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Endorsements by Donald Trump

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This page lists endorsements by President Donald Trump (R). As of November 6, 2018, Trump had endorsed 106 candidates since taking office as president in 2017.[1]

Endorsements include appearances in television ads, radio ads, at fundraising events, and at campaign rallies. They also include official statements of endorsement by Trump or his re-election campaign, including tweets that explicitly state that Trump supports or endorses a candidate's bid for office.

This page organizes Trump's endorsements into three groups:

Type 2018 endorsements 2018 record 2017 endorsements 2017 record
General endorsements 96[1] 56-40 (58.3%) 1 0-1 (0%)
Special elections 3 2-1 (66.7%) 6 4-2 (66.7%)
Battleground primaries 17 16-1 (94.1%) 1 0-1 (0%)


See also: Endorsements by Barack Obama
See also: Endorsements by Joe Biden
See also: Endorsements by Bernie Sanders

See one we missed? Email us at editor@ballotpedia.org. For endorsements by the pro-Trump hybrid political action committee Great America PAC, click here.

General endorsements

General endorsements include all of President Trump's endorsements in regularly-scheduled elections, made before and after primary elections. This list does not include Trump's endorsements in special elections.

  • Click here to see Trump's endorsements in Battleground primary elections.
  • Click here to see Trump's endorsements in special elections.

2018

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate elections, 2018
U.S. Senate endorsements by Donald Trump, 2018
Candidate Status State General result
Martha McSally[2] Challenger Arizona Defeatedd
Mike Braun[3] Challenger Indiana Green check mark transparent.png
Rick Scott[4] Challenger Florida Green check mark transparent.png
John James[5] Challenger Michigan Defeatedd
Karin Housley[6] Challenger Minnesota Defeatedd
Roger Wicker[7] Incumbent Mississippi Green check mark transparent.png
Cindy Hyde-Smith[8] Incumbent Mississippi Green check mark transparent.png
Josh Hawley[9] Challenger Missouri Green check mark transparent.png
Matt Rosendale[10] Challenger Montana Defeatedd
Deb Fischer[11] Incumbent Nebraska Green check mark transparent.png
Dean Heller[12] Incumbent Nevada Defeatedd
Bob Hugin[13] Challenger New Jersey Defeatedd
Kevin Cramer[14] Challenger North Dakota Green check mark transparent.png
Jim Renacci[15] Challenger Ohio Defeatedd
Lou Barletta[16] Challenger Pennsylvania Defeatedd
Marsha Blackburn[17] Open seat Tennessee Green check mark transparent.png
Ted Cruz[18] Incumbent Texas Green check mark transparent.png
Mitt Romney[19] Open seat Utah Green check mark transparent.png
Evan Jenkins[20] Challenger West Virginia Defeatedd

(primary)[21]

Patrick Morrisey[20] Challenger West Virginia Defeatedd
Leah Vukmir[22] Challenger Wisconsin Defeatedd
John Barrasso[23] Incumbent Wyoming Green check mark transparent.png


U.S. House

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
U.S. House endorsements by Donald Trump, 2018
Candidate Status State General result
Martha Roby[24] Incumbent Alabama Green check mark transparent.png
Paul Cook[25] Incumbent[26] California Green check mark transparent.png
Diane Harkey[27] Open seat California Defeatedd
Devin Nunes[28] Incumbent California Green check mark transparent.png
Kevin McCarthy[29] Incumbent California Green check mark transparent.png
Dana Rohrabacher[30] Incumbent California Defeatedd
Neal Dunn[31] Incumbent Florida Green check mark transparent.png
Matt Gaetz[32] Incumbent Florida Green check mark transparent.png
Ross Spano[33] Open seat Florida Green check mark transparent.png
Michael Waltz[34] Open seat Florida Green check mark transparent.png
Ted Yoho[35] Incumbent Florida Green check mark transparent.png
Randy Hultgren[36] Incumbent Illinois Defeatedd
Rod Blum[37] Incumbent Iowa Defeatedd
Kevin Yoder[38] Incumbent Kansas Defeatedd
Andy Barr[39] Incumbent Kentucky Green check mark transparent.png
Clay Higgins[40] Incumbent Louisiana Green check mark transparent.png
Bruce Poliquin[41] Incumbent Maine Defeatedd
Lena Epstein[42] Challenger Michigan Defeatedd
Tom Emmer[6] Incumbent Minnesota Green check mark transparent.png
Jim Hagedorn[6] Open seat Minnesota Green check mark transparent.png
Dave Hughes[43] Challenger Minnesota Defeatedd
Jason Lewis[6] Incumbent Minnesota Defeatedd
Erik Paulsen[44] Incumbent Minnesota Defeatedd
Pete Stauber[45] Open seat Minnesota Green check mark transparent.png
Greg Gianforte[46] Incumbent Montana Green check mark transparent.png
Danny Tarkanian[47] Open seat Nevada Defeatedd
Jay Webber[48] Open seat New Jersey Defeatedd
Dan Donovan[49] Incumbent New York Defeatedd
John Faso[50] Incumbent New York Defeatedd
Peter King[51] Incumbent New York Green check mark transparent.png
Tom Reed[52] Incumbent New York Green check mark transparent.png
Claudia Tenney[53] Incumbent New York Defeatedd
Lee Zeldin[54] Incumbent New York Green check mark transparent.png
Ted Budd[55] Incumbent North Carolina Green check mark transparent.png
Mark Harris[55] Open seat North Carolina Green check mark transparent.png
Troy Balderson[56] Incumbent Ohio Green check mark transparent.png
John Chrin[57] Challenger Pennsylvania Defeatedd
Scott Perry[58] Incumbent Pennsylvania Green check mark transparent.png
Keith Rothfus[59] Incumbent Pennsylvania Defeatedd
Lloyd Smucker[60] Incumbent Pennsylvania Green check mark transparent.png
Katie Arrington[61] Open seat South Carolina Defeatedd
David Kustoff[62] Incumbent Tennessee Green check mark transparent.png
Kevin Brady[63] Incumbent Texas Green check mark transparent.png
Pete Sessions[64] Incumbent Texas Defeatedd
Dave Brat[65] Incumbent Virginia Defeatedd
Denver Riggleman[66] Open seat Virginia Green check mark transparent.png
Cathy McMorris Rodgers[67] Incumbent Washington Green check mark transparent.png
Carol Miller[33] Open seat West Virginia Green check mark transparent.png
Bryan Steil[68] Open seat Wisconsin Green check mark transparent.png

Governor

See also: Gubernatorial elections, 2018
Gubernatorial endorsements by Donald Trump, 2018
Candidate Status State General result
Mike Dunleavy[69] Open seat Alaska Green check mark transparent.png
Doug Ducey[70] Incumbent Arizona Green check mark transparent.png
Asa Hutchinson[71] Incumbent Arkansas Green check mark transparent.png
John Cox[72] Open seat California Defeatedd
Walker Stapleton[73] Open seat Colorado Defeatedd
Bob Stefanowski[74] Open seat Connecticut Defeatedd
Ron DeSantis[75][76] Open seat Florida Green check mark transparent.png
Brian Kemp[77] Open seat Georgia Green check mark transparent.png
Kris Kobach[78] Challenger Kansas Defeatedd
Bill Schuette[79] Open seat Michigan Defeatedd
Jeff Johnson[80] Open seat Minnesota Defeatedd
Adam Laxalt[81] Open seat Nevada Defeatedd
Kevin Stitt[82] Open seat Nevada Green check mark transparent.png
Mike DeWine[83] Open seat Ohio Green check mark transparent.png
Henry McMaster[84] Incumbent South Carolina Green check mark transparent.png
Bill Lee[85] Open seat Tennessee Green check mark transparent.png
Greg Abbott[18] Incumbent Texas Green check mark transparent.png
Scott Walker[86] Incumbent Wisconsin Defeatedd
Foster Friess[87] Open seat Wyoming Defeatedd (primary)

Other state executive officials

See also: State executive official elections, 2018
State executive official endorsements by Donald Trump, 2018
Candidate Office Status State General result
Dan Patrick[18] Lieutenant governor Incumbent Texas Green check mark transparent.png
Ken Paxton[18] Attorney general Incumbent Texas Green check mark transparent.png
Glenn Hegar[18] Comptroller Incumbent Texas Green check mark transparent.png
Sid Miller[18] Agriculture commissioner Incumbent Texas Green check mark transparent.png
George P. Bush[18] Land commissioner Incumbent Texas Green check mark transparent.png
Christi Craddick[18] Railroad commissioner Incumbent Texas Green check mark transparent.png

2017

Governor

See also: Gubernatorial elections, 2017
Gubernatorial endorsements by Donald Trump, 2017
Candidate Status State Result
Ed Gillespie[88] Open seat Virginia Defeatedd

Special elections

The list below includes all endorsements President Trump made in special elections. The candidates below are not included in the General endorsements list above.

  • Click here to read more about special elections from 2017 to 2018.

2018

See also: Special elections to the 115th United States Congress (2017-2018)
Special election endorsements by Donald Trump, 2018
Candidate Election date Position State Result
Troy Balderson[89] August 7 U.S. House Ohio Green check mark transparent.png
Debbie Lesko[90] April 24 U.S. House Arizona Green check mark transparent.png
Rick Saccone[91] March 13 U.S. House Pennsylvania Defeatedd

2017

See also: Special elections to the 115th United States Congress (2017-2018)
Special election endorsements by Donald Trump, 2017
Candidate Election date Position State Result
Roy Moore[92] December 12 U.S. Senate Alabama Defeatedd
Luther Strange[93] (incumbent) September 26 U.S. Senate Alabama Defeatedd (primary)
Karen Handel[94] June 20 U.S. House Georgia Green check mark transparent.png
Ralph Norman[95] June 20 U.S. House South Carolina Green check mark transparent.png
Greg Gianforte[96] May 25 U.S. House Montana Green check mark transparent.png
Ron Estes[97] April 11 U.S. House Kansas Green check mark transparent.png

Battleground primaries

Battleground primaries are those that Ballotpedia expected to be competitive or interesting in some other way. The list below includes all battleground primaries where President Trump endorsed a candidate before the primary election day. All of the endorsed candidates are also included in the General endorsements or Special elections lists above, regardless of whether they won the primary.

  • Click here to see a full list of U.S. House battleground primaries.
  • Click here to see a full list of U.S. Senate battleground primaries.

2018

Battleground primary endorsements by Donald Trump, 2018
Candidate Opponent(s) Primary date Position State Result
Paul Cook[25] Tim Donnelly (R)[98] November 6 U.S. House California Green check mark transparent.png
Cindy Hyde-Smith Mike Espy (D), Chris McDaniel (R) November 6[8] U.S. Senate Mississippi Green check mark transparent.png
Ron DeSantis[75] Adam Putnam August 28 Governor Florida Green check mark transparent.png
Doug Ducey[70] Ken Bennett August 28 Governor Arizona Green check mark transparent.png
Foster Friess[87] Mark Gordon, Harriet Hageman August 21 Governor Wyoming Defeatedd
Kris Kobach[78] Jeff Colyer (incumbent) August 7 Governor Kansas Green check mark transparent.png
John James[5] Sandy Pensler August 7 U.S. Senate Michigan Green check mark transparent.png
David Kustoff[62] George Flinn Jr. August 2 U.S. House Tennessee Green check mark transparent.png
Brian Kemp[77] Casey Cagle July 24 Governor Georgia Green check mark transparent.png
Martha Roby[24] Bobby Bright July 17 U.S. House Alabama Green check mark transparent.png
Dan Donovan[49] Michael Grimm June 26 U.S. House New York Green check mark transparent.png
Mitt Romney[19] Mike Kennedy June 26 U.S. Senate Utah Green check mark transparent.png
Henry McMaster[84] John Warren, Catherine Templeton June 12 (advanced to June 26 runoff) Governor South Carolina Green check mark transparent.png
Katie Arrington[61] Mark Sanford (incumbent) June 12 U.S. House South Carolina Green check mark transparent.png
John Cox[72] Gavin Newsom (D), Antonio Villaraigosa (D), Travis Allen (R) June 5[99] Governor California Green check mark transparent.png
Patrick Morrisey or Evan Jenkins[20] Don Blankenship May 8 U.S. Senate West Virginia Morrisey Green check mark transparent.png
Sid Miller[18] Trey Blocker, Jim Hogan March 6 Agriculture Commissioner Texas Green check mark transparent.png

2017

Battleground primary endorsements by Donald Trump, 2017
Candidate Opponent(s) Primary date Position State Result
Luther Strange[93] (incumbent) Roy Moore September 26 U.S. Senate Alabama Defeatedd

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 This figure includes Evan Jenkins and Patrick Morrisey, who he dually endorsed in the 2018 West Virginia Senate election, and two endorsements, respectively, of Greg Gianforte and Troy Balderson. He endorsed Gianforte and Balderson in their pre-Nov. 2018 special elections and their 2018 general elections.
  2. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on August 29, 2018," accessed August 29, 2018
  3. ↑ WFYI, "Trump Visits Evansville, Endorses Braun," August 30, 2018
  4. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on August 27, 2018," accessed August 27, 2018
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on July 27, 2018," accessed July 30, 2018
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 4, 2018
  7. ↑ Mississippi Today, "Trump endorses Wicker, snubs supporter Chris McDaniel," February 27, 2018
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Hyde Smith faced Mike Epsy (D) and Chris McDaniel (R) in a nonpartisan special election on November 6. Because the special election coincided with the 2018 regular elections and Hyde-Smith faced McDaniel, a Republican, in a competitive election, Ballotpedia listed it among the general endorsements and battleground primaries.
  9. ↑ Twiiter, "Donald J. Trump" June 13, 2018
  10. ↑ USA Today, "Who is Matt Rosendale? President Trump to head to Montana to boost GOP Senate candidate," July 24, 2018
  11. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," May 15, 2018
  12. ↑ Washington Post, "Trump nudges GOP challenger out of Nevada Senate race, aiding incumbent Dean Heller," March 16, 2018
  13. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," November 6, 2018
  14. ↑ Talk Media News, "Trump campaign endorses Congressman Kevin Cramer in N.D. Senate race," March 2, 2018
  15. ↑ Cincinnati Enquirer, "Did Trump just endorse Jim Renacci in Cincinnati? And will that help or hurt his bid to unseat Sen. Sherrod Brown?" February 6, 2018
  16. ↑ WBRE/WYOUTV, "President Donald Trump tweets endorsement of Lou Barletta for U.S. Senate," February 11, 2018
  17. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on April 19, 2018," accessed April 19, 2018
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8 The Dallas Morning News, "Snubbed no more: Trump tweets support for Texas GOP incumbents," February 27, 2018
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on February 19, 2018," accessed February 20, 2018
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump" May 7, 2018 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "pm" defined multiple times with different content
  21. ↑ In the May 8, 2018, primary, Trump issued a dual endorsement of Evan Jenkins and Patrick Morrisey, who were running against Don Blankenship.
  22. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump" August 15, 2018
  23. ↑ Oil City News, "President Donald Trump endorses John Barrasso for Primary" July 31, 2018
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," June 22, 2018
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," Septmeber 4, 2018
  26. ↑ Cook, an incumbent, defeated Tim Donnelly (R) in the general election after both advanced from the June 5 top-two primary.
  27. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," August 20, 2018
  28. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," June 5, 2018
  29. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," June 5, 2018
  30. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," November 4, 2018
  31. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 17, 2018
  32. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," July 12, 2018
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Politico, "Trump bolsters 3 Republicans seeking open House seats," October 22, 2018
  34. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," November 6, 2018
  35. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," August 9, 2018
  36. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," November 6, 2018
  37. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 29, 2018
  38. ↑ StarTribune, "Trump endorses GOP Rep. Yoder's re-election in Kansas 3rd," accessed July 18, 2018
  39. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 13, 2018
  40. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," June 24, 2018
  41. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 26, 2018
  42. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," November 6, 2018
  43. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," September 8, 2018
  44. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 22, 2018
  45. ↑ Twitter, "Politico," June 20, 2018
  46. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," November 3, 2018
  47. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," September 15, 2018
  48. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," September 20, 2018
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," May 30, 2018
  50. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 23, 2018
  51. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," November 6, 2018
  52. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 3, 2018
  53. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," November 4, 2018
  54. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," September 26, 2018
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 26, 2018
  56. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump ," October 26, 2018
  57. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump ," October 26, 2018
  58. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump ," November 2, 2018
  59. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump ," June 23, 2018
  60. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump ," October 26, 2018
  61. ↑ 61.0 61.1 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," June 12, 2018
  62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on July 27, 2018," accessed July 30, 2018
  63. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump" October 30, 2018
  64. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump" September 15, 2018
  65. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 18, 2018
  66. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 29, 2018
  67. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 29, 2018
  68. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump" August 15, 2018
  69. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 26, 2018
  70. ↑ 70.0 70.1 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," August 27, 2018
  71. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," May 21, 2018
  72. ↑ 72.0 72.1 Los Angeles Times, "Trump endorses Republican John Cox for California governor," May 18, 2018
  73. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump" October 10, 2018
  74. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump" August 15, 2018
  75. ↑ 75.0 75.1 Sunshine State News, "DeSantis still riding high on Trump endorsement," February 7, 2018
  76. ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Trump campaigns for Ron DeSantis (and himself) in Tampa," July 31, 2018
  77. ↑ 77.0 77.1 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," July 21, 2018
  78. ↑ 78.0 78.1 Time, "President Trump Tweets 'Total Endorsement' for Controversial Kansas Candidate Kris Kobach Despite Warning From Aides," August 6, 2018
  79. ↑ MLive, "Trump endorses Bill Schuette for governor of Michigan," September 17, 2017
  80. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump" August 15, 2018
  81. ↑ NBC News, "Trump backs Laxalt hours before polls close in NV-GOV," June 12, 2018
  82. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," August 30, 2018
  83. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," October 30, 2018
  84. ↑ 84.0 84.1 Greenville News, "President Donald Trump endorses Henry McMaster in Greenville, South Carolina, visit," October 16, 2017
  85. ↑ The Tennessean, "Donald Trump quickly endorses Republican nominee for Tennessee governor Bill Lee after Thursday's election," August 3, 2018
  86. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump" August 15, 2018
  87. ↑ 87.0 87.1 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump" August 21, 2018
  88. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on October 5, 2017," accessed January 4, 2018
  89. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," July 21, 2018
  90. ↑ Washington Examiner, "Trump endorses border wall backer Debbie Lesko in Arizona special election," April 24, 2018
  91. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on January 18, 2018," accessed January 18, 2018
  92. ↑ CNN, "Trump calls Roy Moore to offer his endorsement," December 4, 2017
  93. ↑ 93.0 93.1 Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on November 26, 2017," accessed January 4, 2018
  94. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on June 19, 2017," accessed January 4, 2018
  95. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," June 19, 2017
  96. ↑ CNN, "First on CNN: Trump records robocall for Montana special election," May 24, 2017
  97. ↑ Washington Examiner, "Trump urges voters to send Kansas Republican Ron Estes to Congress," April 11, 2017
  98. ↑ Cook and Donnelly both advanced from the June 5 top-two primary.
  99. ↑ This was a top-two primary, where all candidates ran in the same primary and the top two--Newsom and Cox--advanced to the general.
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