https://twitter.com/BenSasse/status/704144755509305344Here's his full statement:
https://www.facebook.com/sassefornebraska/posts/561073597391141------------
Mr. Morden wrote everything beyond this line:------------
Will update list as appropriate--last update = November 3OK, by popular demand, I’ve tried compiling all the “major” current or former Republican officeholders not voting for Trump. I’m only including people who are either current or former members of Congress, governors, or federal Cabinet officials (I guess Zoellick wasn’t technically a Cabinet official, but close enough). I’m not including Lt. Governors or other state cabinet officials, nor state legislators or mayors. Also not counting people who have been or currently are nominees for major office but never made it, like Rob McKenna. Adding those people in would make it way too difficult to track, especially since in most cases, state legislators’ presidential preferences aren’t going to be readily reported in the media.
I’m also not including staffers and political aides like Mark Salter, or media people like Kristol. This is just politicians. If I listed every conservative media personality or prominent political aide or former assistant Secretary of such-and-such, the list would grow by something like 200 names.
Some of this is also open to interpretation, because some folks are trying to split hairs to a ridiculous extent, like saying “I’ll support but not endorse”. Most aren’t actually splitting hairs in quite such a ludicrous manner, but because some are, one has to scrutinize the wording everyone uses, and I’ve tried to be fair in categorizing people. I’m assuming, for example, that if someone says they won’t support Trump, that means they won’t vote for him, unless they’re obviously trying to phrase it in a confusing manner. That said, let me know if you disagree with someone being included on the list.
Not voting for TrumpSen. Kelly Ayotte (NH)
Gov. Charlie Baker (MA)
former Rep. Steve Bartlett (TX)
former Rep. Bob Bauman (MD)
Gov. Robert Bentley (AL)
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA)
former Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (NY)
former Rep. Mary Bono (CA)
former Rep. Jack Buechner (MO)
former Gov. Jeb Bush (FL)
Rep. Bradley Byrne (AL)
former Rep. Tom Campbell (CA)
former Gov. Arne Carlson (MN)
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (UT)former Sec. of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
former Rep. Bill Clinger (PA)
former Sen. Norm Coleman (MN)
former Rep. Tom Coleman (MO)
Sen. Susan Collins (ME)
Rep. Barbara Comstock (VA)
Sen. Mike Crapo (ID)Rep. Carlos Curbelo (FL)
former Rep. Geoff Davis (KY)
Rep. Rodney Davis (IL)
Rep. Charlie Dent (PA)
Rep. Bob Dold (IL)
former Rep. Mickey Edwards (OK)
former Rep. Harris Fawell (IL)
Sen. Jeff Flake (AZ)
former Rep. Ed Foreman (TX, NM)
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (NE)
Sen. Cory Gardner (CO)
former Sen. Slade Gorton (WA)
Sen. Lindsay Graham (SC)
former Sec. of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez
Rep. Richard Hanna (NY)
Rep. Cresent Hardy (NV)
Gov. Bill Haslam (TN)
Rep. Joe Heck (NV)
Sen. Dean Heller (NV)Gov. Gary Herbert (UT)
Gov. Larry Hogan (MD)
former Rep. Amo Houghton (NY)
former Sen. Gordon Humphrey (NH)
Rep. Will Hurd (TX)
former Rep. Bob Inglis (SC)
Gov. John Kasich (OH)
Rep. John Katko (NY)
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (IL)
Sen. Mark Kirk (IL)
Rep. Steve Knight (CA)
former Rep. Jim Kolbe (AZ)
former Rep. Steve Kuykendall (CA)
former Rep. Ray LaHood (IL)
former Rep. Jim Leach (IA)
Sen. Mike Lee (UT)
Rep. Frank LoBiondo (NJ)
Rep. Mia Love (UT)
former Sen. Mel Martinez (FL)
Gov. Susana Martinez (NM)
Sen. John McCain (AZ)
former Rep. Pete McCloskey (CA)
former Gov. William Milliken (MI)
former Attorney General Michael Mukasey
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (AK)
former Rep. Mike Parker (MS)
former Rep. Ron Paul (TX)
Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN)
former Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson
former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (MN)
former Rep. Tom Petri (WI)
former Rep. John Porter (IL)
Sen. Rob Portman (OH)
former Secretary of State Colin Powell
former Sen. Larry Pressler (SD)
former Gov. Marc Racicot (MT)
Rep. Dave Reichert (WA)
former EPA administrator William Reilly
Rep. Reid Ribble (WI)
former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
former Gov. Tom Ridge (PA)
Rep. Scott Rigell (VA)
Rep. Martha Roby (AL)
former Gov. Mitt Romney (MA)
Rep. Tom Rooney (FL)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL)
former EPA administrator William Ruckelshaus
Gov. Brian Sandoval (NV)
Rep. Mark Sanford (SC)Sen. Ben Sasse (NE)
former Rep. Claudine Schneider (RI)
former Rep. Joe Schwarz (MI)
former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (CA)
former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft
former Rep. Chris Shays (CT)
Rep. Mike Simpson (ID)
former Rep. Peter Smith (VT)
Sen. Dan Sullivan (AK)
former Sec. of HHS Louis Wade Sullivan
Rep. David Valadao (CA)
Rep. Ann Wagner (MO)
former Sen. John Warner (VA)
former Rep. J.C. Watts (OK)
former Rep. Edward Weber (OH)
former Rep. Vin Weber (MN)
former Rep. G. William Whitehurst (VA)
former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (NJ)
former Rep. Dick Zimmer (NJ)
former US Trade Representative / World Bank President Robert Zoellick
I’m pretty sure he’s #NeverTrump, and everyone seems to include him on their list, but I can’t actually find the original quote where he says he won’t support him in the GERep. Justin Amash (MI)
Say they won’t support Trump unless he transforms his candidacy pretty significantly, in a way that’s pretty unlikely to happen (e.g., some say that if he backs away from the Muslim ban, or mass deportation, or stops insulting people, then they might back him)former Rep. Tom DeLay (TX)
Sen. Jeff Flake (AZ)Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX)Gov. John Kasich (OH)Rep. Adam Kinzinger (IL)former Gov. George Pataki (NY)
former Rep. Joe Scarborough (FL)
As far as I can tell, they’ve indicated that they’re not going to publicly comment on who they support for the duration of the campaignformer Pres. George H.W. Bush
former Pres. George W. Bush
Gov. Larry Hogan (MD)Rep. Kay Granger (TX)
former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
Gov. Bruce Rauner (IL)
former Secretary of State George Schultz
Gov. Rick Snyder (MI)
Rep. Fred Upton (MI)
There are of course, many more people who have not *yet* indicated how they’ll be voting in November, but unlike the Bushes, they’re open to expressing their presidential preference at some point during the campaign. I’m not tracking everyone in that category, as it’s a very long list. It would be great if some media organization went through every member of Congress and detailed which ones haven’t yet endorsed Trump, or fall in different categories like “endorse with conditions”, etc., but I haven’t seen anyone do that.
