N/A
LA
Atty. Gen. Jeff Landry
ME
Gov. Paul LePage
MD
N/A
MA
N/A
MI
Rep. Tim Walberg
MS
N/A
MO
N/A
MT
N/A
NE
N/A
NV
N/A
NH
N/A
NJ
Rep. Scott Garrett
NM
N/A
NY
N/A
NC
Gov. Pat McCrory
Rep. George Holding
Rep. Mark Meadows
ND
N/A
OH
Ex-Sec of State Ken Blackwell
Rep. Jim Jordan
OK
Ex-Gov. Frank Keating
OR
N/A
PA
Ex-Gov. Mark Schweiker
Rep. Scott Perry
RI
Ex-Gov. Don Carcieri
SC
Sen. Tim Scott
SD
N/A
TN
Rep. Marsha Blackburn
TX
Gov. Greg Abbott
Sen. Ted Cruz (despite the complaints, an excellent Senator)
Rep. Louie Gohmert
UT
Sen. Mike Lee
VT
N/A
VA
Rep. Dave “The Giant Killer” Brat
WA
N/A
WV
N/A
WI
N/A (I thought about Gov. Scott Walker, but he just was such a bust nationally)
WY
N/A