Post your PROMINENT 2016 Endorsements Here

[The Dowager Mod]

No endorsements really but these are the ones I have donated money or time to so far.
Hillary
Kamala
Tammy D
Russ

[SATW]

President:
- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL

U.S. Senate:
- Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC
- Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-IA
- Sen. Tim Scott, R-SC
- Sen. John Thune, R-SD
- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-KS
- Sen. Mark Kirk, R-IL
- Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH
- Sen. John McCain, R-AZ
- Sen. Rob Portman, R-OH
- Sen. Pat Toomey, R-PA
- Joe Heck, R-NV
- Carlos Lopez-Cantera, R-FL (when he announces)
- Todd Young, R-IN
- Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY
- Chris Van Hollen, D-MD
- Loretta Sanchez, D-CA in Jungle Primary; Republican in General (if one makes it)


Governor:
- Gov. Phil Bryant, R-MS
- Gov. Pat McCrory, R-NC
- Gov. Mike Pence, R-IN (tepidly)
- Bill Cole, R-WV
- Eric Greitens, R-MO
- Phil Scott, R-VT if he runs
- Matt Bevin, R-KY (ever so reluctantly....ugh)

[tmthforu94]

Essentially supporting Republicans across the board, but will list those whose election I care most about:

President:
1. John Kasich
2. Carly Fiorina
3. Lindsey Graham
4. Jeb Bush

Governor:
Glenda Ritz - Indiana
Catherine Hannaway - Missouri

Senate:
Lisa Murkowski - Alaska
John McCain - Arizona
Mark Kirk - Illinois
Todd Young - Indiana
Jerry Moran - Kansas
Kelly Ayotte - New Hampshire
Rob Portman - Ohio
Pat Toomey - Pennsylvania

[PJ]

It's too early to make a comprehensive list, but so far:

President: Bernie Sanders

Senate: Third party, Wyden is too neoliberal.

I also like Feingold, Duckworth, and Van Hollen. All other races either have terrible candidates or are too early to declare.

Governor: Kate Brown

It would be nice if the VT Progressives would run a candidate.

[SATW]

Actually, I just saw Jolly might run in florida (dont hate, I didnt see the politico piece ), so I'm undecided in Florida between Jolly and Lopez-Cantera.

[mencken]

President: Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, or Scott Walker

Senate:
Alabama Richard Shelby
Arizona: Kelli Ward
Florida: Ron DeSantis
Indiana: Marlin Stutzman
Kentucky: Rand Paul
Louisiana: John Fleming
Maryland: Chrysovalantis Kefalas
Oklahoma: James Lankford
South Carolina: Tim Scott
Utah: Mike Lee

Governor:
Kentucky: Matt Bevin
Louisiana: David Vitter
Missouri: John Brunner
Utah: Jonathan Johnson

[SNJ1985]

Of the currently declared presidential candidates, my favorite is Jack Fellure.

[Classic Conservative]

President: Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, or Scott Walker

Senate:
Alabama Richard Shelby
Arizona: Kelli Ward
Florida: Ron DeSantis
Indiana: Marlin Stutzman
Kentucky: Rand Paul
Louisiana: John Fleming
South Carolina: Tim Scott
Utah: Mike Lee

Governor:
Kentucky: Matt Bevin
Louisiana: David Vitter
Missouri: John Brunner
Utah: Jonathan Johnson

U.S. House:
Michigan: Justin Amash
Kentucky: Thomas Massie
Iowa: Rod Blum
         Steve King
Texas: Louie Gohmert
North Carolina: Mark Meadows
                       Walter Jones
Ohio: Jim Jordan
Oklahoma: Jim Bridenstine
Maryland: Mike Smiegel
       

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Update:

I'm still completely undecided on quite a few races, but here's what I've decided so far:

President - John Kasich (R)
Vice President - Susana Martinez (R)

Governor:

Kentucky(2015): Jack Conway (D)
Louisiana(2015): Jay Dardenne (R)
Mississippi(2015): Phil Bryant (R) (The democratic candidates are literal jokes)
Indiana: Undecided on the democratic primary; not endorsing Pence
Montana: Steve Bullock (D)
Utah: Gary Herbert (R)
West Virginia: Jeff Kessler (D)
Vermont: Phil Scott (R)

Senate:

Alabama: Richard Shelby (R)
Alaska: Lisa Murkowski (R)
Arizona: Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
Colorado: Undecided on the republican primary; not endorsing Bennet
Florida: Patrick Murphy (D)
Georgia: Johnny Isakson (R)
Idaho: Mike Crapo (R)
Illinois: Mark Kirk (R)
Indiana: Baron Hill (D)
Iowa: Chuck Grassley (R)
Kansas: Jerry Moran (R)
Missouri: Roy Blunt (R)
Nevada: Joe Heck (R)
New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte (R)
New York: ANYONE BUT SCHUMER
North Carolina: Heath Shuler (D)
North Dakota: John Hoeven (R)
Ohio: Ted Strickland (D)
Oregon: Ron Wyden (D)
Pennsylvania: Joe Sestak (D)
South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)
South Dakota: John Thune (R)
Wisconsin: Russ Feingold (D)

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

President:
Marco Rubio - but I'd be totally happy with Ted Cruz and Scott Walker as well.

Senate, only the ones I really care about:
Alaska: Murkowski (R)
Arizona: McCain (R)
Colorado: Mark Scheffel (R)
Florida: The Republican, not being Rubio because he's going to be president
Hawaii: Anyone but Schatz
Illinois: Mark Kirk (R)
Indiana: Dan Coats (R)
Maryland: Chris Van Hollen (D)
New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte (R)
Pennsylvania: Pat Toomey (R)
South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)
Utah: Mike Lee (R)
Wisconsin: Ron Johnson (R)

Dan Coats is retiring.

[SATW]

President:
- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL

U.S. Senate:
- Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC
- Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-IA
- Sen. Tim Scott, R-SC
- Sen. John Thune, R-SD
- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-KS
- Sen. Mark Kirk, R-IL
- Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH
- Sen. John McCain, R-AZ
- Sen. Rob Portman, R-OH
- Sen. Pat Toomey, R-PA
- Joe Heck, R-NV
- Carlos Lopez-Cantera, R-FL (when he announces) Undecided between CLC and David Jolly
- Todd Young, R-IN
- Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY
- Chris Van Hollen, D-MD Endorsement Withdrawn
- Loretta Sanchez, D-CA in Jungle Primary; Republican in General (if one makes it)


Governor:
- Gov. Phil Bryant, R-MS
- Gov. Pat McCrory, R-NC
- Gov. Mike Pence, R-IN (tepidly)
- Bill Cole, R-WV
- Eric Greitens, R-MO
- Phil Scott, R-VT if he runs
- Matt Bevin, R-KY (ever so reluctantly....ugh)

Withdrawing my endorsement for Van Hollen due to his support for the Iran Deal. I'll keep Schumer on unless he votes for the Iran Deal.

Undecided in FL GOP Primary.

[Kingpoleon]

President - John Kasich (R)
Vice President - Brian Sandoval (R)

Governor:

Kentucky(2015): Drew Curtis (I)
Louisiana(2015): Jay Dardenne (R)
Mississippi(2015): Phil Bryant (R)
Indiana: Undecided Democratic
Missouri: Chris Koster (D)
Montana: Steve Bullock (D)
Utah: Gary Herbert (R)

Senate:

Alabama: Richard Shelby (R)
Alaska: Lisa Murkowski (R)
Arizona: John McCain(R)
Colorado: Lean Bennett
Florida: Patrick Murphy (D)
Idaho: Mike Crapo (R)
Illinois: Mark Kirk (R)
Iowa: Chuck Grassley (R)
Kansas: Jerry Moran (R)
Maryland: Chris Van Hollen (D)
Missouri: Roy Blunt (R)
Nevada: Joe Heck (R)
New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte (R)
New York: Chuck Schumer (D)
North Carolina: Kay Hagan (D)
North Dakota: John Hoeven (R)
Ohio: Rob Portman (R)
Oregon: Ron Wyden (D)
Pennsylvania: Joe Sestak (D)
South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)
South Dakota: John Thune (R)
Wisconsin: Russ Feingold (D)(?)

Hating Wisconsin very much.

[Maxwell]

Let's make some edits here:

President: Joe Biden (if he doesn't run, gun to my head, the Democratic nominee)

Governor:
Kentucky: No Endorsement
Mississippi: Robert Gray (D)
Louisiana: Scott Angelle (R) (considering the Democratic nominee there can't win)

Indiana: John Gregg (D)
North Carolina: Roy Cooper (D)
Oregon: Kate Brown (D)
West Virginia: Jeff Kessler (D) for a lack of better option

Senator:
Arizona: Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
California: Kamela Harris (D), though I could see myself voting for Rocky Chavez (R)
Colorado: Michael Bennet (D), I guess
Florida: Patrick Murphy (D)
Kentucky: Rand Paul (R)
Maryland: Donna Edwards (D)
Missouri: Jason Kander (D)
New York: Not Chuck Schumer
Ohio: P.G. Sittenfeld (D)
Oregon: Ron Wyden (D) unless he actually opposes the Iran Deal.
Pennsylvania: Joe Sestak (D)
Wisconsin: Russ Feingold (D)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I will be periodically updating this as more candidates announce.

Potential (if he/she runs)
*Incumbent

Senate
Alaska: Lisa Murkowski (Republican)*
Arizona: John McCain (Republican)*
Connecticut: Chris Shays (Republican)
Illinois: Mark Kirk (Republican)*
Nevada: Sue Lowden (Republican)
New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte (Republican)*
Ohio: Rob Portman (Republican)*
Pennsylvania: Pat Toomey (Republican)*
South Carolina: Tim Scott (Republican)*
South Dakota: John Thune (Republican)*
Wisconsin: Ron Johnson (Republican)*

House
Illinois 10: Bob Dold (Republican)*
Iowa 1: Rod Blum (Republican)*
Michigan 6: Fred Upton (Republican)*

Governors
New Hampshire: Jeb Bradley (Republican)
Vermont: Phil Scott (Republican)

[ElectionsGuy]

For the Senate, I can say I have 3 enthusiastic endorsements:

KY - Rand Paul
UT - Mike Lee
GA - Derrick Grayson

And endorsements with reservations:

OR - Ron Wyden
FL - Ron DeSantis
IN - Marlin Stutzman
IL - Joe Walsh (if he runs)

And for the house, here are some members I'm just thinking of right now. I'll add to this list later once I know more candidates.

CO-02: Jared Polis
FL-19: Curt Clawson
ID-01: Raul Labrador
IA-01: Rod Blum
KY-04: Thomas Massie
MI-03: Justin Amash
NC-03: Walter Jones
NC-11: Mark Meadows
OK-01: Jim Bridenstine
SC-01: Mark Sanford
TN-02: John Duncan (unfortunately he's anti-free trade)

italicized = endorsement with reservations or need to know more

After doing a little research, I can whatever respect I had for Paul Ryan is gone now. Will never vote for him.

[/]

President -

Bernie Sanders

Senate -

Fuss Reingold (D-WI)
Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)

Governor -

Roy Cooper (D-NC)

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Update:

I'm still completely undecided on some races, but here's what I've decided so far:

President - John Kasich (R)
Vice President - Susana Martinez (R)

Governor:

Kentucky(2015): Jack Conway (D)
Louisiana(2015): Jay Dardenne (R)
Mississippi(2015): Phil Bryant (R) (The democratic candidates are literal jokes)
Indiana: John Gregg (D)
Montana: Steve Bullock (D)
North Carolina: Roy Cooper (D)
North Dakota: Heidi Heitkamp (D)
Utah: Gary Herbert (R)
West Virginia: Jeff Kessler (D)
Vermont: Phil Scott (R)

Senate:

Alabama: Richard Shelby (R)
Alaska: Lisa Murkowski (R)
Arizona: Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
Colorado: Undecided on the republican primary; not endorsing Bennet
Florida: Patrick Murphy (D)
Georgia: Johnny Isakson (R)
Hawaii: Brian Schatz (D)
Idaho: Mike Crapo (R)
Illinois: Mark Kirk (R)
Indiana: Baron Hill (D)
Iowa: Chuck Grassley (R)
Kansas: Jerry Moran (R)
Missouri: Roy Blunt (R)
Nevada: Joe Heck (R)
New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte (R)
New York: ANYONE BUT SCHUMER
North Carolina: Heath Shuler (D)
North Dakota: John Hoeven (R)
Ohio: Ted Strickland (D)
Oregon: Ron Wyden (D)
Pennsylvania: Joe Sestak (D)
South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)
South Dakota: John Thune (R)
Wisconsin: Russ Feingold (D)

[NewYorkExpress]

2015 Elections

Mississippi Attorney General-Jim Hood (D)

2016 Presidential Election

Hillary Clinton (very unhappily)

Arizona U.S Senate Ann Kirkpatrick

California-U.S Senate Kamala Harris

Illinois-U.S Senate Senate Tammy Duckworth

Iowa- U.S Senate Chet Culver

Maryland- U.S Senate Donna Edwards

Wisconsin-U.S Senate Russ Feingold

Arizona 2nd CD- Victoria Steele

California 24th CD- Salud Carbajal

Colorado 6th CD- Morgan Carroll

Florida 9th CD- Darren Soto

New York 13th CD- Keith Wright

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Update:

I'm still completely undecided on some races, but here's what I've decided so far:

President - John Kasich (R)
Vice President - Susana Martinez (R)

Governor:

Kentucky(2015): Jack Conway (D)
Louisiana(2015): Jay Dardenne (R)
Mississippi(2015): Phil Bryant (R) (The democratic candidates are literal jokes)
Indiana: John Gregg (D)
Montana: Steve Bullock (D)
North Carolina: Roy Cooper (D)
North Dakota: Heidi Heitkamp (D)
Utah: Gary Herbert (R)
West Virginia: Jeff Kessler (D)
Vermont: Phil Scott (R)

Senate:

Alabama: Richard Shelby (R)
Alaska: Lisa Murkowski (R)
Arizona: Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
Colorado: Undecided on the republican primary; not endorsing Bennet
Florida: Patrick Murphy (D)
Georgia: Johnny Isakson (R)
Hawaii: Brian Schatz (D)
Idaho: Mike Crapo (R)
Illinois: Mark Kirk (R)
Indiana: Baron Hill (D)
Iowa: Chuck Grassley (R)
Kansas: Jerry Moran (R)
Missouri: Roy Blunt (R)
Nevada: Joe Heck (R)
New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte (R)
New York: ANYONE BUT SCHUMER
North Carolina: Heath Shuler (D)
North Dakota: John Hoeven (R)
Ohio: Ted Strickland (D)
Oregon: Ron Wyden (D)
Pennsylvania: Joe Sestak (D)
South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)
South Dakota: John Thune (R)
Wisconsin: Russ Feingold (D)

I'm surprised at the Baron Hill endorsement. I'm supporting Stutzman.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Update:

I'm still completely undecided on some races, but here's what I've decided so far:

President - John Kasich (R)
Vice President - Susana Martinez (R)

Governor:

Kentucky(2015): Jack Conway (D)
Louisiana(2015): Jay Dardenne (R)
Mississippi(2015): Phil Bryant (R) (The democratic candidates are literal jokes)
Indiana: John Gregg (D)
Montana: Steve Bullock (D)
North Carolina: Roy Cooper (D)
North Dakota: Heidi Heitkamp (D)
Utah: Gary Herbert (R)
West Virginia: Jeff Kessler (D)
Vermont: Phil Scott (R)

Senate:

Alabama: Richard Shelby (R)
Alaska: Lisa Murkowski (R)
Arizona: Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
Colorado: Undecided on the republican primary; not endorsing Bennet
Florida: Patrick Murphy (D)
Georgia: Johnny Isakson (R)
Hawaii: Brian Schatz (D)
Idaho: Mike Crapo (R)
Illinois: Mark Kirk (R)
Indiana: Baron Hill (D)
Iowa: Chuck Grassley (R)
Kansas: Jerry Moran (R)
Missouri: Roy Blunt (R)
Nevada: Joe Heck (R)
New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte (R)
New York: ANYONE BUT SCHUMER
North Carolina: Heath Shuler (D)
North Dakota: John Hoeven (R)
Ohio: Ted Strickland (D)
Oregon: Ron Wyden (D)
Pennsylvania: Joe Sestak (D)
South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)
South Dakota: John Thune (R)
Wisconsin: Russ Feingold (D)

I'm surprised at the Baron Hill endorsement. I'm supporting Stutzman.

I don't endorse tea Partiers unless their opponent is a sacrificial lamb, and sometimes not even then.

Baron Hill is exactly my type of democrat - lean liberal on economy while still being cautious about raising the deficit, willing to work across the aisle, not a social issues crusader.

[Leinad]

This will be updated a lot, but:

President:
LP Nomination: Gary Johnson
R Nomination: Rand Paul
D Nomination: Chafee or Sanders

Senate:
Georgia: Derrick Grayson
Nevada: Wayne Allyn Root (if he runs)
Arizona: Kelli Ward
Kentucky: Rand Paul (Tom Massie if Rand wins the nomination for president)

House:
MI-03: Justin Amash (a million times...)
KY-04: Thomas Massie
NC-03: Walter Jones

Off the top of my head. Anyone on the Liberty Caucus I'm probably for, but just copying-and-pasting that is too tacky for my taste.

GA - Derrick Grayson

Seriously, he's awesome. Glad his name and message have made it to Wisconsin! As the primary draws closer I will most likely switch my signature to an endorsement of his. I'm afraid he's not electable, sadly, but we need people like him in government.

[SillyAmerican]

For now, I'm watching candidate Rocky Chavez, who is a Republican running for the Senate in California. Don't know what chance he has as a Republican. He's interesting, though: a number of his stands on social issues are in line with those of the Democrats, other than his being pro-life, but his foreign policy stance is definitely Republican. I hope he does well...

[ElectionsGuy]

Not 2016, but whatever.

Governor

KY - Matt Bevin

GA - Derrick Grayson

Seriously, he's awesome. Glad his name and message have made it to Wisconsin! As the primary draws closer I will most likely switch my signature to an endorsement of his. I'm afraid he's not electable, sadly, but we need people like him in government.

Well, his name has not necessarily made it in Wisconsin, I just looked him up, went to his issues page, and was very pleasantly surprised. Hope he does some kind of decent showing against Isakson.

[Maxwell]

Prominent 2016 Endorsements
President - Joe Biden (D), I guess Chafee (D) if that doesn't work out (not a big fan of Sanders) Hillary Clinton (D)

Senate
Oklahoma - Constance Johnston (D)
Alaska - Mark Begich (D) [Hoping beyond hope]
Arizona - Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
Florida - Patrick Murphy (D)
Illinois - Tammy Duckworth (D)
Kentucky - Rand Paul (R)
New Hampshire - Maggie Hassan (D)
Ohio - Rob Portman (R) Ted Strickland (D)
Pennsylvania - Joe Sestak (D)
Wisconsin - Russ Feingold (D)

[VPH]

President
Bernie Sanders

US Senate
AZ: Ann Kirkpatrick
FL: Alan Grayson
IA: Tom Fiegen
IL: Tammy Duckworth
IN: Baron Hill
KS: Whoever runs against Moran
MO: Jason Kander
NH: Maggie Hassan
OH: Ted Strickland PG Sittenfeld
PA: John Fetterman
WI: Russ Feingold

Governors
MO: Chris Koster
NC: Roy Cooper
KY: Jack Conway
VT: Shap Smith

House of Representatives
CA-16: Jim Costa
CA-21: David Valadao
CA-22: Devin Nunes
CA-52: Scott Peters
KS-01: (GOP Primary): Alan LaPolice
KS-02: Waiting for a Dem
KS-03: Reggie Marselus
KS-04: Dan Giroux
ME-02: Emily Cain
NC-03 (GOP Primary not general): Walter Jones
NH-01: Carol Shea Porter
OH-13: Tim Ryan
TX-23: Pete Gallego

Kansas State Senate
District 19: Anthony Hensley
District 29: Oletha Faust Goudeau
District 31: Carolyn McGinn

North Carolina State Senate
District 9: Andrew Barnhill