2016 Primary Endorsements megathread.

[SingingAnalyst]

Reid's endorsement is sure to win over a 30-year-old single man with average income and education, who was considering Sanders. I'll remove my tongue from my cheek now.

[Phony Moderate]

Hillary should make Reid her running mate; her ticket needs some charisma.

[Bacon King]

Are these endorsements going to help or hurt Trump? I ask because it seems that endorsements are hurting Rubio rather than helping him.

Endorsements hurt Establishment Candidate Marco Rubio because they remind everyone that Rubio is the establishment candidate that the media and the party elites are trying to stuff down the throats of the voters

Endorsements are yuge for Donald "The Nimble Navigator" Trump because he opposes the establishment and everything they stand for - he even refuses their money (and he loves money, folks!). These endorsements are the beginning of the their surrender, proof that the Republican Party has been thoroughly Trumped

I bet Jeff Sessions will endorse by Monday

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2016 House of Representatives Endorsements (fivethirtyeight.com)

Red - Hillary Clinton
Pink - Bernie Sanders
Green - Marco Rubio
Yellow - Ted Cruz
Purple - John Kasich
Orange - Donald Trump
Blue - Ben Carson

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2016 Senate Endorsements (fivethirtyeight.com)

Red - Hillary Clinton
Pink - Bernie Sanders
Green - Marco Rubio
Yellow - Ted Cruz
Purple - John Kasich
Orange - Donald Trump
Blue - Ben Carson

One hundred spots on the map; two per state. The upper left portion of each state indicates the senior senator and the lower right portion of each state indicates the junior senator.

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2016 Gubernatorial Endorsements (fivethirtyeight.com)

Red - Hillary Clinton
Pink - Bernie Sanders
Green - Marco Rubio
Yellow - Ted Cruz
Purple - John Kasich
Orange - Donald Trump
Blue - Ben Carson

[Senator Cris]

Gov. Otter of Idaho endorses Kasich.

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Ander Crenshaw for Rubio.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Are these endorsements going to help or hurt Trump? I ask because it seems that endorsements are hurting Rubio rather than helping him.

Endorsements hurt Establishment Candidate Marco Rubio because they remind everyone that Rubio is the establishment candidate that the media and the party elites are trying to stuff down the throats of the voters

Endorsements are yuge for Donald "The Nimble Navigator" Trump because he opposes the establishment and everything they stand for - he even refuses their money (and he loves money, folks!). These endorsements are the beginning of the their surrender, proof that the Republican Party has been thoroughly Trumped

I bet Jeff Sessions will endorse by Monday

He'll endorse Cruz before he'll endorse trump.

[trickmind]

Are these endorsements going to help or hurt Trump? I ask because it seems that endorsements are hurting Rubio rather than helping him.

Endorsements hurt Establishment Candidate Marco Rubio because they remind everyone that Rubio is the establishment candidate that the media and the party elites are trying to stuff down the throats of the voters

Endorsements are yuge for Donald "The Nimble Navigator" Trump because he opposes the establishment and everything they stand for - he even refuses their money (and he loves money, folks!). These endorsements are the beginning of the their surrender, proof that the Republican Party has been thoroughly Trumped

I bet Jeff Sessions will endorse by Monday

He'll endorse Cruz before he'll endorse trump.

Cruz doesn't have a viable path to the nomination.

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Democratic members of the House of Representatives who have not yet endorsed Clinton or Sanders:

- Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
- Mike DeSaulnier (CA-11)
- Nancy Pelosi (CA-12)
- Barbara Lee (CA-13)
- Eric Swalwell (CA-15)
- Jim Costa (CA-16)
- Sam Farr (CA-20)
- Norma Torres (CA-35)
- Raul Ruiz (CA-36)
- Ed Royce (CA-39)
- Alan Lowenthal (CA-47)
- Juan Vargas (CA-51)
- Susan Davis (CA-53)
- Gwen Graham (FL-02)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)
- Sanford Bishop (GA-02)
- Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02)
- Dan Lipinski (IL-03)
- Pete Visclosky (IN-01)
- Elijah Cummings (MD-07)
- Collin Peterson (MN-07)
- Donald Norcross (NJ-01)
- Albio Sires (NJ-08)
- Ben Lujan (NM-03)
- Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
- Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
- Bob Brady (PA-01)
- Brendan Boyle (PA-13)
- Michael Doyle (PA-14)
- Beto O'Rourke (TX-16)
- Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)
- Mark Pocan (WI-02)
- Ron Kind (WI-03)

152 have endorsed Clinton, 3 have endorsed Sanders, and 33 remain uncommitted.

[Lief 🗽]

Lot of white people representing Hispanic districts on that list. For some reason

[Ebsy]

I wonder who will get the much desired JBE endorsement.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Haslam for Rubio is now official!

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/25/tennessee-gov-bill-haslam-endorses-marco-rubio/80922428/

[IceSpear]

I wonder who will get the much desired JBE endorsement.

He presumably wants to be re-elected, so probably neither.

[Averroës Nix]

Also, are elected officials typically less likely to endorse when they're within a few months of entering office? I've noticed that many of the big-city Democratic mayors who haven't endorsed are people who were only just elected.

[Reaganfan]

Bill Frist for Rubio

[Maxwell]

Bill Frist for Rubio

Excellent Endorsement! Now Trump can smash Rubio as a fan of Obamacare!

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Bill Frist for Rubio

Excellent Endorsement! Now Trump can smash Rubio as a fan of Obamacare!

Honestly, if there is a Rubio upset on Tuesday in the Deep South it will be right here in Tennessee.  The biggest rally of his campaign, the endorsement of an ultra-popular governor, and the ideologically conservative wealthy people in Knoxville and Nashville make it a possible surprise.

[Maxwell]

Bill Frist for Rubio

Excellent Endorsement! Now Trump can smash Rubio as a fan of Obamacare!

Honestly, if there is a Rubio upset on Tuesday in the Deep South it will be right here in Tennessee.  The biggest rally of his campaign, the endorsement of an ultra-popular governor, and the ideologically conservative wealthy people in Knoxville and Nashville make it a possible surprise.

I actually agree with that - Tennessee is his best shot at a Super Tuesday win.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Bill Frist for Rubio

Excellent Endorsement! Now Trump can smash Rubio as a fan of Obamacare!

Honestly, if there is a Rubio upset on Tuesday in the Deep South it will be right here in Tennessee.  The biggest rally of his campaign, the endorsement of an ultra-popular governor, and the ideologically conservative wealthy people in Knoxville and Nashville make it a possible surprise.

I actually agree with that - Tennessee is his best shot at a Super Tuesday win.

I would say Minnesota is his best shot, then Virginia, and then Tennessee, but I was just talking about the Deep South states.  Since TN is proportional (as long as you're between 20-66%, it doesn't matter that much, though).

By CD, however:

TN-01: Tossup (Rubio-Trump)
TN-02: Lean Rubio
TN-03: Lean Trump
TN-04: Likely Trump (2nd is probably Cruz, not Rubio)
TN-05: Likely Rubio
TN-06: Likely Trump (Rubio and Cruz in close race for 2nd)
TN-07: Tossup (Rubio-Trump-Cruz)
TN-08: Lean Trump
TN-09: Tossup (Rubio-Trump)

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

Bill Frist for Rubio

Excellent Endorsement! Now Trump can smash Rubio as a fan of Obamacare!

Honestly, if there is a Rubio upset on Tuesday in the Deep South it will be right here in Tennessee.  The biggest rally of his campaign, the endorsement of an ultra-popular governor, and the ideologically conservative wealthy people in Knoxville and Nashville make it a possible surprise.

I actually agree with that - Tennessee is his best shot at a Super Tuesday win.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Bill Frist for Rubio

Excellent Endorsement! Now Trump can smash Rubio as a fan of Obamacare!

Honestly, if there is a Rubio upset on Tuesday in the Deep South it will be right here in Tennessee.  The biggest rally of his campaign, the endorsement of an ultra-popular governor, and the ideologically conservative wealthy people in Knoxville and Nashville make it a possible surprise.

I actually agree with that - Tennessee is his best shot at a Super Tuesday win.

Tennessee won't go for Rubio, it's TRUMP country. It may be Rubio's strongest showing, but it will go for TRUMP unless Rubio can rack up big numbers in the cities.

[Gass3268]

Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for Kasich

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for Kasich

Not sure how much it helps in a Republican primary to be endorsed by a guy who worked in the Obama administration.