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Endorsements for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016

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This is a list of notable political endorsements for declared candidates for the Republican primaries for the 2016 United States presidential election.

Ted Cruz[edit]

Main article: Ted Cruz presidential campaign, 2016

Background: Ted Cruz (born in 1970) is a Texas U.S. Senator (2013–present). Born in Calgary, Canada, he was raised in Texas. He was a Texas lawyer(1997–98) before entering politics.

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U.S. Governors (current and former)

• Eddie Calvo, Guam^[177]
• Rick Perry, Texas (former); Presidential Candidate 2016, 2012^[178]

U.S. Senators (former)

• Bob Smith, New Hampshire (former); Presidential Candidate 2000^[179]

U.S. Representatives (current and former)

• Brian Babin, Representative from Texas^[180]
• Bob Barr, former Representative from Georgia; also Libertarian Nominee in 2008^[181]
• Jim Bridenstine, Representative from Oklahoma^[182]
• Mo Brooks, Representative from Alabama^[183]
• Ken Buck, Representative from Colorado^[184]
• Michael C. Burgess, Representative from Texas^[185]
• John Culberson, Representative from Texas^[186]
• David Davis, former Representative from Tennessee^[187]
• Jeff Duncan, Representative from South Carolina^[188]
• Louie Gohmert, Representative from Texas^[189]
• Paul Gosar, Representative from Arizona^[190]
• Sam Graves, Representative from Missouri^[191]
• Jody Hice, Representative from Georgia^[192]
• Tim Huelskamp, Representative from Kansas^[193]
• Sam Johnson, Representative from Texas^[194]
• Steve King, Representative from Iowa^[195]
• Jack Kingston, former Representative from Georgia^[196]
• Raúl Labrador, Representative from Idaho^[197] (previously endorsed Rand Paul)^[198]
• Tom McClintock, Representative from California^[199]
• Mark Meadows, Representative from North Carolina^[200]
• Alex Mooney, Representative from West Virginia^[201]
• John Ratcliffe, Representative from Texas^[189]
• Dana Rohrabacher, Representative from California^[202]
• Mark Sanford, Representative from South Carolina; also former Governor of South Carolina^[203]
• Tom Tancredo, former Representative from Colorado; also presidential candidate in 2008^[204][205]
• Randy Weber, Representative from Texas^[206]

Republican National Committee members (current and former)

• Ron Nehring, chair of CA GOP (2007–2011)^[207]
• Mike Schroeder, California Republican Party Chairman (1997–1999)^[208]
• Willis Lee, former Hawaii Republican Party Chairman^[208]
• Barry Peterson, former Chairman of the Idaho Republican Party^[208]
• Ellen Barrosse (DE), Melody Potter (WV), and Carolyn McLarty (OK), leaders of the Conservative Steering Committee of the Republican National Committee^[209]
• Norm Semanko, chair of ID GOP (2008–2012)^[210]
• Richard Cebra, chair of ME GOP (2012–2013)^[208]
• Saul Anuzis, chair of MI GOP (2005–2009)^[211]
• Jack Kimball, former Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee^[212]
• Tina Benkiser, chair of TX GOP (2003–2009)^[213]

Statewide officials

• Mark Martin, Arkansas Secretary of State^[214]
• Ralph Hudgens, Georgia Insurance Commissioner^[192]
• Ron Crane, Idaho State Treasurer^[210]
• Matt Schultz, former Secretary of State of Iowa^[215][216]
• Patricia Dillon Cafferata, former Nevada State Treasurer^[217]
• Adam Laxalt, Nevada Attorney General^[218]
• Charlie Condon, former South Carolina Attorney General^[219]
• David J. Porter, Texas Railroad Commissioner^[220]
• Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas^[221]
• Ryan Sitton, Texas Railroad Commissioner^[221]
• George Strake, Jr., former Secretary of State of Texas^[208]
• Ken Cuccinelli, former Attorney General of Virginia and President of Senate Conservatives Fund^[222]

State legislators

• Alabama State Senator: Shay Shelnutt ^[223]
• Nine Arizona State Representatives: Steve Montenegro(House Majority Leader),^[224] David Livingston (House Majority Whip),^[224] Bob Thorpe,^[224] Vince Leach,^[224] Mark Finchem,^[224] Anthony Kern,^[224] Jay Lawrence,^[224] Noel W. Campbell,^[224] Adam Kwasman (former)^[224]
• Four Arizona State Senators: Judy Burges,^[224] Sylvia Allen,^[224] Steve Smith,^[224] Al Melvin (former)^[224]
• Arkansas State Representative: Bob Ballinger^[225]
• Arkansas State Senator: Peggy Jeffries (former)^[225]
• Three Members of the California State Assembly: Matthew Harper,^[226] Shannon Grove,^[226] Ray Haynes (former)^[226]
• Florida State Representative: Neil Combee^[227]
• Seven Georgia State Senators: Mike Crane,^[192] Marty Harbin,^[192] William Ligon,^[192] Josh McKoon,^[192] Bill Jackson,^[228] Bruce Thompson,^[228] Clint Day (former)^[228]
• Eight Georgia State Representatives: Timothy Barr,^[228]Emory Dunahoo,^[228] Micah Gravley,^[228] Sheri Gilligan,^[228]Dustin Hightower,^[228] Jeff Jones,^[228] Jason Spencer,^[228]Tony McBrayer (former)^[228]
• Kansas State Representative Mark Kahrs of Wichita, state Cruz chairman in Kansas^[229]
• Two Illinois State Senators: Tim Bivins,^[230] Chapin Rose^[230]
• Six Iowa State Senators: Jake Chapman,^[215][216] Dennis Guth,^[216] Jason Schultz,^[216] Bill Anderson,^[231] Randy Feenstra,^[232] Jerry Behn^[233]
• Six Iowa State Representatives: Greg Heartsill,^[215][216]Steve Holt,^[215][216] Larry Sheets,^[215][216] Ralph Watts.,^[215][216] Terry Baxter,^[234] Sandy Salmon^[235]
• Three Kansas State Senators: Tom Arpke,^[236] Mary Pilcher-Cook,^[236] Steve Fitzgerald^[236]
• Fourteen Kansas State Representatives: Mark Kahrs,^[237]Amanda Grosserode,^[236] William Sutton,^[236] Brett Hildabrand,^[236] Blake Carpenter,^[236] Craig McPherson,^[236] Dennis Hedke,^[236] J. R. Claeys,^[236] John Rubin,^[236] Kasha Kelley,^[236] Randy Garber,^[236] Randy Powell,^[236] Mike Kiegerl,^[236] Steve Huebert,^[236] Tony Barton^[236]
• Former Louisiana State Senator: Elbert Guillory^[238]
• Massachusetts State Representative: James J. Lyons, Jr.^[239]
• Michigan State Senator: Patrick Colbeck^[240]
• Michigan State Representative: Ray Franz^[241]
• Eight Minnesota State Representatives: Steve Drazkowski,^[242] Cindy Pugh,^[242] Glenn Gruenhagen,^[243]Dave Hancock,^[243] Josh Heintzeman,^[243] Jerry Hertaus,^[243] Tim Miller,^[243] Jim Newberger^[243]
• Two Mississippi State Senators: Chris McDaniel,^[244]Melanie Sojourner (former)^[244]
• Three Missouri State Senators: Jim Lembke (former),^[245]Delbert Scott (former),^[245] Brad Lager (former),^[245] Chuck Purgason (former)^[245]
• Nine Missouri State Representatives: Carl Bearden (former Speaker pro Tempore),^[245] Eric Burlison,^[245] John McCaherty,^[245] Bill White,^[245] Rob Vescovo,^[245] Rick Brattin,^[245] Charlie Davis,^[245] Doug Funderburk(former),^[245] Bryan Stevenson (former)^[245]
• Six Members of the Nevada Assembly: Victoria Seaman,^[246] Michele Fiore,^[246] John Moore,^[246] Victoria Dooling,^[247] Ira Hansen,^[247] Jim Wheeler (Assembly Majority Whip)^[248]
• Two New Hampshire State Senators: Dave Wheeler(1992–1998, also rep 1988–1992),^[179] Fenton Groen(former),^[249]
• Thirty-seven New Hampshire State Representatives:Duane Brown,^[179][250] Carol Bush,^[179] Jane Cormier(former),^[179] Sue DeLemus,^[179] Jeff Harris,^[179] Eric Johnson,^[179] Josh Moore,^[179] Jeanine Notter,^[179] Bill O'Brien (Speaker^[179] 2010–2012),^[251] Greg Salts(former),^[179] David Scott (former),^[179] Ken Sheffert(former),^[179] James Spillane,^[179] Len Turcotte.,^[179]Warren Groen,^[249] Rick Christie,^[249] Allen Cook,^[249] Guy Comtois,^[249] Bill Kuch,^[249] Walter Koloziej,^[249] Patrick Bick,^[249] Carol Vita (former),^[249] Lucien Vita (former),^[249]Colette Worsman (former),^[249] Harry Accornero(former),^[249] Richard Gordon,^[252] Timothy Twombly,^[252]Fran Wendelboe (former),^[212] Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien,^[212] Will Smith (former),^[212] Max Abramson,^[253]Eric Eastman,^[253] Harold French,^[253] Larry Gagne,^[253] J. R. Hoell,^[253] Mark McLean^[253]
• North Carolina State Representative: Rayne Brown^[254]
• Three Oklahoma State Senators: Brian Bingman (President pro tempore),^[255] Gary Stanislawski,^[255] Anthony Sykes^[255]
• Nine Oklahoma State Representatives: David Brumbaugh,^[255] David Derby,^[255] Dan Fisher,^[255] Mark Lepak,^[255] Mark McCullough,^[255] Michael Rogers,^[255]Chuck Strohm,^[255] Ken Walker,^[255] Justin Wood^[255]
• South Carolina State Senator: Lee Bright.^[256][257]
• Two South Carolina State Representatives: Bill Chumley,^[256][257] Wendy Nanney^[258]
• Five Tennessee State Senators: Janice Bowling,^[187] Mark Green,^[187] Joey Hensley,^[187] Frank S. Niceley,^[187] Jim Tracy^[187]
• Eighteen Tennessee State Representative: Joe Carr(former),^[259] Judd Matheny (former House Speaker Pro-Tempore),^[213] Sheila Butt (House Majority Floor Leader),^[213] Kelly Keisling,^[213] Mike Sparks,^[213] Courtney Rogers,^[213] James Van Huss,^[213] Jerry Sexton,^[213] Jay Reedy,^[213] Jason Zachary,^[213] Tilman Goins,^[187] Ron Lollar,^[187] Billy Spivey,^[187] Rick Womick^[187]
• Five Texas State Senators: Brian Birdwell,^[260] Konni Burton,^[260] Brandon Creighton,^[260] Lois Kolkhorst,^[260] Bob Hall^[260]
• Thirty-Eight Texas State Representative: Cecil Bell Jr.,^[260]DeWayne Burns,^[260] Gary Elkins,^[260] Pat Fallon,^[260] Allen Fletcher,^[260] Dan Flynn,^[260] John Frullo,^[260] Dan Huberty,^[260] Bryan Hughes,^[260] Mark Keough,^[260]Stephanie Klick,^[260] Matt Krause,^[260] Brooks Landgraf,^[260]Jodie Laubenberg,^[260] Jeff Leach,^[260] Will Metcalf,^[260]Doug Miller,^[260] Rick Miller,^[260] Jim Murphy,^[260] Andrew Murr,^[260] Larry Phillips,^[260] John Raney,^[260] Debbie Riddle,^[260] Matt Rinaldi,^[260] Matt Schaefer,^[260] Mike Schofield,^[260] Matt Shaheen,^[260] Wayne Smith,^[260] Stuart Spitzer,^[260] Tony Tinderholt,^[260] Scott Turner,^[260] Molly White,^[260] John Wray,^[260] Bill Zedler,^[260] John Zerwas,^[260] Paul Pressler (former)^[261]
• Four Utah State Representatives: Christopher Herrod(former),^[262] Curtis Oda,^[262] Ken Sumsion (former),^[262]Matt Throckmorton (former)^[262]
• Two Virginia State Senators: Bill Stanley,^[263] Dick Black^[264]
• Two Virginia State Delegates: Mark Berg,^[264] Brenda Pogge^[264]
• Two Washington State Representatives: Graham Hunt,^[265]Jesse Young^[265]
• Wisconsin State Senator: Duey Stroebel^[266]
• Six Wisconsin State Representatives: David Craig,^[266] Bob Gannon,^[266] Andre Jacque,^[266] Jesse Kremer,^[266] Dean Knudson,^[266] Adam Neylon^[266]
• Three Wyoming State Senators: Curt Meier,^[267] Larry S. Hicks,^[267] Kit Jennings (former)^[267]
• Ten Wyoming State Representatives: Edward Buchanan(former Speaker),^[267] Mark Baker,^[267] Scott Clem,^[267]Harlan Edmonds,^[267] Mark Jennings,^[267] David Miller,^[267]Tom Reeder,^[267] Nathan Winters,^[268] Amy Edmonds,^[267]Mark Semlek,^[267] Matt Teeters^[267]

Mayors and other municipal leaders

• Steve Lonegan, former Mayor of Bogota, New Jersey^[269]

International Politicians

• Cory Bernardi, Australian Senator (Liberal Party)^[270]
• Kenneth Svendsen, Norwegian MP (Progress Party)^[110]
• Oskar Jarle Grimstad, Norwegian MP (Progress Party)^[110]

Businesspeople

• Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric^[271] (also author/speaker)
• Kelcy Warren, chairman and chief executive officer of Energy Transfer Partners^[221]
• Darwin Deason, founder of Affiliated Computer Services^[221]
• Scott Banister, libertarian activist and former Rand Paul supporter^[272]

Celebrities, commentators, and activists

• California: Thomas Sowell, economist, Senior Fellow at theHoover Institution, Stanford University^[273]
• California: James Woods, actor and conservative activist^[274]
• California: Paul Chappell (College President and Pastor)^[275]
• California: Adam Carolla, radio and television host^[276]
• California: Clint Howard, actor^[277]
• Colorado: James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family^[278]
• Florida: Steven Bauer, actor^[279]
• Hawaii: Jason Jones (activist/filmmaker), film-maker^[280]
• Iowa: Jeff Roe (advisor)^[281]
• Iowa Bob Vander Plaats, president of the Family Leader^[282]
• Kansas Troy Newman, pro-life activist^[283]
• Kansas: R. Lee Ermey, actor^[284] and former marine
• Louisiana: Phil Robertson, hunter, businessman, and reality TV star of Duck Dynasty^[285]
• Louisiana: C.L. Bryant, conservative African-American radio talk show host, pastor Shreveport, Louisiana^[286]
• Kentucky: Dakota Meyer, marine sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient^[287]
• Michigan: Debbie Schlussel, talk radio host and political commentator^[288]
• Missouri: Mike Bickle (minister), evangelical leader^[289][290]
• New Jersey: William R. Forstchen, historian and author^[254]
• New York: Andrew C. McCarthy, columnist and national security expert^[291]
• New York: Gavin McInnes, writer, creative director, actor, comedian, and co-founder of Vice Media.^[292]
• New York: Pamela Geller (activist)^[293][294]
• 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^[295]
• South Carolina: Bob Jones III, 3rd president of Bob Jones University^[296]
• Tennessee: Steve Gill, conservative talk radio host^[213]
• Tennessee: Michael Tait, lead singer of Newsboys^[297]
• Tennessee: Arthur Laffer, economist for Reagan administration^[298]
• Texas: Robin Armstrong, former Vice Chairman of theRepublican Party of Texas^[238]
• Texas: Dana Loesch, Radio host^[299]
• Texas: Marcus Luttrell, former Navy Seal, actor and former Rick Perry supporter^[300]
• Texas: Taya Kyle, widow of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and former Rick Perry supporter^[300]
• Texas: Gary Clarke, actor^[301]
• Texas: Glenn Beck, conservative/libertarian activist, columnist, founder of 9-12 Project^[302]
• Texas: de:Carol Everett, pro-life activist, president of The Heidi Group^[303]
• Vermont: David Mamet, writer-director, playwright^[279]
• Virginia: Cynthia Dunbar,^[263] Morton Blackwell^[304]
• Virginia: Richard Viguerie, chairman of ConservativeHQ.com^[305]
• Virginia: Virginia Thomas, attorney and founder of Liberty Consulting^[306]
• Virginia: E. W. Jackson, 2013 Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia^[307]
• Utah: Gayle Ruzicka, State leader Utah [Eagle Forum]
• Washington: Keli Carender, initial activist for Tea Party movement^[308]
• Washington, DC: William G. Boykin, former Lieutenant General^[309]
• Washington, DC: Virginia Thomas, founder of Liberty Consulting^[310]
• Washington, DC: Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council and Republican former member of theLouisiana House of Representatives^[311]
• Washington, DC: Gary Bauer, conservative activist; unsuccessful presidential candidate, 2000^[312]
• Washington, DC: L. Brent Bozell III, conservative activist, columnist, president,Media Research Center^[313]
• John C. Eastman, law professor and constitutional law scholar^[226]
• Mark Levin, Radio host ^[314]

Organizations

• Georgia Right to Life^[315]
• Gun Owners of America^[316]
• National Federation of Republican Assemblies^[317]
• Texans for Fiscal Responsibility^[318]
• National Organization for Marriage^[319]
• California Republican Assembly ^[320]

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