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List of Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign endorsements

This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who voiced their endorsement for the office of the president of Donald Trump as the Republican Party's presidential nominee for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Former U.S. federal government
Vice presidentsDick Cheney, 46th vice president of the United States (2001–2009) • Dan Quayle, 44th vice president of the United States (1989–1993) Federal cabinet-level officials John Ashcroft, 79th United States attorney general (2001–05) • John Rusling Block, 21st United States Secretary of Agriculture (1981–86) • John R. Bolton, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2005–06) • Elaine Chao, 24th United States Secretary of Labor (2001–09) • Edwin Meese, 75th United States attorney general (1985–88) • Jim Nicholson, 5th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2005–07) • Gale Norton, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior (2001–06) • Anthony Principi, 4th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2001–05) • John W. Snow, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (2003–06) • James G. Watt, 43rd United States Secretary of the Interior (1981–83) Federal departmental officials '''''' • Liz Cheney, former deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs and head of the Middle East Partnership Initiative; daughter of former vice president Dick CheneyCharles F. Conner, former United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture (2005–09) • Chapman B. Cox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (1983–84) • Jeffrey D. Gordon, Pentagon spokesman (2005–09) • Herbert R. Temple Jr., Chief of the National Guard Bureau (1986–90) '''''' • William Flynn Martin, United States Deputy Secretary of Energy (1986–88) Independent agencies and commissions Gary Berntsen, officer of the Directorate of Operations (1982–2005) • Vernon L. Grose, former member of the National Transportation Safety BoardEdmund C. Moy, director of the United States Mint (2006–11) • R. James Woolsey Jr., director of Central Intelligence (1993–95) (Democratic) U.S. ambassadorsCharles L. Glazer, El Salvador (2007–09) • G. Philip Hughes, Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (1990–93) • John D. Ong, Norway (2002–05) • Faith Whittlesey, Switzerland (1981–83, 1985–88) • T. Kenneth Cribb Jr., director of the Domestic Policy Council (1987) • Jeff Lord, White House associate political director (1987–88) • John H. Sununu, 14th White House Chief of Staff (1989–91) ==U.S. Congress==
U.S. Congress
U.S. senators '''''' '''''' U.S. representatives '''''' '''''' == U.S. state officials ==
U.S. state officials
State and territorial governors in 2015 in 2016 '''''' '''''' State executive officials Pam Bondi '''''' '''''' State legislators '''''' • Arizona state senators: Lori Klein, Thayer Verschoor, • California state assemblymen: Martin Garrick Senator Greg Brophy (Colorado Co-chairman) • Idaho state representative: Phil Hart • Iowa state senators: Kitty Rehberg, Sandy Greiner Annette Sweeney, • Michigan state senators: Randy Richardville, • Michigan state representatives: Rick Johnson, • Texas state representatives: Martha Wong, Wayne Christian • Virginia state senators: Jeannemarie Devolites Davis, Jeff McWaters == U.S. municipal officials ==
U.S. municipal officials
Mayors and county executives in 2009 '''''' • Dewey F. Bartlett Jr., 39th mayor of TulsaMary Hawkins Butler, mayor of Madison, MississippiGabriel Campana, mayor of Williamsport, PennsylvaniaLenny Curry, mayor of JacksonvilleEd Mangano, 8th Nassau County executive • Jean Stothert, 51st mayor of Omaha '''''' • Greg Edwards, 5th Chautauqua County executive (2006–13) • Charles Evers, mayor of Fayette, Mississippi (1969–81, 1985–89) • Drew Ferguson, mayor of West Point, Georgia, 2016 Republican nominee for Georgia's 3rd congressional districtRudy Giuliani, 107th mayor of New York City (1994–2001) • Tom Leppert, 60th mayor of Dallas, Texas (2007–11) • Rick Mystrom, mayor of Anchorage (1994–2000) • Rob Astorino, Westchester County Executive, 2014 Republican nominee for Governor of New YorkPaul Babeu, sheriff of Pinal CountyDavid A. Clarke Jr., sheriff of Milwaukee County • James M. Cummings, sheriff of Barnstable County • Ed Day, Rockland County executive • Chuck Jenkins, sheriff of Frederick CountyPeggy Littleton, El Paso County commissioner • Dick Monteith, chairman of the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors • Michelle Park Steel, member of the Orange County Board of SupervisorsCarolyn Bunny Welsh, Chester County sheriff Municipal legislators '''''' • Joseph Borelli, council member for the 51st District in the New York City Council, minority whip '''''' • Vincent M. Ignizio, council member for the 51st District in the New York City CouncilAndrew Stein, 22nd borough president of Manhattan (1978–85) and New York City Council president (1986–94) (Democratic) == Retired U.S. military personnel ==
Retired U.S. military personnel
in 1986 in 1988 in 2011 Retired U.S. Air Force personnel Retired U.S. Army personnel Retired U.S. Coast Guard personnel Retired U.S. Marine Corps personnel Retired U.S. Navy personnel == International political figures ==
International political figures
Heads of state and government in 2016 in 2013 in 2016 in 2016 in 2010 in 2015 Current Hun Sen, prime minister of Cambodia (1985–2023), president of the Cambodian People's Party (2015–present) • Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus (1994–present), Chairman of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly (2024–present), chairman of the Supreme State Council of the Union State (2000–present), and member of the Supreme Council of Belarus (1991–1994) (Independent)Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe (1987–2017), prime minister of Zimbabwe (1980–1987), president of ZANU–PF (1980–2017) • Viktor Orbán, prime minister of Hungary (1998–2002, 2010–present), president of Fidesz (1993–2000, 2003–present) • Miloš Zeman, 3rd president of the Czech Republic (2013–2023), member of the Party of Civic Rights (2009–present), former leader of the Social Democratic Party (1993–2001) Former Tony Abbott, former prime minister of Australia (2013–2015) and former leader of the Liberal Party (2009–2015) • Edgar Savisaar, former acting prime minister of Estonia (1990–92) and leader of the center-left Estonian Centre Party (1991–2016) Other executive officials Petr Bendl, former Minister of Agriculture (2011–2013) and former Minister of Transport (Civic Democratic Party) • Andrew Peacock, former Australian Minister for Industry and Commerce (1982–1983), former Minister for Industrial Relations (1980–1981), former Minister for Foreign Affairs (1975–1980), former Minister for the Environment (1975), former Minister for External Territories (1972), former Minister for Defence and Minister for the Army (1969–1971) and former leader of the Liberal Party (1983–1985, 1989–1990) • David Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed ForcesVojislav Šešelj, former deputy prime minister (1998–2000) and founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party (1991–present) • Cyril Svoboda, former deputy prime minister (2002–2004) and former leader of the KDU-ČSL (2001–2003, 2009–2010) Members of national and supranational parliaments at the NATO Summit in Chicago, Illinois, in 2012. in 2013 '''''' '''''' • Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician, Flemish MP and member of the Flemish nationalist Vlaams Belang party '''''' • Ben Lobb, Canadian politician, MP and member of the Conservative Party of Canada '''''' '''''' • Kenneth Kristensen Berth, Danish politician, MP, and member of the national conservative Danish People's Party '''''' '''''' • Ilias Panagiotaros, Greek politician, MP, and member of the far-right Golden Dawn party '''''' • Oren Hazan, Israeli politician, MK, and member of Likud '''''' • Mike Sonko, Kenyan politician, senator and member of The National Alliance '''''' • Ulf Leirstein, Norwegian politician, MP, and member of the conservative-liberal Progress Party '''''' '''''' • Richard Sulík, Slovak politician, MEÞ, and leader of the libertarian Freedom and Solidarity '''''' '''''' Regional ministers, legislators, and party leaders in 2016 in 2014 in 2014 in 2011 in 2015 '''''' • Pauline Hanson, Australian politician, senator, and leader of the One Nation Party (1997–2002, 2014–present) '''''' '''''' • Andrey Rostenko, Russian politician, mayor of Yalta, Crimea '''''' • Tomáš Hudeček, Czech politician, MP, and member of the ČSSD '''''' '''''' • Frauke Petry, German politician and leader of the Alternative for Germany '''''' '''''' '''''' • Hamid Chabat, Moroccan politician, MP, mayor of Fez, Secretary-General of the conservative Istiqlal Party (2012–2017) '''''' • Geert Wilders, Dutch politician, MP, leader of the Freedom Party '''''' • Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Polish politician, MEP, and leader of Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic–Liberty and Hope '''''' • Jimmie Åkesson, Swedish politician, MP, and leader of the Sweden Democrats '''''' • Andrej Šiško, leader of the Movement of United Slovenia '''''' • Nigel Farage, British politician, MEP and leader of the UK Independence Party Former regional ministers, legislators, and party leaders in 2009 in 2007 '''''' '''''' '''''' • Morten Uhrskov Jensen, Danish politician, leader of Danish Unity '''''' • Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician, MEP, founder and former leader of the nationalist Front National (1972–2011) '''''' • Aryeh Eldad, Israeli politician, former MK, member of Otzma Yehudit '''''' • Carl I. Hagen, Norwegian politician, former MP, former vice president of the Storting, and former leader of the conservative-liberal Progress Party (1978–2006) '''''' • Sergey Markov, former member of the Russian State Duma (2006–2008), member of United Russia, president of the Institute of Political Studies == Notable individuals ==
Notable individuals
Commentators, writers, filmmakers, and columnists in 2012 in 2008 in 2013 • Conrad Black, Canadian-born British former newspaper publisher, author and member of the House of Lords • Ruthie Blum, journalist, columnist, former features editor of the Jerusalem Post, and current web editor at Algemeiner JournalAndrew G. Bostom, author and expert on Islam • Adam Curry, political commentator and former MTV VJ • Vox Day, publisher, activist, science fiction writer, journalist, musician, and video game designer • Lou Dobbs, television personality, author, radio host and host of Lou Dobbs Tonight on Fox BusinessMichael Scott Doran, senior fellow at Hudson InstituteDinesh D'Souza, political commentator, author, and filmmaker • Aleksandr Dugin, Russian political scientist, author of The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia and The Fourth Political Theory, and member of the Eurasia PartyJulie Nixon Eisenhower, author, daughter of former president Richard Nixon (1969–1974) • Diana Furchtgott-Roth, economist • Pamela Geller, political activist and commentator • Joel Gilbert, filmmaker • George Gilder, investor, writer, economist, techno-utopian advocate, and co-founder of the Discovery InstituteKatie Hopkins, newspaper columnist and TV personality • David Horowitz, conservative writer, founder and president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and editor of FrontPage MagazineDmitry Kiselyov, Russian journalist and head of government-owned international news agency Rossiya SegodnyaLawrence Kudlow, conservative commentator, economic analyst, television personality, newspaper columnist and host of The Kudlow ReportBrian Patrick Mitchell, writer, political theorist, and blogger • Steven W. Mosher, social scientist, anti-abortion activist, author, and president of the Population Research InstituteNorman Podhoretz, conservative pundit, former adviser to the U.S. Information Agency (1981–87), and writer for CommentaryDave Portnoy, internet celebrity, blogger, and founder of the sports and pop culture blog Barstool Sports • Alfred S. Regnery, lawyer, author, and former publisher • Hossein Shariatmadari, Iranian conservative journalist and editor-in-chief of KayhanRoss Terrill, academic, historian and journalist, expert in the history of China • Emmett Tyrrell, conservative magazine editor • Roger Ailes, former chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel, media consultant to presidential campaigns of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. BushDavid R. Barker, author, academic and businessman • Thomas J. Barrack Jr., founder and chairman of Colony CapitalAndrew Beal, founder and chairman of Beal BankErnie Boch Jr., CEO of Boch Industries • Elliott Broidy, venture capitalist • Doug Burgum, entrepreneur, philanthropist, former president of Great Plains Software, former head of Microsoft Business Solutions, chairman of the board for Atlassian, and 2016 Republican nominee for Governor of North DakotaHerman Cain, businessman and Tea Party politician (former 2000 and 2012 presidential candidate) • Pete Coors, businessman and chairman of MillerCoorsJenny Craig, founder of Jenny Craig Inc.Jim Davis, owner and chairman of New BalanceDarwin Deason, businessman and political donor • Marc Faber, Swiss investor • Steve Feinberg, financier and co-founder and CEO of Cerberus Capital ManagementSteve Forbes, publishing executive, editor-in-chief of Forbes, and business magnate (former 1996 and 2000 presidential candidate) • Brian France, CEO of NASCARNeal B. Freeman, founder of the Blackwell Corporation, former president of the Corporation for Public BroadcastingDavid Green, businessman and CEO of Hobby LobbyHarold Hamm, entrepreneur and oil industry pioneer • Stanley Hubbard, CEO of Hubbard BroadcastingAndrew Intrater, head of Columbus Nova and cousin of Viktor VekselbergPeter Kalikow, president of H. J. Kalikow & Company • Robert Kiyosaki, businessman, investor, educator, motivational speaker and self-help author (authored two business books with the candidate) • Bill Koch, businessman, sailor, and collector • Shalabh Kumar, industrialist, philanthropist, and founder and head of the Republican Hindu Coalition • Charles Kushner, real estate developer and co-owner of Kushner PropertiesJared Kushner, co-owner of Kushner Properties, owner of The New York Observer, son-in-law of the candidate • Richard LeFrak, real-estate businessman • Howard Lorber, businessman, investor and CEO of Vector GroupLinda McMahon, former president and CEO of WWE and Republican nominee for Senate from Connecticut in 2010 and 2012Robert Mercer, computer scientist and co-CEO of Renaissance TechnologiesLarry Mizel, chairman and CEO of MDC HoldingsSteven Mnuchin, banker, political fundraiser, CEO of Dune Capital Management and Finance Chair of the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign • Terry Neese, founder of Terry Neese Personnel Services and the Institute for the Economic Empowerment of Women • Dave Portnoy, businessman and founder of Barstool SportsAnthony Pratt, Australian billionaire, executive chairman of Visy and Pratt Industries • Joe Ricketts, founder, former CEO and former chairman of TD AmeritradeWilbur Ross, investor, owner of WL Ross & Co., owner of International Steel Group, vice chairman of Bank of CyprusSteven Roth, real estate investor and CEO of Vornado Realty TrustAnthony Scaramucci, financier, entrepreneur, author, founder and co-managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, and host of Wall Street Week on Fox BusinessMartin Selig, founder and owner of Martin Selig Real EstateGerman Sterligov, Russian businessman and environmentalist • Peter Thiel, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, hedge fund manager, co-founder of PayPal, board member of Facebook, libertarian, and transhumanistDonald Trump Jr., businessman, son of the candidate • Eric Trump, businessman and philanthropist, son of the candidate • Ivanka Trump, businesswoman, writer, and former model, daughter of the candidate • Dana White, president of Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipRichard Yuengling Jr., owner of Yuengling Brewery Political strategists Mark Corallo, political communications and public relations professional, co-founder and co-principal of Corallo Comstock • Paul Manafort, lobbyist, political consultant, and former director at the Center for the Study of Democratic InstitutionsDick Morris, political author and commentator, former pollster, political campaign consultant, and general political consultant • David Saunders, political strategist and author (Democratic) • Roger Stone, political consultant, lobbyist, and strategist Radio hosts speaking at CPAC in 2015 • Mark BellingAnthony CumiaMike FrancesaSean Hannity, also host of Hannity on Fox News ChannelLaura IngrahamLars LarsonMark LevinDennis PragerJeff RenseMichael SavageRick Wiles, TruNews Religious leaders in 2011 • Jim Bakker, televangelist, former Assemblies of God minister and radio host • C.L. Bryant, Baptist minister, radio and television host • Mark Burns, pastor and co-founder of the South Carolina-based Christian TV network, the NOW Network • James Dobson, evangelical Protestant author, psychologist, and founder of Focus on the FamilyJerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty UniversityJim Garlow, pastor of Skyline ChurchNorman Geisler, Christian systematic theologian, philosopher, and co-founder of Southern Evangelical SeminaryJohn Hagee, founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church; CEO of Global Evangelism Television • Bill Johnson, pastor of Bethel Church in Redding, CaliforniaJames F. Linzey, ordained minister in the Southern Baptist ConventionMike Murdock, singer-songwriter, televangelist and pastor of the Wisdom Center ministry • Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for LifePat Robertson, former Southern Baptist minister and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting NetworkLance Wallnau, preacher associated with the New Apostolic Reformation movement • Paula White, televangelist Republican Party figures in 2011 • Gary Bauer, politician and activist • Morton Blackwell, Republican national committeeman from VirginiaEd Gillespie, former chairman of the Republican National Committee (2003–05), former Counselor to the President (2007–09), and 2017 Republican candidate for governor of VirginiaEric Greitens, 2016 Republican nominee for Governor of MissouriTom Pauken, former chairman of the Texas Republican PartyRonna Romney McDaniel, chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party, member of the Romney familyChristine Jack Toretti, Republican national committeewoman from PennsylvaniaMarjorie Dannenfelser, anti-abortion activist and president of the Susan B. Anthony ListClarence Henderson, civil rights activist and participant in the Woolworth sit-inAlveda King, activist, niece of Martin Luther King Jr.Amy Kremer, Tea Party activist • Trevor Loudon, author, speaker and political activist • Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder and national coordinator of the Tea Party PatriotsK. T. McFarland, senior fellow at the American Conservative UnionTroy Newman, president of the anti-abortion organization Operation RescueGrover Norquist, political advocate and president of Americans for Tax ReformCJ Pearson, political activist (previously endorsed Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders) • Jerry Regier, founder and first president of the Family Research CouncilMilton Wolf, physician, Tea Party activist; second cousin, once removed of Barack Obama University and academic figures speaking in 2008 speaking in 2006 lecturing in 2005 '''''' Lawyers Tony BuzbeeVictoria Toensing Other Juanita Broaddrick, former nursing home administrator, accused Bill Clinton of rape • Gennifer Flowers, former actress and author, had a sexual encounter with Bill Clinton • Paula Jones, former Arkansas state employee, accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment • Malik Obama, half-brother of Barack ObamaKathy Shelton, sexual assault survivor, Hillary Clinton was assigned as defense counsel for her rapist == Celebrities ==
Celebrities
Actors and comedians in 2015 • Tim AllenKirstie AlleyScott BaioStephen BaldwinRoseanne BarrJim BreuerGary BuseyJames CaanDean CainKirk CameronAdam CarollaStacey DashRobert DaviJulienne DavisChristine EbersoleLou FerrignoVincent GalloKelsey GrammerButch HartmanVictoria JacksonRich LittleDavid McCallumMichael MoriartyKevin NealonJoe PiscopoRandy QuaidJohn RatzenbergerAntonio Sabàto Jr.Rob SchneiderNick SearcyKevin SorboKristy SwansonAnn TurkelJon VoightFred WilliamsonJames Woods Adult entertainers Athletes and sports figures '''''' • Kim Rhode '''''' '''''' '''''' '''''' '''''' '''''' • Scott Hamilton '''''' • Max DomiRobin Lehner '''''' '''''' Media personalities and socialites Singers and musicians ==Newspapers, magazines, and other media==
Newspapers, magazines, and other media
NationalThe Crusader, the official newspaper of the Ku Klux Klan (denounced by Trump's campaign) • Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida • Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nevada • Long Island Jewish World, Long Island, New York • The National EnquirerNew York Observer, New York City (owned by Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law) • Santa Barbara News-Press, Santa Barbara, California • St. Joseph News-Press, St Joseph Missouri • The Times-Gazette, Hillsboro, Ohio • The Washington Times, Washington, DC ForeignDPRK Today, North Korean state media • Israel Hayom, Israel's largest circulation newspaper. == National organizations ==
National organizations
American Energy AllianceGays for TrumpGreat America PACHindu Sena, Indian Hindu nationalist organization • International Defensive Pistol AssociationNational Black Republican AssociationNRA Political Victory FundTraditionalist Youth Network State and local organizations chapters that endorsed Donald Trump for the 2016 United States presidential election • Log Cabin Republicans: Cleveland, Colorado, Georgia, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Orange County, and Texas chapters Labor unions Fraternal Order of PoliceNational Border Patrol Council, largest border patrol union in U.S. representing 16,000 members (first presidential endorsement in union's history) == U.S. state political parties ==
U.S. state political parties
Minor political parties
American Freedom PartyAmerican Independent Party == Business leaders ==
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