2016 Primary Endorsements megathread.

[EliteLX]

yeah, she really helped mitt romney win the primary in 2012 with her endorsement...oh wait

Do.. do you mean the general election? Because if you actually mean primary, you're using "oh wait" wrong..

[Bigby]

This may help Rubio surpass Cruz, but it won't be enough for first place. People are too pissed at the Establishment in general.

[Classic Conservative]

Mike Lee to endorse Cruz more than likely
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/easley-sc-ted-cruz-retail-stop-with-senator-mike-lee-tickets-21637727024

[Pandaguineapig]

This may help Rubio surpass Cruz, but it won't be enough for first place. People are too pissed at the Establishment in general.

He doesn't need first to get the media momentum, Clinton lost to Tsongas by 10 in nh in 1992 but still was heralded as the "comeback kid"

[Mehmentum]

The establishment really is blowing it.  Primaries are supposed to test and weed out candidates.  Rubio blew it.  Can you imagine what would have happened if Sanders or Clinton (or basically any other candidate in any other year?) messed up the way Rubio did in a debate?

Go ahead.  Nominate Rubio, a candidate that has done nothing to prove himself and quite a bit to prove he can't handle the pressure of a campaign.

[psychprofessor]

yeah, she really helped mitt romney win the primary in 2012 with her endorsement...oh wait

Do.. do you mean the general election? Because if you actually mean primary, you're using "oh wait" wrong..

she endorsed him in the 2012 primary and then gingrich routed him...her endorsement meant nothing then and it prob means nothing now

[Bigby]

The establishment really is blowing it.  Primaries are supposed to test and weed out candidates.  Rubio blew it.  Can you imagine what would have happened if Sanders or Clinton (or basically any other candidate in any other year?) messed up the way Rubio did in a debate?

Go ahead.  Nominate Rubio, a candidate that has done nothing to prove himself and quite a bit to prove he can't handle the pressure of a campaign.

B-B-But, he's Hispanic, and not racist, and not populist! He makes me feel good about the status quo! /s

[Antonio the Sixth]

Let's dispel with this fiction that Nikki Haley knows what she's doing. She has no idea what she's doing.

[Gass3268]

Mike Lee to endorse Cruz more than likely
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/easley-sc-ted-cruz-retail-stop-with-senator-mike-lee-tickets-21637727024

Nope

Mike Lee is scheduled to campaign with Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, declining to choose sides in the Republican presidential primary between his two closest allies in the Senate.

[EliteLX]

yeah, she really helped mitt romney win the primary in 2012 with her endorsement...oh wait

Do.. do you mean the general election? Because if you actually mean primary, you're using "oh wait" wrong..

she endorsed him in the 2012 primary and then gingrich routed him...her endorsement meant nothing then and it prob means nothing now

Ahh thank you for clarification!

Although I believe one could argue she has a much larger influence now with her time in SC and her recent rise to nationwide political chitchat.

The establishment really is blowing it.  Primaries are supposed to test and weed out candidates.  Rubio blew it.  Can you imagine what would have happened if Sanders or Clinton (or basically any other candidate in any other year?) messed up the way Rubio did in a debate?

Go ahead.  Nominate Rubio, a candidate that has done nothing to prove himself and quite a bit to prove he can't handle the pressure of a campaign.

Not encouraging anything, just trying to drop some news!

[Gass3268]

Does anyone have an updated Congressional and Governors map?

[Classic Conservative]

Congressman Raúl Labrador endorses Cruz
https://www.tedcruz.org/news/idaho-congressman-raul-labrador-endorses-ted-cruz/

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Does anyone have an updated Congressional and Governors map?

I'm on it.

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Does anyone have an updated Congressional and Governors map?

I'm on it.

I have one about to come out, actually

[Maxwell]

This may help Rubio surpass Cruz, but it won't be enough for first place. People are too pissed at the Establishment in general.

He doesn't need first to get the media momentum, Clinton lost to Tsongas by 10 in nh in 1992 but still was heralded as the "comeback kid"

Bill Clinton didn't then go on to lose South Carolina in fifth place behind Tom Harkin because his brain didn't work when Eugene McCarthy called him out for being a robot.

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Alan Grayson has a poll on his website on who he should endorse. Or, in other words, Grayson endorsing Sanders in a few days.

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2016 House of Representatives Endorsements (fivethirtyeight.com)

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

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2016 House of Representatives Endorsements - Candidate With Plurality by State

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

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My state is 100% Hillary. All 9 representatives.

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2016 Gubernatorial Endorsements

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

[Averroës Nix]

The Haley endorsement is the most interesting development on the Republican side since the debate. Are Republican Party actors finally ready to let go of Jeb's decaying corpse? This is probably an early indicator that we'll be seeing a lot of movement very soon.

[TarHeelDem]

I appreciate the purple shading of Ohio in that last map.

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I appreciate the purple shading of Ohio in that last map.

BREAKING - Ohio Governor John Kasich to endorse Ohio Governor John Kasich for the Presidency.

Stop the presses!

[Young Conservative]

Let's dispel with this fiction that Nikki Haley knows what she's doing. She has no idea what she's doing.

I love this comment with a passion

[Mr. Morden]

Let's dispel with this fiction that primary endorsements matter

I don't think they matter much in terms of who people decide to vote for.  I think it's more relevant in terms of using the state party machinery to get people to the polls.  As I noted here:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=229401.msg4918588#msg4918588

in 2008, Charlie Crist put his Florida party machine to work for McCain, who was being outspent by Romney.  Did Rubio, before today, have a comparatively weak South Carolina operation?  If so, is Haley now going to help him out in that regard, but putting her people to work for him?