2016 Primary Endorsements megathread.

[Maxwell]

Markwayne (what a great name for Oklahoman, by the way) Mullin has surprised me at every turn. The guy hates Congress but proceded to run for another term, and he's been a pretty right wing congressman, very Tea Party, but goes ahead and endorses Rubio, who has since become a standard bearer for the establishment. I expected Mullin to go for Cruz, considering Bridenstine and Mullin probably vote more in common than the other three Oklahoma Congressmen.

So far Oklahoma has two endorsers

- Jim Bridenstine (my congressman) for Ted Cruz
- Markwayne Mullin for Marco Rubio

Here are my expectations for the other congressmen

Tom Cole for either of Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio, depending on who is ahead at that moment.
Frank Lucas for whoever the establishment candidate is (Kasich has strong armed a lot of 90s guys and Southern congressmen thanks to his god talk, there is a small chance Kasich gets his endorsement)
Steve Russell is someone I expect to go for Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio.

Senators:
Jim Inhofe - The Senate hates Cruz so much, and Inhofe, despite his whole attitude, is a go along to get along character, so I suspect he goes with the establishment candidate, but Inhofe is also crafty, and if it looks like Oklahoma is gung ho for Cruz, he may endorse Cruz.

James Lankford - Rubio or Bush. I don't see him endorsing Cruz.

And nobody wants Mary Fallin's endorsement, but she's an establishment Republican and will endorse the establishment candidate should that time come.

[Wells]

Didn't Nina Turner endorse Bernie Sanders? No one has mentioned this.

[Senator Cris]

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) backs Rubio.
Rep. Mike Bishop (R-Mich.) backs Bush.

[Young Conservative]

taking a look at the 538 Endorsement page, it seems Hillary has picked up quite a few in the last week...

11/17   John P. Sarbanes   Rep. (D-Md.)   1
11/17   C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger   Rep. (D-Md.)   1
11/17   Donna F. Edwards   Rep. (D-Md.)   1
11/17   Alan Grayson   Rep. (D-Fla.)   1
11/16   Ruben Gallego   Rep. (D-Ariz.)   1
11/14   Jay Inslee   Gov. (D-Wash.)   10
11/14   Suzan DelBene   Rep. (D-Wash.)   1
11/14   Denny Heck   Rep. (D-Wash.)   1
11/13   Joe Donnelly   Sen. (D-Ind.)   5
11/13   Eleanor Holmes Norton   Del. (D-D.C.)   1
11/13   Ann Kirkpatrick   Rep. (D-Ariz.)   1
11/11   Corrine Brown   Rep. (D-Fla.)   1
11/11   Gwen Moore   Rep. (D-Wis.)   1
11/11   Tony Cárdenas   Rep. (D-Calif.)   1

Biggest loss there to Sanders is probably Grayson.

On the GOP side in the last week there have been 2 endorsements, the previously mentioned Steve King for Cruz and Luke Messer (R-IN). for Bush.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/#endorsements

As a Floridian, I'm shocked that Rep. Grayson didn't endorse Senator Sanders. He's known for radical and outrageous claims. The Florida Democratic Party officials do NOT want him to win the nomination because he's too radical for Florida, which tilts Republican ever so slightly.

[Classic Conservative]

Big one for Christie:

The New Hampshire Union Leader
http://www.unionleader.com/For-our-safety,-our-future:-Chris-Christie-for-President

[Maxwell]

They also gave a slight to Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. (and a slightly more minor one for Donald Trump).

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

New Hampshire's Biggest Newspaper Endorses Christie - http://huff.to/1NiMJvW

Wow.

#christiementum
#ischristiethefrontrunnernow?

[Likely Voter]

The Union Leader endorsement might help (then again their endorsee usually loses the NH primary more often than not, just ask Presidents Gingrich, Ashbrook DuPont, and Forbes).

[dudeabides]

New Hampshire's Biggest Newspaper Endorses Christie - http://huff.to/1NiMJvW

Wow.

#christiementum
#ischristiethefrontrunnernow?

It is sad that the New Hampshire Union Leader, a paper I have respected for a long time, has endorsed a candidate who has failed to stand up to Donald Trump and a candidate who has allowed for record corporate welfare and the continuation of throwing money at problems in New Jersey, the state I love.

They cite experience as a reason for their endorsement. What we have in this field is a bunch of career politicians, a reality television star, a Doctor who is a genius at medicine but has no experience in government, and then we have a candidate who I am supporting with 32 years of experience in business, 8 years of experience as a Governor of one of the largest states in the nation, experience in the non-profit world, and experience as a state department head.

Chris Christie has had five years to prove he is someone who can lead on the economy in one of the most populated states in the nation. What has he done? He's handed out corporate welfare subsidies to his allies and as part of backroom deals, he's failed to reduce taxes like he promised in 2009, and people continue to leave our state and bring jobs and wealth with them. I will always be grateful to Chris Christie for his strong leadership during Hurricane Sandy. He's a proven leader in times of crisis. But we need a President who is committed to implementing policies to help grow our economy, and Chris Christie has proven he can't be that leader. Furthermore, I don't think we need a prosecutor as President. I think we need someone with experience in the private sector and in government.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Jim Cooper endorsed Hillary Clinton? Wow. I thought he'd back Webb's likely independent run, or go for one of the more moderate republicans.

Interesting that Cruz/Kasich still have a lot of work to do just to get all their state GOP congressmen to endorse them.

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Just for fun... who has won a plurality of endorsements in each state? Light blue indicates a tie.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Just for fun... who has won a plurality of endorsements in each state? Light blue indicates a tie.

Battleground Texas succeeded!

[RogueBeaver]

Issa endorses Rubio, and there will be more congressional endorsements soon.

[RogueBeaver]

Mark Teixeira endorses Rubio.

[Likely Voter]

LA Times reported list of all endorsements from California
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-presidential-endorsements-congress-california-20151130-htmlstory.html

It included a few new ones not previously reported.

Duncan D. Hunter endorsed Huckabee

Hillary has five new ones:
Pete Aguilar   
Maxine Waters   
Jerry McNerney   
Anna G. Eshoo   
Jackie Speier   

These new names gives Hillary 452 'points' on the 538 Delegate tracker, making her the most endorsed Dem in their history (going back to 84). She has more endorsements now than any Dem ever had at the time they secured the nomination. 
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/

It has got to the point where it is now noteworthy when a Dem hasn't endorsed Hillary, like how the media is talking today about how Elizabeth Warren was the only female Dem Senator not at a Clinton Fundraiser
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/30/politics/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-fundraiser/

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LA Times reported list of all endorsements from California
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-presidential-endorsements-congress-california-20151130-htmlstory.html

It included a few new ones not previously reported.

Duncan D. Hunter endorsed Huckabee

Hillary has five new ones:
Pete Aguilar   
Maxine Waters   
Jerry McNerney   
Anna G. Eshoo   
Jackie Speier   

These new names gives Hillary 452 'points' on the 538 Delegate tracker, making her the most endorsed Dem in their history (going back to 84). She has more endorsements now than any Dem ever had at the time they secured the nomination. 
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/

It has got to the point where it is now noteworthy when a Dem hasn't endorsed Hillary, like how the media is talking today about how Elizabeth Warren was the only female Dem Senator not at a Clinton Fundraiser
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/30/politics/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-fundraiser/

Some dumbass Hillary supporter who is probably a man wrote about how Warren needs to endorse Hillary like all the other female Demcoratic Senators. I guess she's not a good woman now. The sexism in this race has gotten ridiculous.

[Bigby]

LA Times reported list of all endorsements from California
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-presidential-endorsements-congress-california-20151130-htmlstory.html

It included a few new ones not previously reported.

Duncan D. Hunter endorsed Huckabee

Hillary has five new ones:
Pete Aguilar   
Maxine Waters   
Jerry McNerney   
Anna G. Eshoo   
Jackie Speier   

These new names gives Hillary 452 'points' on the 538 Delegate tracker, making her the most endorsed Dem in their history (going back to 84). She has more endorsements now than any Dem ever had at the time they secured the nomination. 
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/

It has got to the point where it is now noteworthy when a Dem hasn't endorsed Hillary, like how the media is talking today about how Elizabeth Warren was the only female Dem Senator not at a Clinton Fundraiser
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/30/politics/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-fundraiser/

Some dumbass Hillary supporter who is probably a man wrote about how Warren needs to endorse Hillary like all the other female Demcoratic Senators. I guess she's not a good woman now. The sexism in this race has gotten ridiculous.

You can blame identity politics for that.

[JerryArkansas]

Update as of today.

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Update as of today.

Where are you getting those from? Clinton has quite a few more, especially in the Northeast (all of CT and MA but Capuano).

[JerryArkansas]

Update as of today.

Where are you getting those from? Clinton has quite a few more, especially in the Northeast (all of CT and MA but Capuano).

Looks like I skipped a few over in August.

[RogueBeaver]

Huizenga endorses Rubio and will serve as a MI co-chair.

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2016 House of Representatives Endorsements (fivethirtyeight.com)

Red - Hillary Clinton
Maroon - Bernie Sanders
Pink - Martin O'Malley
Blue - Jeb Bush
Yellow - Marco Rubio
Orange - Ted Cruz
Purple - Rand Paul
Gray - Chris Christie
Light Green - John Kasich
Green - Mike Huckabee
Light Purple - Carly Fiorina
Tan - Rick Santorum

Southeastern CA is a bucketload of fun... Clinton, Bush, Rubio, Cruz, and even Huckabee all have their stakes in.

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^Governors (same color code)

[Senator Cris]

Looks like we missed that Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) is supporting Christie.

[Senator Cris]

Looks like we missed that Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) is supporting Christie.

Yes, it's official.