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List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016

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List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016

This is a list of notable Republicans and conservatives who announced their opposition to the election of Donald Trump, the 2016 Republican Party nominee and eventual winner of the election, as the President of the United States. It also includes former Republicans who opposed Trump's campaign and who left the Republican Party during the 2016 presidential election, as well as Republicans who endorsed a different candidate. It does not include Republicans who opposed Trump during the primaries but never announced opposition to Trump as the nominee.

Contents

Former Presidents

  • George H. W. Bush, President of the United States (1989–93); Vice President of the United States (1981–89)
  • George W. Bush, President of the United States (2001–09); Governor of Texas (1995-2000)

    • Former 2016 Republican presidential primary candidates

    All candidates signed a pledge to eventually support the party nominee. The following have refused to honor it.

  • Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida (1999–2007)
  • Carly Fiorina, CEO of Hewlett-Packard (1999–2005); 2010 nominee for U.S. Senator from California
  • Lindsey Graham, United States Senator from South Carolina (2003–present) (voted for Evan McMullin)
  • John Kasich, Governor of Ohio (2011–present); U.S. Representative from Ohio (1983–2001) (wrote in John McCain)
  • George Pataki, Governor of New York (1995–2006)

    • Governors

    Current
  • Charlie Baker, Massachusetts (2015–present)
  • Robert J. Bentley, Alabama (2011–present)
  • Dennis Daugaard, South Dakota (2011–present)
  • Bill Haslam, Tennessee (2011–present)
  • Gary Herbert, Utah (2009–present)
  • Larry Hogan, Maryland (2015–present)
  • Susana Martinez, New Mexico (2011–present); Chair of the Republican Governors Association (2015–present)
  • Brian Sandoval, Nevada (2011–present)
  • Rick Snyder, Michigan (2011–present)
    • Former
  • Arne Carlson, Minnesota (1991–99) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • A. Linwood Holton Jr., Virginia (1970–74); Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1974–75) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Jon Huntsman Jr., Utah (2005–09); United States Ambassador to China (2009–11); United States Ambassador to Singapore (1992–93)
  • William Milliken, Michigan (1969–83) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Kay A. Orr, Nebraska (1987–91)
  • Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota (2003–11)
  • Marc Racicot, Montana (1993–01); Chair of the Republican National Committee (2001–03)
  • Mitt Romney, Massachusetts (2003–07), 2012 nominee for President
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger, California (2003–11)
  • William Weld, Massachusetts (1991–97) (2016 Libertarian nominee for Vice President)
  • Christine Todd Whitman, New Jersey (1994-2001)

    • U.S. Senators

    Current
    Former
  • Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire (2011–17) (wrote in Mike Pence) [was a current senator on Election Day]
  • Mark Kirk, Illinois (2010–17) (writing-in Colin Powell) [was a current senator on Election Day]
  • Norm Coleman, Minnesota (2003–09)
  • David Durenberger, Minnesota (1978–95) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Slade Gorton, Washington (1981–87, 1989–2001) (endorsed Evan McMullin)
  • Gordon J. Humphrey, New Hampshire (1979–90) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • John Warner, Virginia (1979–2009); United States Secretary of the Navy (1972–74) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)

    • U.S. Representatives

    Sitting at the time of the Trump campaign
    Former

    Other former federal government officials

  • Donald B. Ayer, United States Deputy Attorney General
  • Phillip D. Brady, White House Staff Secretary; White House Cabinet Secretary (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Paul K. Charlton, United States Attorney
  • Linda Chavez, Director of the Office of Public Liaison; 1986 nominee for U.S. Senator from Maryland
  • Jim Cicconi, White House Staff Secretary (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Scott Evertz, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Tony Fratto, Deputy White House Press Secretary
  • Charles Fried, United States Solicitor General; Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy; Commissioner of Internal Revenue (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Theodore Kassinger, United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce
  • Bill Kristol, Chief of Staff to the Vice President (endorsed Evan McMullin)
  • Rosario Marin, Treasurer of the United States (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • John McKay, former United States Attorney (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Andrew Natsios, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development; Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party
  • Daniel F. Runde, Director of the Global Development Alliance
  • Larry D. Thompson, United States Deputy Attorney General
  • Dan Webb, former United States Attorney (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Peter Wehner, Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives
  • Lezlee Westine, Director of the Office of Public Liaison (2001–2005) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Peter Zeidenberg, Assistant United States Attorney

    • Statewide officials

    Current
  • Brian Calley, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (2011–present)
  • Spencer Cox, Lieutenant Governor of Utah (2013–present)
  • Kim Guadagno, Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey (2010–present)
    • Former

    State legislators

    Current
  • Jack Ciattarelli, New Jersey State Representative (2011–present)
  • Kurt Daudt, Minnesota State Representative (2011–present), Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2015–present)
  • David Johnson, Iowa State Senator (2003–present)
  • Mark B. Madsen, Utah State Senator (2005–present) (endorsed Gary Johnson)
  • Charisse Millett, Alaska State Representative (2009–present), Majority Leader (2015–present)
  • Ross Spano, Florida State Representative (2012–present)
  • Joe Sweeney, New Hampshire State Representative (2012–present)
    • Former
  • Michael Balboni, New York State Senator (1998–2007) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Lois Sherman Hagarty, Pennsylvania State Representative (1980–92)
  • Brian Lees, Massachusetts State Senator (1989–2007), Minority Leader (1993–2007)
  • Jack McGregor, Pennsylvania State Senator (1963–70) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Will Weatherford, Florida State Representative (2006–14), Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (2012–14)

    • Municipal officials

  • Joel Giambra, former Erie County Executive (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Carlos A. Giménez, Mayor of Miami-Dade County (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Danny Jones, Mayor of Charleston, West Virginia (endorsed Gary Johnson)
  • Aimee Winder Newton, Member of the Salt Lake County Council
  • Tomás Regalado, Mayor of Miami

    • Republican Party figures

  • Steve Baer, former President, United Republican Fund of Illinois
  • Max Boot, author (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Ellen Bork, political consultant
  • Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States (2001–09); First Lady of Texas (1995–2000)
  • Marvin Bush, son of George H. W. Bush, brother of George W. Bush and Jeb Bush (endorsed Gary Johnson)
  • Al Cardenas, former chair of the Republican Party of Florida
  • Patrick Chovanec, economist
  • Mindy Finn, political consultant, strategist, and activist (Independent running mate for Evan McMullin)
  • Darryl Glenn, 2016 nominee for U.S. Senator from Colorado
  • Juan Hernandez, political consultant, co-founder of Hispanic Republicans of Texas (endorsed Gary Johnson)
  • Matt Higgins, former press secretary for New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Robert Kagan, former foreign policy advisor and speechwriter (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Matt Kibbe, libertarian ideals advocate
  • Jimmy LaSalvia, co-founder of GOProud (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Kevin Madden, spokesperson for 2012 presidential nominee, Mitt Romney
  • Ken Mehlman, former Chair of the Republican National Committee
  • Mike Murphy, political consultant and commentator (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Patrick Ruffini, political strategist
  • Mark Salter, chief aide to John McCain (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Randy Scheunemann, national security and foreign policy advisor
  • Steve Schmidt, campaign strategist
  • Gabriel Schoenfeld, former Senior Advisor to 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney
  • Lionel Sosa, political consultant (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • A. J. Spiker, Chair of the Iowa Republican Party
  • Stuart Stevens, political consultant and strategist
  • Mac Stipanovich, strategist and lobbyist; former Chief of Staff to Bob Martinez (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • John Weaver, strategist

    • Business leaders

  • Daniel Akerson, former Chairman and CEO of General Motors (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape; founder of Andreessen Horowitz (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Mike Fernandez, founder of MBF Healthcare Partners (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Seth Klarman, founder of Baupost Group (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Hamid R. Moghadam, CEO of Prologis (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • James Murren, Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco Systems (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Paul Singer, founder and CEO of Elliott Management Corporation
  • Harry E. Sloan, former CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (endorsed Hillary Clinton)
  • Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric
  • Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise; former CEO of eBay; 2010 California nominee for Governor of California (endorsed Hillary Clinton)

    • Republican groups

  • Harvard Republican Club
  • Penn State College Republicans
  • Kenyon Republicans
  • The University of the South College Republicans
  • Cornell College Republicans (endorsed Gary Johnson)
  • New Mexico College Republicans (endorsed Gary Johnson)
  • Log Cabin Republicans

    • References

    List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016 Wikipedia
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