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Endorsements for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016

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Background: Marco Rubio (born in 1971) is a U.S. Senator from Florida (2010–present). He was raised in Florida (and Nevada). He was a Florida lawyer (1996–9 before entering politics.

U.S. Governors (former)
Robert List, Nevada (former)[519]
George Pataki, New York (former); 2016 presidential candidate[520]
George Allen, Virginia (former Virginia Governor and Senator)[521]
Scott McCallum, Wisconsin (former)[522]

U.S. Senators (current and former)
Arizona: Jon Kyl (former)[523]
Arkansas: Tim Hutchinson (former)[524]
Colorado: Cory Gardner[525]
Idaho: Jim Risch[526]
Montana: Steve Daines[527]
Oklahoma: Jim Inhofe[528]
Pennsylvania: Pat Toomey[529], Rick Santorum (former); former 2016 Presidential Candidate.[530]
South Carolina: Tim Scott[531]
Texas: Phil Gramm (former)[532]

U.S. Representatives (current and former)
Arkansas: Rick Crawford[533] and Steve Womack[533]
California: Doug LaMalfa,[534] and Darrell Issa[535]
Colorado: Mike Coffman[536]
Florida: Tom Rooney[3]
Georgia: Austin Scott[537]
Illinois: Darin LaHood[538]
Indiana: Todd Rokita,[539] Larry Bucshon[540] and Chris Chocola(former)[541]
Kansas: Mike Pompeo[542]
Kentucky: Anne Northup (former)[543]
Michigan: John Moolenaar,[544] and Bill Huizenga[545]
Missouri: Jason T. Smith[546]
North Carolina: Robert Pittenger, Robin Hayes (former)[547]
Oklahoma: Markwayne Mullin[548]
Pennsylvania: Glenn Thompson
South Carolina: Trey Gowdy[549]
South Dakota: Kristi Noem[542]
Tennessee: Zach Wamp (former).[550]
Utah: (Whole House Delegation) Chris Stewart,[551] Mia Love[552] Rob Bishop,[553] and Jason Chaffetz[554]
Virginia: Scott Rigell[555] and Barbara Comstock[556]
Washington: Jaime Herrera Beutler[557]
Wisconsin: Sean Duffy[558]

U.S. Ambassadors (former)
Skip Vallee, former Ambassador to Slovakia (2005–2007)[559]
Victor Ashe, former Ambassador to Poland (2004–2009) and former Bushsupporter[560]

Republican National Committee members (former)
Bill Armistead, chair of Alabama GOP (2011–2015)[561]
Jerry Labriola Jr., chair of Connecticut GOP (2011–2015).[562][563]
Robert Maginn, chair of Massachusetts GOP (2011–2013)[564]
Arnie Hederman, chairman of the Mississippi GOP (2011–2012)[565]
Ferrell Blount, former NCGOP chairman[547]
Stan Lockhart, former Utah GOP chair[551]

Statewide officials
Arizona: Mark Brnovich (AG of AZ)[566]
Arkansas: Gregory Bledsoe (Arkansas Surgeon General),[567] Tim Griffin(LG of AR)[533]
Florida: Carlos López-Cantera (LG of FL)[568]
Idaho: Brandon D. Woolf (Contr. of ID)[569]
Two from Nevada: Mark Hutchison (LG of NV),[570] Lorraine Hunt (formerLG of NV).[571]
New Hampshire: Peter Heed (former AG of NH)[572]
Ohio: Josh Mandel (Treas. of OH).[573]
Utah: Spencer Cox (LG of UT)[574]
Wisconsin: Margaret Farrow (former LG of WI)[522]

State legislators
Three Alabama State Senators: Clay Scofield,[575] Slade Blackwell,[575]Greg Albritton[575]
Thirteen Alabama State Representatives: Will Ainsworth,[561] Randall Shedd,[575] Danny Garrett,[575] David Faulkner,[575] Jack Williams,[575] Jim Patterson,[575] K. L. Brown,[575] Kyle South,[575] Mack Butler,[575] Matt Fridy,[575] Mike Jones, Jr.,[575] Nathaniel Ledbetter,[575] Lynn Greer[575]
Four Arkansas State Senators: Bart Hester,[576] Jim Hendren (Majority Leader),[577] Missy Irvin,[567] Jeremy Hutchinson[567]
Eight Arkansas State Representatives: Ken Bragg (Majority Leader),[567]Jim Dotson (Majority Whip),[567] Justin Boyd,[567] Lanny Fite,[567] Charlie Collins,[567] DeAnn Vaught,[567] Laurie Rushing,[567] Nate Bell[567]
Four California State Senators: Jim Nielsen,[578] Jeff Stone,[578] Andy Vidak,[578] Patricia Bates[578]
Two Members of the California State Assembly: Scott Wilk,[578] Kristin Olsen (former Minority Leader)[578]
Colorado State Senator: Josh Penry (former Minority Leader)[579]
Delaware State Senator: Gregory Lavelle (Minorty Whip)[580]
Eighteen Florida State Representatives: Adam Hasner (former Majority Leader),[581] Esteban Bovo (former),[582] Keith Perry,[582] Dane Eagle,[582]Lake Ray,[582] Ross Spano,[582] Debbie Mayfield,[582] Matt Caldwell,[582]Bryan Avila,[582] Jeanette Núñez,[582] Mike Miller,[582] Rene Plasencia,[582]Mike La Rosa,[582] Ray Pilon,[582] Scott Plakon,[582] Julio Gonzalez,[582]Danny Burgess,[568] Shawn Harrison[568]
Two Florida State Senators: Miguel Díaz de la Portilla,[583] René García[583]
Four Georgia State Senators: P.K. Martin IV,[584] Judson Hill,[585] Chuck Clay (former),[586] Rick Jeffares[587]
Twelve Georgia State Representatives: Geoff Duncan,[584] Chuck Efstration,[584] Buzz Brockway,[584] Trey Kelley,[584] Bert Reeves,[584] Matt Ramsey (House Majority Whip),[586] Bill Werkheiser,[586] Michael Ryan Caldwell,[586] Brian Strickland,[586] Mike Dudgeon,[586] Gerald Greene,[587]Howard Maxwell[587]
Illinois State Senator: Michael Connelly[588]
Indiana State Senator: Carlin Yoder[71]
Five Indiana State Representatives: Cindy Ziemke,[71] David Ober(Assistant Majority Leader),[589] David Ober,[589] Casey Cox,[589] Holli Sullivan[589]
Five Iowa State Senators: Rick Bertrand,[590] Jack Whitver.,[591] Dan Zumbach,[592] Tom Shipley,[592] Larry McKibben (former)[593]
Seven Iowa State Representatives: Bobby Kaufmann,[594] Brian Best,[595]John Wills,[596] Megan Jones,[597] Carmine Boal (former),[593] Dawn Pettengill,[598] Quentin Stanerson[599]
Kansas State Senator: Terry Bruce (Majority Leader)[600]
Kansas State Representative: Erin Davis[600]
Louisiana State Senator: Bodi White[601]
Maine State Representative: Kenneth Fredette (Minority Leader)[602]
Maryland State Delegate: Christian Miele[603]
Three Massachusetts State Senators: Richard J. Ross,[564] Vinny deMacedo,[564] Ryan Fattman[564]
Two Massachusetts State Representatives: Keiko Orrall,[564] Shawn Dooley[564]
Michigan State Senator: Kenneth Horn[604]
Four Michigan State Representatives: Joseph Graves,[604] Klint Kesto,[604]Kurt Heise,[604] Mike Callton[604]
Three Minnesota State Representatives: Jeff Johnson (former),[605] Marty Seifert (former Minority Leader),[606] Steve Sviggum (former Speaker)[606]
Missouri State Senator: Ron Richard (President)[607]
Fourteen Missouri State Representatives: Todd Richardson (House Speaker),[608] Mike Cierpiot,[609] Dan Shaul,[610] Caleb Rowden,[610]Shamed Dogan,[610] Donna Lichtenegger,[610] Rebecca Roeber,[610] Lyndall Fraker,[610] Tony Dugger,[610] Jason Chipman,[610] Jay Barnes,[610] Justin Alferman,[610] Elijah Haahr,[610] Caleb Jones[610]
Six Nevada State Senators: Patricia Farley,[611] Ben Kieckhefer,[612] Warren Hardy (former).,[613] Michael Roberson (Senate Majority Leader),[614] Joe Hardy (Senate President Pro Tempore),[615] Scott Hammond (Co-Majority Whip)[616]
Four Members of the Nevada Assembly: Erv Nelson,[617] Derek Armstrong,[618] Stephen Silberkraus,[619] Glenn E. Trowbridge[620]
Four New Hampshire State Senators: Regina Birdsell,[621] Jim Luther(former),[622] Jim Rausch (former),[623] David Currier (former)[624]
Six New Hampshire State Representatives: Alec Koromilas (former),[151]Pamela Price (former Majority Whip),[625] Dennis Green,[625] Brian Chirichiello,[625] Chris Nevins (former).[626] Phyllis Woods (former)[607]
New Mexico State Representative: Monica Youngblood[627]
New York State Senator: Phil Boyle[628]
Six Members of the New York Assembly: Nicole Malliotakis,[629] Marc W. Butler,[628] Andrew Garbarino,[628] Chad A. Lupinacci,[628] L. Dean Murray,[628] Anthony Palumbo[628]
Nine North Carolina State Representatives: Jason Saine,[630] Mike Hager(Majority Leader),[631] Paul Stam (Speaker Pro Tempore),[631] John R. Bell, IV (Majority Whip),[631] John R. Bradford III,[631] Rob Bryan,[631] Josh Dobson,[631] Pat McElraft,[631] Stephen M. Ross[631]
Three North Carolina State Senators: Andrew C. Brock,[630] Jim Davis,[631]Jeff Tarte[631]
Two North Dakota State Senators: Jonathan Casper,[607] Jessica K. Unruh[607]
Eleven Oklahoma State Senators: David Holt,[632] Kim David,[633] Eddie Fields,[633] Jack Fry,[633] A.J. Griffin,[633] Wayne Shaw,[633] Jason Smalley,[633] Roger Thompson,[633] Frank Simpson,[634] Larry Boggs, [635]Ervin Yen, [635]
Eight Oklahoma State Representatives: Josh Cockroft,[633] Randy Grau,[633]Katie Henke,[633] Terry O'Donnell,[633] Leslie Osborn,[633] Harold Wright,[633] Paul Wesselhoft,[634] Dan Kirby,[634]
Oregon State Representative: Shawn Lindsay (former)[636]
Two Pennsylvania State Senators: Ryan Aument,[637] Guy Reschenthaler[638]
Five Pennsylvania State Representatives: Mike Turzai (Speaker of the House),[639] Jim Christiana,[640] Stan Saylor,[638] Jesse Topper,[638] Jeff Haste (former)[638]
Two South Carolina State Representatives: Nathan Ballentine,[641] Neal Collins.[642]
South Dakota State Senator: Bob Gray (former President pro tempore)[643]
Five Tennessee State Representatives: Gerald McCormick (House Majority Leader),[644] Jeremy Faison,[644] Eddie Smith,[644] Dan Howell,[644] Ron Travis[644]
Three Tennessee State Senators: Brian Kelsey,[644] Jack Johnson,[644]Becky Duncan Massey[644]
Texas State Senator: Jon Lindsay (former)[645]
Seven Texas State Representatives: James Frank,[646] Larry Gonzales,[647]Jason Isaac,[645] Linda Harper-Brown (former),[647] Martha Wong(former),[647] Myra Crownover,[645] Peggy Hamric (former)[645]
Utah State Representative: Greg Hughes (Speaker of the House)[551]
Virginia State Senator: Bryce Reeves[648]
Eight Virginia State Delegates: Tim Hugo,[649] Kirk Cox (Majority Leader),[648] Kathy Byron,[648] Edward T. Scott,[648] Richard Anderson,[648]Jay Leftwich,[648] Michael Webert,[648] Jason Miyares (member-elect)[648]
Washington State Representative: Drew C. MacEwen[650]
Two West Virginia State Delegates: Danny Hamrick,[651] Daryl Cowles(Majority Leader)[652]
Twenty Wisconsin State Representatives: Robin Vos (Speaker of the House),[653] Jim Steineke (Majority Leader),[653] Tyler August (Speaker Pro Tempore),[653] John Nygren (Co-Chairman of Joint Finance Committee),[653]Scott Allen,[653] John Jagler,[653] Adam Jarchow,[653] Joel Kitchens,[653]Scott Krug,[653] Mike Kuglitsch,[653] Bob Kulp,[653] John Macco,[653] Dave Murphy,[653] Mike Rohrkaste,[653] Ken Skowronski,[653] David Steffen,[653]Paul Tittl,[653] Travis Tranel,[653] Tyler Vorpagel,[653] Jessie Rodriguez.[654]
Three Wisconsin State Senators: Leah Vukmir (Assistant Majority Leader),[655] Devin LeMahieu,[656] Van Wanggaard,[653]
Wyoming State Representative: Tim Stubson[657]

Mayors and other municipal leaders
Kevin Faulconer, Mayor of San Diego[578]
William Snyder, Martin County Sheriff[582]
Tomas Regalado, Mayor of Miami[582]
Ed Day, Rockland County Executive[628]
Tom Fetzer, former Mayor of Raleigh[547]
Orlando Sanchez, Harris County Treasurer[645]

Businesspeople
Wayne Berman, donor and fundraiser[658][659]
Norman Braman, former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, billionaire[107][660][661]
Larry Ellison, co-founder and former CEO of Oracle Corporation[662]
Jose 'Pepe' Fanjul, sugar industry[107]
Paul Singer, businessman, investor, billionaire[663]
Frank L. VanderSloot, entrepreneur, radio network owner, rancher[664]
John Rakolta, CEO of Walbridge[665]
Kenneth C. Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel[666]
Art Pope, philanthropist and businessman[667]
Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association[668]
Larry Nichols, chairman of Devon Energy[669]

Newspapers
The Des Moines Register[670]
Sioux City Journal[671]
The Eagle-Tribune[672]

Celebrities, commentators, and activists
Rick Harrison, pawnbroker, Pawn Stars on History[673]
Charles Krauthammer, columnist and Fox News contributor[674]
Chris Bravacos (strategist and bundler)[675]
Babyface, singer-songwriter[110]
Jenna Jameson, former pornographic actress[676]
Mark Teixeira, Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees[677]
Johnny Van Zant, lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd[110]
Anthony Ribustello, actor and Republican activist[628]
Bob Asher, Pennsylvania member of Republican National Committee[637]
Wayne Grudem, evangelical theologian, seminary professor, and author[678]
John Stephen, 2010 NH GOP gubernatorial nominee[679]
Michele Tafoya, sportscaster [680]
David Thul, Iraq War veteran and Republican activist[606]
Kurt Angle, professional wrestler[681]
Gary M. Polland, attorney and former Harris County Republican Party Chairman[645]


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