Endorsements by Donald Trump
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This page is updated weekly with endorsements made by President Donald Trump (R).
During Trump's presidency from 2017 to 2021, Ballotpedia tracked 305 endorsements. This page was last updated October 31, 2024.
Endorsements include official statements, appearances at campaign rallies, and direct participation in campaign ads and materials. Endorsements issued prior to a special election where the candidate is also running in a regularly scheduled election on the same day are counted as endorsements in both races. The tables below include all endorsements made for candidates within Ballotpedia's coverage scope. If Trump issued any endorsements for candidates outside of Ballotpedia's coverage scope, a list of the endorsements can be found in the section for the relevant election year.
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This page organizes Trump's endorsements by year:
- Endorsements in 2026: Trump's endorsements in 2026 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2025: Trump's endorsements in 2025 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2024: Trump's endorsements in 2024 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2023: Trump's endorsements in 2023 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2022: Trump's endorsements in 2022 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2021: Trump's endorsements in 2021 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2020: Trump's endorsements in 2020 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2019: Trump's endorsements in 2019 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2018: Trump's endorsements in 2018 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2017: Trump's endorsements in 2017 organized by office.
The table below displays the count and win rate for Trump-endorsed candidates within Ballotpedia's coverage scope. It does not include candidates outside of Ballotpedia's coverage scope. A list of endorsements for out-of-scope candidates can be found in the relevant election year section of this page.
| Endorsements by Donald Trump, 2018-2026 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election year | Total endorsements | Primary endorsements | Primary success rate | General election endorsements | General election success rate |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0% | 0 | N/A |
| 2024 | 306 | 270 | 96% | 288 | 89% |
| 2023 | 7 | 3 | 67% | 5 | 80% |
| 2022 | 276 | 241 | 93% | 254 | 83% |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 67% |
| 2020 | 188 | 121 | 97% | 182 | 78% |
| 2019 | 10 | 5 | 80% | 9 | 67% |
| 2018 | 99 | 37 | 95% | 95 | 59% |
| Note: This table does not include endorsements made in presidential elections. | |||||
| Endorsements overview (2017) | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Regular endorsements | Special elections | |||||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||||||
| Endorsements | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| General record | 0-1 (0%) | 4-2 (67%) | |||||||||||
2026
This section includes all of President Trump's endorsements in regularly scheduled and special elections, made before and after primary elections.
| State legislative endorsements by Donald Trump, 2026 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Rick Roth (R) source | Open seat | Florida State Senate District 26 | Primary | |
| Ileana Garcia (R) source | Incumbent | Florida State Senate District 36 | Primary | |
| Ana Maria Rodriguez (R) source | Incumbent | Florida State Senate District 40 | Primary | |
| State executive endorsements by Donald Trump, 2026 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Joe Gruters (R) source | Open seat | Florida Chief Financial Officer | Primary | |
2025
This section includes all of President Trump's endorsements in regularly scheduled and special elections, made before and after primary elections.
| U.S. House endorsements by Donald Trump, 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Jimmy Patronis (R) source | Open seat | U.S. House Florida District 1 (special) | Primary | |
| Randy Fine (R) source | Open seat | U.S. House Florida District 6 (special) | Primary | |
2024
This section includes all of President Trump's endorsements in regularly scheduled and special elections, made before and after primary elections.
| U.S. Senate endorsements by Donald Trump, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Kari Lake (R) source 1 source 2 | Open seat | U.S. Senate Arizona | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Rick Scott (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Florida | Primary, General | Won general |
| Jim Banks (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Indiana | Primary, General | Won general |
| Larry Hogan (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Maryland | General | Lost general |
| Mike Rogers (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Michigan | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Roger Wicker (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Mississippi | Primary, General | Won general |
| Josh Hawley (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Missouri | Primary, General | Won general |
| Tim Sheehy (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Montana | Primary, General | Won general |
| Deb Fischer (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Nebraska | General | Won general |
| Pete Ricketts (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Nebraska (special) | General | Won general |
| Sam Brown (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Nevada | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Mike Sapraicone (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate New York | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Kevin Cramer (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate North Dakota | Primary, General | Won general |
| Bernie Moreno (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Ohio | Primary, General | Won general |
| Marsha Blackburn (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Tennessee | Primary, General | Won general |
| Ted Cruz (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Texas | General | Won general |
| Trent Staggs (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Utah | Primary | Lost primary |
| Hung Cao (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Virginia | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Jim Justice (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate West Virginia | Primary, General | Won general |
| Eric Hovde (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Wisconsin | Primary, General | Lost general |
| John Barrasso (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Wyoming | Primary, General | Won general |
| State executive endorsements by Donald Trump, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Mike Braun (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Indiana | Primary, General | Won general |
| Mike Kehoe (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Missouri | General | Won general |
| Mark K. Robinson (R) source | Open seat | Governor of North Carolina | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Kelly Armstrong (R) source | Open seat | Governor of North Dakota | Primary, General | Won general |
| Patrick Morrisey (R) source | Open seat | Governor of West Virginia | General | Won general |
| Julie McGuire (R) source | Open seat | Lieutenant Governor of Indiana | Convention | Lost convention |
| David Wasinger (R) source | Open seat | Lieutenant Governor of Missouri | General | Won general |
| Todd Rokita (R) source | Incumbent | Attorney General of Indiana | Convention, General | Won general |
| Andrew Bailey (R) source | Incumbent | Attorney General of Missouri | General | Won general |
| State court endorsements by Donald Trump, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Patrick W. O'Grady (Nonpartisan) source | Challenger | Michigan Supreme Court (special) | General | Lost general |
| Patrick W. O'Grady (R) source | Challenger | Michigan Supreme Court (special) | General | Won convention |
| Gina Parker (R) source | Challenger | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7 | Primary, General | Won general |
| Lee Finley (R) source | Challenger | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8 | Primary, General | Won general |
| David Schenck (R) source | Challenger | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge | Primary, General | Won general |
| Local endorsements by Donald Trump, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Alina Garcia (R) source | Open seat | Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections | Primary, General | Won general |
| Debbie Lesko (R) source | Open seat | Maricopa County Board of Supervisors District 4 | Primary, General | Won general |
| Rosie Cordero-Stutz (R) source | Open seat | Miami-Dade County Sheriff | Primary, General | Won general |
Note: The tables above do not include primary endorsements where Trump issued endorsements for multiple active candidates in the same primary. Those endorsements are listed below:
- U.S. House:
- Trump's endorsement of Blake Masters and Abe Hamadeh in Arizona's 8th Congressional District Republican primary.[1]
- Trump's endorsement of Jerrod Sessler and Tiffany Smiley in Washington's 4th Congressional District top-two primary.[2]
- State executives:
- Trump's endorsement of Jay Ashcroft, Mike Kehoe, and Bill Eigel in the Missouri gubernatorial Republican primary.[3]
- Trump's endorsement of Holly Rehder and David Wasinger in the Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial Republican primary.[4]
- Trump's endorsement of Andrew Bailey and Will Scharf in the Missouri attorney general Republican primary.[5]
Candidates outside of Ballotpedia's coverage scope
Trump issued endorsements for the following candidates outside of Ballotpedia's coverage scope:
- Michael Barnett, candidate for Palm Beach County Commissioner[6]
- Sonny Borrelli, candidate for Mohave County District 3 County Supervisor[7]
- Nicole Reinoso, candidate for Doral City Council Seat 3[8]
2023
This section includes all of President Trump's endorsements in regularly scheduled and special elections, made before and after primary elections.
| State legislative endorsements by Donald Trump, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Janel Brandtjen (R) source | Open seat | Wisconsin State Senate District 8 (special) | Primary | Lost primary |
| State executive endorsements by Donald Trump, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Daniel Cameron (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Kentucky | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Jeff Landry (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Louisiana | Primary | Won primary |
| Tate Reeves (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of Mississippi | General | Won general |
| Liz Murrill (R) source | Open seat | Attorney General of Louisiana | General | Won general |
| Nancy Landry (R) source | Open seat | Louisiana Secretary of State | General | Won general |
| John Fleming (R) source | Open seat | Louisiana State Treasurer | General | Won general |
Candidates outside of Ballotpedia's coverage scope
Trump issued endorsements for the following candidates outside of Ballotpedia's coverage scope:
- Howard Kopel, candidate for Nassau County Legislative District 7
2022
This section includes all of President Trump's endorsements in regularly scheduled and special elections, made before and after primary elections. Click here to view analysis of Trump's 2022 endorsements.
| U.S. Senate endorsements by Donald Trump, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Katie Britt (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Alabama | Primary Runoff, General | Won general |
| Kelly Tshibaka (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Alaska | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Blake Masters (R) source 1 source 2 | Challenger | U.S. Senate Arizona | Primary, General | Lost general |
| John Boozman (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Arkansas | Primary, General | Won general |
| Leora Levy (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Connecticut | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Marco Rubio (R) source 1 source 2 | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Florida | Primary, General | Won general |
| Herschel Walker (R) source 1 source 2 | Challenger | U.S. Senate Georgia | Primary, General, General Runoff | Lost general runoff |
| Mike Crapo (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Idaho | Primary, General | Won general |
| Chuck Grassley (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Iowa | Primary, General | Won general |
| Jerry Moran (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Kansas | Primary, General | Won general |
| Rand Paul (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Kentucky | Primary, General | Won general |
| John Neely Kennedy (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Louisiana | Primary | Won primary |
| Eric Schmitt (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Missouri | General | Won general |
| Adam Laxalt (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Nevada | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Don Bolduc (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate New Hampshire | General | Lost general |
| Ted Budd (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate North Carolina | Primary, General | Won general |
| John Hoeven (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate North Dakota | Primary, General | Won general |
| J.D. Vance (R) source 1 source 2 | Open seat | U.S. Senate Ohio | Primary, General | Won general |
| James Lankford (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Oklahoma | General | Won general |
| Markwayne Mullin (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Oklahoma (special) | Primary Runoff, General | Won general |
| Mehmet Oz (R) source 1 source 2 | Open seat | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Sean Parnell (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania | Primary | Not on the ballot primary |
| Tim Scott (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate South Carolina | Primary, General | Won general |
| Mike Lee (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Utah | Primary, General | Won general |
| Gerald Malloy (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Vermont | General | Lost general |
| Ronald Harold Johnson (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Wisconsin | Primary, General | Won general |
| State executive endorsements by Donald Trump, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Mike Dunleavy (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of Alaska | Primary, General | Won general |
| Kari Lake (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Arizona | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Arkansas | Primary, General | Won general |
| David Perdue (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Georgia | Primary | Lost primary |
| Janice McGeachin (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Idaho | Primary | Lost primary |
| Darren Bailey (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Illinois | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Kim Reynolds (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of Iowa | Primary, General | Won general |
| Derek Schmidt (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Kansas | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Dan Cox (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Maryland | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Geoff Diehl (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Massachusetts | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Tudor Dixon (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Michigan | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Scott Jensen (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Minnesota | General | Lost general |
| Charles Herbster (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Nebraska | Primary | Lost primary |
| Joe Lombardo (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Nevada | Primary, General | Won general |
| Mark Ronchetti (R) source | Challenger | Governor of New Mexico | General | Lost general |
| Lee Zeldin (R) source | Challenger | Governor of New York | General | Lost general |
| Richard Michael DeWine (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of Ohio | General | Won general |
| Kevin Stitt (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of Oklahoma | Primary, General | Won general |
| Doug Mastriano (R) source 1 source 2 | Open seat | Governor of Pennsylvania | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Henry McMaster (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of South Carolina | Primary, General | Won general |
| Kristi L. Noem (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of South Dakota | Primary, General | Won general |
| Bill Lee (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of Tennessee | Primary, General | Won general |
| Greg Abbott (R) source 1 source 2 | Incumbent | Governor of Texas | Primary, General | Won general |
| Tim Michels (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Wisconsin | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Burt Jones (R) source | Open seat | Lieutenant Governor of Georgia | Primary, General | Won general |
| Dan Patrick (R) source | Incumbent | Lieutenant Governor of Texas | Primary, General | Won general |
| Abraham Hamadeh (R) source | Open seat | Attorney General of Arizona | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Tim Griffin (R) source | Open seat | Attorney General of Arkansas | Primary, General | Won general |
| Ashley B. Moody (R) source | Incumbent | Attorney General of Florida | Primary, General | Won general |
| John Gordon (R) source | Challenger | Attorney General of Georgia | Primary | Lost primary |
| Brenna Bird (R) source | Challenger | Attorney General of Iowa | General | Won general |
| Matthew DePerno (R) source | Challenger | Attorney General of Michigan | Convention, General | Lost general |
| Dave Yost (R) source | Incumbent | Attorney General of Ohio | Primary, General | Won general |
| Alan Wilson (R) source | Incumbent | Attorney General of South Carolina | Primary, General | Won general |
| Ken Paxton (R) source 1 source 2 | Incumbent | Attorney General of Texas | Primary, Primary Runoff, General | Won general |
| Mark Finchem (R) source | Open seat | Arizona Secretary of State | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Jody Hice (R) source | Challenger | Georgia Secretary of State | Primary | Lost primary |
| Kristina Karamo (R) source | Challenger | Michigan Secretary of State | Convention, General | Lost general |
| Kim Crockett (R) source | Challenger | Minnesota Secretary of State | General | Lost general |
| Jim Marchant (R) source | Open seat | Nevada Secretary of State | General | Lost general |
| Frank LaRose (R) source | Incumbent | Ohio Secretary of State | Primary, General | Won general |
| Chuck Gray (R) source | Open seat | Wyoming Secretary of State | Primary, General | Won general |
| Wilton Simpson (R) source | Open seat | Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Primary, General | Won general |
| Sid Miller (R) source | Incumbent | Texas Commissioner of Agriculture | Primary, General | Won general |
| Keith Faber (R) source | Incumbent | Ohio Auditor of State | Primary, General | Won general |
| Glenn Hegar (R) source | Incumbent | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts | Primary, General | Won general |
| Patrick Witt (R) source | Challenger | Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner | Primary | Lost primary |
| Dawn Buckingham (R) source | Open seat | Texas Land Commissioner | Primary, Primary Runoff, General | Won general |
| Brian Schroeder (R) source | Incumbent | Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction | Primary | Lost primary |
| Jimmy Patronis (R) source | Incumbent | Florida Chief Financial Officer | Primary, General | Won general |
| Robert Sprague (R) source | Incumbent | Ohio Treasurer | Primary, General | Won general |
| Curt Meier (R) source | Incumbent | Wyoming Treasurer | Primary, General | Won general |
| Local endorsements by Donald Trump, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Phil Sorrells (R) source | Open seat | Tarrant County District Attorney | Primary, Primary Runoff, General | Won general |
| Juan Carlos Bermudez (Nonpartisan) source | Open seat | Miami-Dade County Commission District 12 | Primary | Won primary |
| Kevin Marino Cabrera (Nonpartisan) source | Open seat | Miami-Dade County Commission District 6 | Primary, General | Won general |
| Tim O'Hare (R) source | Open seat | Tarrant County Judge | Primary, General | Won general |
Rescinded endorsements
| Rescinded endorsements by Donald Trump, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Office | Status | Primary result | General result |
| Mo Brooks[9][10] | U.S. Senate - Alabama | Open seat |  Advanced |
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Notes on the tables above:
- U.S. Senate: On August 1, 2022, Trump issued an endorsement in the Republican primary for Missouri Senate, saying in part, "I am therefore proud to announce that ERIC has my Complete and Total Endorsement." Since the endorsement did not specify whether it was for Eric Greitens or Eric Schmitt, it is not included on this page as a primary endorsement.
- U.S. House: This table does not include Trump's endorsements of Daniel Goldman (D) and Carolyn Maloney (D) in New York's 10th and 12th Congressional District elections, respectively. Click here to view the endorsement of Goldman, and here to view the endorsement of Maloney.
- U.S. House: Jackie Walorski died in a car accident on August 3, 2022, after the primary took place.
Analysis (2022)
General election win rate
According to Ballotpedia’s tracking, Trump endorsed 257 candidates who appeared on the November 8 ballot. This includes all regularly-scheduled general elections at all levels of government, Louisiana’s primaries, and the special U.S. Senate election in Oklahoma.
Trump’s endorsees won 216 of the 257 called races held on Nov. 8 (84%).
Forty of those called races were battleground congressional or gubernatorial elections, rated as either a toss-up or lean/tilt Democratic or Republican by The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, or Sabato’s Crystal Ball.
Trump’s endorsees won 16 of the 41 called battleground races (39%).
Trump’s lowest win rate was in gubernatorial races, where he endorsed 21 candidates. Of the 21 elections, ten of Trump’s endorsees won (48%).
The table below shows Trump’s total number of endorsements made and win rates by office level. The “Total” figures cover all candidates who appeared on Nov. 8 ballots and the “Battleground” figures cover the subset from that total number who ran in battleground elections.
General election commentary
The section below provides commentary on Trump's endorsements in the 2022 general election.
| “ | Party strategists said Trump's choice of political novices and others who embraced his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, proved unattractive to voters. [...] Republicans also complained that Trump did not aggressively back up his endorsements with money, despite his fundraising prowess.[11] | ” |
| —David Morgan, Gram Slattery, and Jason Lange, Reuters[12] | ||
| “ | No one turns out Trump’s voters quite like Trump—as long as he’s on the ballot. In 2016 and 2020, turnout was huge, particularly among the infrequent voters who make up a sizable portion of Trump’s base. In the midterm elections, however, these voters didn’t turn up as much—and Trump’s very presence motivated Democrats and independents to vote against his handpicked candidates in several tight races.[11] | ” |
| —Alex Shepard, The New Republic[13] | ||
| “ | Trump remains quite popular among Republican voters, and his endorsement was decisive in plenty of House primaries this summer. But close association with the twice-impeached president was a clear liability in competitive 2022 House races, turning what would have been a modest-but-solid Republican majority into (at best) a razor-thin one.[11] | ” |
| —Phillip Wallach, The Washington Post[14] | ||
| “ | Endorsements of general-election candidates are, ultimately, statements about which party should win an election. [...] If you believe in the cause of the party as a whole, you are more likely to back some losers in competitive races because those are the people most in need of a boost. So, it’s not really a black mark against Gabbard, or Nikki Haley, or Ron DeSantis, or Glenn Youngkin, or Trump that they supported people who lost competitive races in a year when Republicans lost competitive races.[11] | ” |
| —Dan McLaughlin, National Review[15] | ||
Opposed and unopposed primary races
Of the primaries completed before September 15, 2022, 60 candidates (25%) Trump endorsed ran unopposed.[16]
Of the 176 contested primaries that took place before September 15, 2022, in which Trump endorsed (excluding five races in which candidates didn't make the ballot), 159 Trump endorsees won and 17 lost. The endorsement success rate in that group of races was 90%.
Endorsed Republican incumbent challengers
There were 17 primaries where Trump endorsed a challenger to a Republican incumbent, and six endorsed challengers defeated incumbents. All are listed in the table below.
The two primaries in which GOP incumbents ran against each other due to redistricting are not included here. In West Virginia's 2nd, Trump backed Rep. Alex Mooney (R) against Rep. David McKinley (R), and Mooney won. And in Illinois' 15th, Trump-endorsed Rep. Mary Miller (R) defeated Rep. Rodney Davis (R).
2021
This section includes all of President Trump's endorsements in regularly scheduled and special elections, made before and after primary elections.
| U.S. House endorsements by Donald Trump, 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Julia Letlow (R) source | Open seat | U.S. House Louisiana District 5 (special) | Primary | Won primary |
| Mike Carey (R) source | Open seat | U.S. House Ohio District 15 (special) | Primary, General | Won general |
| Susan Wright (R) source | Open seat | U.S. House Texas District 6 (special) | General, General Runoff | Lost general runoff |
| State executive endorsements by Donald Trump, 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Glenn Youngkin (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Virginia | General | Won general |
| Local endorsements by Donald Trump, 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Esteban Bovo Jr. (Nonpartisan) source | Open seat | Mayor of Hialeah | Primary | Won primary |
2020
This section includes all of President Trump's endorsements in regularly scheduled and special elections, made before and after primary elections.
| U.S. Senate endorsements by Donald Trump, 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Tommy Tuberville (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Alabama | Primary Runoff, General | Won general |
| Daniel S. Sullivan (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Alaska | Primary, General | Won general |
| Martha McSally (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Arizona (special) | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Cory Gardner (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Colorado | Primary, General | Lost general |
| David Perdue (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Georgia | Primary, General, General Runoff | Lost general runoff |
| Kelly Loeffler (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Georgia (special) | General, General Runoff | Lost general runoff |
| Jim Risch (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Idaho | Primary, General | Won general |
| Joni Ernst (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Iowa | Primary, General | Won general |
| Roger Marshall (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Kansas | General | Won general |
| Mitch McConnell (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Kentucky | Primary, General | Won general |
| Bill Cassidy (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Louisiana | Primary, General | Won primary |
| John James (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Michigan | General | Lost general |
| Jason Lewis (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Minnesota | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Mississippi | Primary, General | Won general |
| Steve Daines (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Montana | Primary, General | Won general |
| Ben Sasse (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Nebraska | Primary, General | Won general |
| Bryant Messner (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate New Hampshire | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Thom Tillis (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate North Carolina | Primary, General | Won general |
| Jim Inhofe (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Oklahoma | Primary, General | Won general |
| Lindsey Graham (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate South Carolina | Primary, General | Won general |
| Mike Rounds (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate South Dakota | Primary, General | Won general |
| Bill Hagerty (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Tennessee | Primary, General | Won general |
| John Cornyn (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Texas | Primary, General | Won general |
| Shelley Moore Capito (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate West Virginia | Primary, General | Won general |
| Cynthia Lummis (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Wyoming | Primary, General | Won general |
| State executive endorsements by Donald Trump, 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Mike Parson (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of Missouri | Primary, General | Won general |
| Greg Gianforte (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Montana | General | Won general |
| Dan Forest (R) source | Challenger | Governor of North Carolina | General | Lost general |
| Doug Burgum (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of North Dakota | Primary, General | Won general |
| Jim Justice (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of West Virginia | Primary, General | Won general |
| Eric Schmitt (R) source | Incumbent | Attorney General of Missouri | General | Won general |
| Jim O'Neill (R) source | Challenger | Attorney General of North Carolina | General | Lost general |
| Sean D. Reyes (R) source | Incumbent | Attorney General of Utah | Primary, General | Won general |
| Patrick Morrisey (R) source | Incumbent | Attorney General of West Virginia | General | Won general |
| Daniel Johnston (R) source | Open seat | North Dakota Treasurer | Primary | Lost primary |
| State court endorsements by Donald Trump, 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Daniel Kelly (Nonpartisan) source | Incumbent | Wisconsin Supreme Court | General | Lost general |
2019
This section includes all of President Trump's endorsements in regularly scheduled and special elections, made before and after primary elections.
| U.S. House endorsements by Donald Trump, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Gregory Murphy (R) source | Open seat | U.S. House North Carolina District 3 (special) | General | Won general |
| Dan Bishop (R) source | Open seat | U.S. House North Carolina District 9 (special) | Primary, General | Won general |
| Fred Keller (R) source | Open seat | U.S. House Pennsylvania District 12 (special) | General | Won general |
| State legislative endorsements by Donald Trump, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Geary Higgins (R) source | Open seat | Virginia State Senate District 13 | General | Lost general |
| State executive endorsements by Donald Trump, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Matt Bevin (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of Kentucky | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Eddie Rispone (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Louisiana | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Ralph Abraham (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Louisiana | Primary | Lost primary |
| Tate Reeves (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Mississippi | General | Won general |
| Daniel Cameron (R) source | Open seat | Attorney General of Kentucky | General | Won general |
| State court endorsements by Donald Trump, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Megan McCarthy King (R) source | Open seat | Pennsylvania Superior Court | Primary, General | Won general |
2018
This section includes all of President Trump's endorsements in regularly scheduled and special elections, made before and after primary elections.
| U.S. Senate endorsements by Donald Trump, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Martha McSally (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Arizona | General | Lost general |
| Rick Scott (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Florida | General | Won general |
| Mike Braun (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Indiana | General | Won general |
| John James (R) source 1 source 2 | Challenger | U.S. Senate Michigan | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Karin Housley (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Minnesota (special) | General | Lost general |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Mississippi (special) | Primary, General | Won general runoff |
| Roger Wicker (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Mississippi | Primary, General | Won general |
| Josh Hawley (R) source 1 source 2 | Challenger | U.S. Senate Missouri | Primary, General | Won general |
| Matt Rosendale (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Montana | General | Lost general |
| Deb Fischer (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Nebraska | General | Won general |
| Dean Heller (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Nevada | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Bob Hugin (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate New Jersey | General | Lost general |
| Kevin Cramer (R) source 1 source 2 | Challenger | U.S. Senate North Dakota | Primary, General | Won general |
| Jim Renacci (R) source 1 source 2 | Challenger | U.S. Senate Ohio | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Lou Barletta (R) source 1 source 2 | Challenger | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Marsha Blackburn (R) source 1 source 2 | Open seat | U.S. Senate Tennessee | Primary, General | Won general |
| Ted Cruz (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Texas | Primary, General | Won general |
| Mitt Romney (R) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Utah | Primary, General | Won general |
| Evan Jenkins (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate West Virginia | Primary | Lost primary |
| Patrick Morrisey (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate West Virginia | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Leah Vukmir (R) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Wisconsin | General | Lost general |
| John Barrasso (R) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Wyoming | Primary, General | Won general |
| State executive endorsements by Donald Trump, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Mike Dunleavy (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Alaska | General | Won general |
| Doug Ducey (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of Arizona | General | Won general |
| Asa Hutchinson (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of Arkansas | Primary, General | Won general |
| John Cox (R) source 1 source 2 | Open seat | Governor of California | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Walker Stapleton (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Colorado | General | Lost general |
| Bob Stefanowski (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Connecticut | General | Lost general |
| Ron DeSantis (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Florida | Primary, General | Won general |
| Brian Kemp (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Georgia | Primary, General | Won general |
| Kris Kobach (R) source | Challenger | Governor of Kansas | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Bill Schuette (R) source 1 source 2 | Open seat | Governor of Michigan | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Jeff Johnson (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Minnesota | General | Lost general |
| Adam Laxalt (R) source 1 source 2 | Open seat | Governor of Nevada | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Richard Michael DeWine (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Ohio | General | Won general |
| Kevin Stitt (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Oklahoma | General | Won general |
| Henry McMaster (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of South Carolina | Primary, Primary Runoff, General | Won general |
| Bill Lee (R) source 1 source 2 | Open seat | Governor of Tennessee | Primary, General | Won general |
| Greg Abbott (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of Texas | Primary, General | Won general |
| Scott Walker (R) source | Incumbent | Governor of Wisconsin | General | Lost general |
| Foster Friess (R) source | Open seat | Governor of Wyoming | Primary | Lost primary |
| Dan Patrick (R) source | Incumbent | Lieutenant Governor of Texas | Primary, General | Won general |
| Ken Paxton (R) source | Incumbent | Attorney General of Texas | General | Won general |
| Brad Raffensperger (R) source | Open seat | Georgia Secretary of State | General Runoff | Won general runoff |
| Sid Miller (R) source | Incumbent | Texas Commissioner of Agriculture | Primary, General | Won general |
| Glenn Hegar (R) source | Incumbent | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts | General | Won general |
| George P. Bush (R) source | Incumbent | Texas Land Commissioner | Primary, General | Won general |
| Christi Craddick (R) source | Incumbent | Texas Railroad Commission | Primary, General | Won general |
Notes on the tables above:
- In the May 8, 2018, primary for West Virginia Senate, Trump issued a dual endorsement of Evan Jenkins and Patrick Morrisey, who were running against Don Blankenship. Morrisey won the primary and lost the general election.
2017
Governor
- See also: Gubernatorial elections, 2017
| Gubernatorial endorsements by Donald Trump, 2017 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | State | Result | |||||
| Ed Gillespie[17] | Open seat | Virginia |
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Special elections
| Special election endorsements by Donald Trump, 2017 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Election date | Position | State | Result | ||||
| Ron Estes[18] | April 11 | U.S. House | Kansas | 
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| Greg Gianforte[19] | May 25 | U.S. House | Montana |
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| Karen Handel[20] | June 20 | U.S. House | Georgia |
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| Roy Moore[21] | December 12 | U.S. Senate | Alabama |
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| Ralph Norman[22] | June 20 | U.S. House | South Carolina |
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| Luther Strange[23] (incumbent) | September 26 | U.S. Senate | Alabama | (primary runoff)
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Footnotes
- ↑ Truth Social, "Trump on July 28, 2024," accessed July 29, 2024
- ↑ Truth Social, "Trump on August 3, 2024," accessed August 5, 2024
- ↑ Truth Social, "Trump on July 27, 2024," accessed July 29, 2024
- ↑ Truth Social, "Trump on August 5, 2024," accessed August 7, 2024
- ↑ Truth Social, "Trump on July 20, 2024," accessed July 31, 2024
- ↑ Truth Social, "Trump on September 17, 2024," accessed September 18, 2024
- ↑ Truth Social, "Trump on Truth Social," March 22, 2024
- ↑ Truth Social, "Trump on November 16, 2024," accessed December 10, 2024
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Trump endorses Alabama’s Mo Brooks for Senate, a promoter of his false claims of a stolen election," April 7, 2021
- ↑ Monotgomery Advertiser, "'You just blew the Election': Donald Trump withdraws endorsement of Mo Brooks for Alabama Senate seat," March 23, 2022
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Reuters, "Trump-backed U.S. Senate candidates leave chamber control up for grabs," November 9, 2022
- ↑ The New Republic, "Donald Trump Was the Midterms’ Biggest Loser," November 9, 2022
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Opinion We can now quantify Trump’s sabotage of the GOP’s House dreams," November 15, 2022
- ↑ National Review, "Don't Judge Tulsi Gabbard or Other by General-Election Endorsements," November 17, 2022
- ↑ We counted candidates who only had write-in opposition as unopposed.
- ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on October 5, 2017," accessed January 4, 2018
- ↑ Washington Examiner, "Trump urges voters to send Kansas Republican Ron Estes to Congress," April 11, 2017
- ↑ CNN, "First on CNN: Trump records robocall for Montana special election," May 24, 2017
- ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on June 19, 2017," accessed January 4, 2018
- ↑ CNN, "Trump calls Roy Moore to offer his endorsement," December 4, 2017
- ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump," June 19, 2017
- ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on August 15, 2017," accessed April 28, 2020
