#NeverTrump GOP endorsements LATEST: Graham and Lee voted McMullin

[Mr. Morden]

I've added Rep. Dave Reichert back on the #NeverTrump list.  I put him on there months ago, but then took him off once he clarified in an interview that while he ruled out giving Trump a formal "endorsement", he didn't rule out voting for him.  Now he's ruling out voting for him:

http://komonews.com/news/local/wa-congressman-dave-reichert-wont-vote-for-trump-in-wake-of-comments-about-women

[Mr. Morden]

I think this is the list of sitting Republican Senators currently *not* supporting Trump for prez (some of these folks are not exactly #NeverTrump, as they haven’t ruled out voting him, but at least currently they have not committed to voting for him):

Ayotte
Collins
Crapo
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Heller
Kirk
Lee
McCain
Murkowski
Portman
Sasse
Sullivan
Toomey

In addition, Capito, Fischer, and Thune all urged Trump to drop out, but I don’t think they’ve explicitly rescinded their endorsement, should he choose not to drop out.

[Mr. Morden]

Added Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA) to the #NeverTrump list based on her most recent statement that she'll write in Paul Ryan for prez:

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/washington/article107097732.html

Meanwhile, Dean Heller now says he's 99% sure he won't vote for Trump:

http://www.ktnv.com/news/nevada-republicans-dump-donald-trump

[Mr. Morden]

Meanwhile, Dean Heller now says he's 99% sure he won't vote for Trump:

http://www.ktnv.com/news/nevada-republicans-dump-donald-trump

On what is the remaining 1% depending??

I assume he's leaving himself wiggle room to change his mind, based on how the political winds blow between now and Election Day.

[Mr. Morden]

Governors and Senators in Obama 2012 states who have NOT withdrawn support for Trump:

Gov.: Branstad (IA), Walker (WI), Scott (FL), Christie (NJ), LePage (ME)
Sen.: Johnson (WI), Rubio (FL)

I think you forgot Ernst and Grassley.

[Mr. Morden]

Rep. Kay Granger of Texas: https://twitter.com/TexasTribAbby/status/785197960644747264

This one is very significant...Kay Granger is the archetype for Republican, upper-class suburban Texan women

Should be noted though that Granger was already not supporting Trump before this happened.  She said back in May once Trump became de facto nominee that she wasn't going to endorse anyone for prez this year, making her (at the time) the only Dallas-area GOP member of Congress not to back Trump in the GE.

[Mr. Morden]

UPDATED MAPS: Include more people not endorsing and hold outs.

Red: Republican Gov
Black: Republican Gov not endorsing Trump or calling for him to step down.

Both Rauner and Snyder say they're not commenting on the presidential race, so they haven't endorsed Trump either.  (Or rather, Rauner sort of did many months ago with an "I support the nominee" comment, but then backtracked.)

Here's my current list of GOP governors who aren't supporting Trump:

Baker
Bentley
Haslam
Herbert
Hogan
Kasich
Martinez
Rauner
Sandoval
Snyder

Then there's Daugaard, who called on Trump to drop out of the race, but like fellow South Dakotan John Thune, I don't think he indicated that he'd withdraw support from Trump should he not drop out.

[Mr. Morden]

McCain says he might write in Lindsey Graham for president:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/11/politics/john-mccain-write-in-lindsey-graham-president/

[Mr. Morden]

Both Rep. Pat Meehan (PA) and former Secretary of Education William Bennett call on Trump to drop out:

http://www.delcotimes.com/general-news/20161009/us-rep-pat-meehan-calls-for-trump-to-end-presidential-campaign?source=most_viewed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trump-tower-the-defiant-and-isolated-republican-nominee/2016/10/08/0b3575a0-8d8e-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html

Btw, here's what Bennett was saying about the #NeverTrump movement back in August:

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/08/19/bennett-nevertrump-ers-put-vanity-above-country-terrible-case-of-moral-superiority/

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[Mr. Morden]

Senator Deb Fischer has reverses, now supports Trump again, lol

To be clear, she never actually said that she wouldn't vote for him.  She said she thought it would be better if he dropped out of the race, but didn't say she'd withdraw her endorsement if he didn't.

[Mr. Morden]

Thune also says that he'll vote for Trump if he's on the ballot:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-senators-urged-donald-trump-step-support/story?id=42748881

The story portrays this as a "reversal" for Thune and Fischer.  But again, the media sees it this way because they weren't properly parsing Fischer's and Thune's statements over the weekend.  They both said that Trump should drop out, because the party would be better off with Pence leading the ticket.  But they never said they would defect to Clinton or 3rd party if Trump refuses to go.

[Mr. Morden]

Yeah, ever since Trump became the de facto nominee back in the spring, Haslam has declined to endorse him.  But he also declined to rule out voting for him, saying that he hadn't yet decided how to vote.  Now he's decided that he'll vote for neither Clinton nor Trump, and instead write in a name:

http://wreg.com/2016/10/14/governor-haslam-explains-why-he-wont-be-voting-for-trump/

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[Mr. Morden]

A new tracker on Trump support in Congress:

http://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/elections/trump-support/

Note that it doesn't really distinguish between those who are #NeverTrump and those who are nominally undecided.  It's more about who has and hasn't endorsed Trump at this time.

Also, it looks like some of the Tennessee media are questioning whether Lamar Alexander's endorsement of Trump is going to hold:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/10/marsha-blackburn-diane-black-still-back-donald-trump/91855074/
http://www.nashvillepost.com/politics/elections/article/20836555/tn-gop-remains-in-fold-for-trump

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[Mr. Morden]

So in total six former RNC chairmen don't support Trump...

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https://twitter.com/Politics1com/status/789460526728306689

Yes, but Trump has the support of Jim Gilmore, which is enough to balance out the non-support of all those other former RNC chairs...

[Mr. Morden]

OK, yes, unlike Thune and Fischer, who the media erroneously accused of flip-flopping, Crapo really did flip here from endorsing Trump to un-endorsing him to re-endorsing him.  So I've updated the list in the OP.

[Mr. Morden]

Colin Powell backs Clinton:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/colin-powell-hillary-clinton-trump_us_580fa2fde4b001e247dec7db

Added him to the list in the OP.

[Mr. Morden]

Chaffetz is voting for Trump after all, so I've taken him off the list in the OP:

https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse/status/791445788656226304

[Mr. Morden]

Kasich writes in McCain for president:

http://www.cleveland.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/10/john_kasich_follows_through_on.html

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[Mr. Morden]

Btw, Paul Ryan said that he's already early-voted for Trump, though he did so without speaking Trump's name:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/01/politics/paul-ryan-voted-for-donald-trump/

[Mr. Morden]

Jeff Flake says he might vote for McMullin:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/jeff-flake-evan-mcmullin-trump-230654

[Mr. Morden]

Former Sen. Slade Gorton voting for McMullin, along with former WA Sec. of State Sam Reed:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Ex-U-S-Sen-Gorton-submits-electors-for-10509998.php

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[Mr. Morden]

Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) may write in McMullin.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-sen-jeff-flake-write-evan-mcmullin/story?id=43255597

I just said that four posts above yours. 

[Mr. Morden]

Charlie Baker says he's not going to vote for anyone for president:

http://wwlp.com/2016/11/01/baker-to-leave-presidential-ballot-blank-but-is-still-very-involved-in-election/

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[Mr. Morden]

Jeff Flake finally confirms that he's not voting for Trump, saying that he'll write in a candidate instead:

http://knau.org/post/sen-flake-says-he-ll-write-candidate-instead-voting-trump

For months, Flake had criticized Trump and the campaign he was waging, saying that he probably won't vote for him, but holding out the possibility of backing him if Trump were to radically reorient his campaign on issues like immigration.  Now he confirms that he's not voting for him.

I also noticed that I had Adam Kinzinger in the "probably not" category, when he switched to the #NeverTrump category way back in August:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-226643

So I've updated the list accordingly.

[Mr. Morden]

Never Trump renegades have no political future.

Particularly if Trump wins.

Ljube, what happened to all the #NeverTrump Republican politicians who were supposed to "come home" in the end, according to what you were saying months ago?  Very few of them have done so.  The #NeverTrump list in the OP of this thread is longer than it was six months ago!