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Iowa Endorsements—Republicans
The Republican presidential candidates look for endorsements from
federal, statewide and local elected officials as well as former
elected officials and prominent figures. Some will be early
endorsers, some late endorsers and some non-endorsers. In 2011-12
Democracy in Action found 17 of the 24 Senate Republicans and 28 of 60
House Republicans made public endorsements before the caucuses.
In 2007-08
Democracy in Action found 13 of the 20 Senate Republicans and 26 of the
47 House Republicans made public endorsements before the caucuses.
Democrats
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Republicans
updated
January 31, 2016
Federal U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley ...will not endorse (>) U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst ...Dec. 17, 2014 interview with Radio Iowa (>) ...will not endorse U.S. Rep. Rod Blum (CD-1) U.S. Rep. David Young (CD-3) U.S. Rep. Steve King (CD-4) CRUZ announced Nov. 16, 2015 + State Gov. Terry Branstad Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds Secretary of State Paul Pate Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey Auditor Mary Mosiman |
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Name | Position | District
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City/Town |
County |
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Bill Dix |
Minority Leader |
25 - Shell Rock |
Butler |
||
Jack
Whitver |
Minority Whip | 19- Ankeny |
Polk |
RUBIO (reported 05/04/15) |
> |
Rick
Bertrand |
Assistant Leader |
7 - Sioux City |
Woodbury |
RUBIO (reported 06/06/15) |
|
Randy
Feenstra |
Assistant Leader |
2 - Hull |
Sioux |
WALKER (reported 03/03/15) CRUZ (announced 09/30/15) |
> + |
Tim
Kapucian |
Assistant Leader |
38 - Keystone |
Benton |
GRAHAM (announced 11/09/15) |
+ |
Charles
Schneider |
Assistant Leader | 22 - West Des Moines |
Dallas |
BUSH (reported 06/16/15) |
> |
Dan Zumbach |
Assistant Leader | 48 - Ryan |
Delaware |
WALKER (reported 03/03/15) RUBIO (reported 12/09/15) |
> > |
Bill
Anderson |
|
3 - Pierson |
Woodbury |
CRUZ (announced 06/29/15) |
+ |
Jerry
Behn |
24 - Boone |
Boone |
WALKER (announced 08/05/15) CRUZ (announced 01/04/16) |
+ + |
|
Michael
Breitbach |
28 - Strawberry Point |
Clayton |
|||
Jake
Chapman |
10 - Adel |
Dallas |
CRUZ (announced 04/29/15) |
+ |
|
Mark
Chelgren |
41 - Ottumwa |
Wapello |
|||
Mark
Costello |
12 - Imogene |
Fremont |
WALKER (announced 08/05/15) | + | |
Julian
Garrett |
13 - Indianola |
Warren |
WALKER (announced 08/05/15) | + | |
Dennis
Guth |
4 - Klemme |
Hancock |
CRUZ (announced 04/29/15) |
+ | |
David
Johnson |
1 - Ocheyedan |
Osceola |
PERRY (03/07/15 DMR letter to ed) FIORINA (announced 10/13/15) |
+ |
|
Tim
Kraayenbrink |
5 - Fort Dodge |
Webster |
|||
Ken
Rozenboom |
40 - Oskaloosa |
Mahaska |
|||
Jason
Schultz |
9 - Schleswig |
Crawford |
CRUZ (reported 03/24/15) |
> |
|
Mark
Segebart |
6 - Vail |
Crawford |
WALKER (announced 08/05/15) | + | |
Tom
Shipley |
11 - Nodaway |
Adams |
WALKER (reported 03/03/15) RUBIO (reported 12/09/15) |
> > |
|
Amy
Sinclair |
14 - Allerton |
Wayne |
WALKER (announced 08/05/15) | + | |
Roby
Smith |
47 - Davenport |
Scott |
|||
Brad
Zaun |
20 - Urbandale |
Polk |
WALKER
(reported 03/03/15) TRUMP (announced 10/13/15) |
> + |
14 of 24 active endorsements... Four others endorsed Walker but have not re-endorsed.
BUSH |
CRUZ |
FIORINA |
GRAHAM |
RUBIO |
TRUMP |
Charles Schneider |
Bill Anderson Jerry Behn* Jake Chapman Randy Feenstra* Dennis Guth Jason Schultz |
David Johnson* | Tim Kapucian |
Jack Whitver Rick Bertrand Tom Shipley* Dan Zumbach* |
Brad Zaun* |
PERRY | WALKER | ||||
D. JohnsonFIORINA | Jerry
BehnCRUZ Mark Costello Randy FeenstraCRUZ Julian Garrett Mark Segebart Tom ShipleyRUBIO Amy Sinclair Brad ZaunTRUMP Dan ZumbachRUBIO |
House Republicans (57) +
Name | Position | District
-
City/Town |
County |
||
Kraig
Paulsen |
Speaker | 67 - Hiawatha |
Linn |
CHRISTIE (08/20/15 DMR oped) |
> |
Linda
Upmeyer |
Leader | 54- Clear Lake |
Cerro Gordo |
||
Chris
Hagenow |
Whip |
43 - Windsor Heights |
Polk |
||
Matt Windschitl | Speaker Pro Tem |
17 - Missouri Valley |
Harrison |
JINDAL (announced 08/17/15) |
+ |
Joel
Fry |
Assistant Leader |
27 - Osceola |
Clarke |
||
Lee
Hein |
Assistant Leader | 96 - Monticello |
Jones |
WALKER (announced 08/05/15) FIORINA (announced 10/13/15) |
+ + |
Jarad
Klein |
Assistant Leader | 78 - Keota |
Keokuk |
||
Walt
Rogers |
Assistant Leader | 60 - Cedar Falls |
Black Hawk |
SANTORUM (anncd 03/16/15) |
+ |
Rob Bacon |
48 - Slater |
Story |
BUSH (reported 10/05/19; announced
10/19/15) |
+ |
|
Chip
Baltimore |
47 - Boone |
Boone |
CHRISTIE (anncd 10/29/15) |
+ |
|
Clel
Baudler |
20 - Greenfield |
Adair |
FIORINA (announced 10/13/15) |
+ |
|
Terry
Baxter |
8 - Garner |
Hancock |
WALKER (announced 08/05/15) CRUZ (announced 11/12/15) |
+ + |
|
Brian
Best |
12 - Glidden |
Carroll |
WALKER (announced 08/05/15) RUBIO (announced 01/05/16) |
+ + |
|
Darrel
Branhagen |
55 - Decorah |
Winneshiek |
|||
Josh
Byrnes |
51 - Osage |
Mitchell |
FIORINA (announced 10/13/15) | + | |
Gary
Carlson |
91 - Muscatine |
Muscatine |
CHRISTIE (announced 11/11/15) |
+ |
|
Peter
Cownie |
42 - West Des Moines |
Polk |
|||
Dave
Deyoe |
49 - Nevada |
Story |
WALKER (announced 08/05/15) CHRISTIE (anncd 12/10/15) |
+ + |
|
Cecil
Dolecheck |
24 - Mount Ayr |
Ringgold |
|||
Tom Moore |
21 - Griswold |
Cass |
|||
Dean
Fisher |
72 - Garwin |
Tama |
SANTORUM (01/15/16 tweet) WALKER (announced 08/05/15) |
+ |
|
Greg
Forristall |
22 - Macedonia |
Pottawattamie |
BUSH (announced 01/06/16) |
+ |
|
Tedd
Gassman |
7 - Scarville |
Winnebago |
HUCKABEE (ann'ced 08/16/15) |
+ |
|
Pat
Grassley |
50 - New Hartford |
Butler |
|||
Stan
Gustafson |
25 - Cumming |
Madison |
|||
Mary
Ann
Hanusa |
16 - Council Bluffs |
Pottawattamie |
KASICH (announced 07/24/15) |
+ |
|
Greg
Heartsill |
28 - Melcher Dalls |
Marion |
CRUZ (announced 04/2915) |
+ | |
David
E. Heaton |
84 - Mt. Pleasant |
Henry |
BUSH (announced 01/06/16) | + | |
Jack
Highfill |
39 - Johnston |
Polk |
CHRISTIE (anncd 12/22/15) |
+ |
|
Steven
Holt |
18 - Denison |
Crawford |
CRUZ (announced 04/29/15) |
+ | |
Daniel
A.
Huseman |
3 - Aurelia |
Cherokee |
|||
Megan
Jones |
2 - Sioux Rapids |
Clay |
RUBIO (facebook 11/17/15) |
||
Ron
Jorgensen |
6 - Sioux City |
Woodbury |
BUSH (reported 06/16/15) | > | |
Bobby
Kaufmann |
73 - Wilton |
Cedar |
RUBIO (at 07/08/15 event) |
||
Kevin
Koester |
38 - Ankeny |
Polk |
|||
John
Kooiker |
4 - Boyden |
Sioux |
|||
John
Landon |
37 - Ankeny |
Polk |
WALKER (announced 08/05/15) | + | |
Dave
Maxwell |
76 - Gibson |
Poweshiek | |||
Linda
J. Miller |
94 - Bettendorf |
Scott |
BUSH (announced 08/13/15) |
+ |
|
Norlin
Mommsen |
97 - DeWitt |
Clinton |
|||
Brian
Moore |
58 - Bellevue |
Jackson |
|||
Zach Nunn |
30 - Bondurant |
Polk |
BUSH (reported 06/16/15) | > | |
Ross
Paustian |
92 - Walcott |
Scott |
FIORINA (announced 08/12/15) |
+ |
|
Dawn
E.
Pettengill |
75 - Mount Auburn |
Benton |
PERRY (at 07/11/15 event) |
> |
|
Ken Rizer |
68 - Cedar Rapids |
Linn |
BUSH (reported 06/16/15) | > | |
Sandy
Salmon |
63 - Janesville |
Bremer |
CRUZ (in Waverly 01/09/16) |
||
Thomas
R. Sands |
88 - Wapello |
Louisa |
|||
Mike
Sexton |
10 - Rockwell City |
Calhoun |
FIORINA (announced 06/05/15) |
+ |
|
Larry
Sheets |
80 - Moulton |
Appanoose |
CRUZ (announced 04/29/15) |
+ | |
David
Sieck |
23 - Glenwood |
Mills |
KASICH (announced 10/29/15) |
+ |
|
Chuck
Soderberg |
5 - Le Mars |
Plymouth |
|||
Quentin
Stanerson |
95 - Center Point |
Linn |
|||
Rob
Taylor |
44 - West Des Moines |
Dallas |
CARSON (09/18/14 and 03/15) |
1,2 |
|
Guy
Vander
Linden |
79 - Oskaloosa |
Mahaska |
|||
Ralph
C. Watts |
19 - Adel |
Dallas |
CRUZ (announced 04/29/15) |
+ | |
John
Wills |
1 - Spirit Lake |
Dickinson |
RUBIO (announced 01/05/16) |
+ |
|
Gary
Worthan |
11 - Storm Lake |
Buena Vista |
David Sieck won Feb. 11, 2015 special election to fill District 23 seat that had been held by Mark Costello, who was elected to the Senate.
32 of 57 active endorsements... Five others made an endorsement of a candidate who has since withdrawn and have not re-endorsed.
BUSH |
CARSON |
CHRISTIE |
CRUZ |
FIORINA |
HUCKABEE |
Greg Forristall Dave Heaton Ron Jorgensen Linda J. Miller Zach Nunn Ken Rizer |
Rob Taylor |
Kraig Paulsen Chip Baltimore Gary Carlson Dave Deyoe* Jack Highfill |
Terry Baxter* Greg Heartsill Steven Holt Sandy Salmon Larry Sheets Ralph C. Watts |
Clel Baudler Josh Byrnes Lee Hein* Ross Paustian Mike Sexton |
Tedd Gassman |
JINDAL |
KASICH |
PERRY |
RUBIO |
SANTORUM |
WALKER |
Matt
Windschitl |
Mary Ann Hanusa David Sieck |
Dawn Pettengill |
Brian Best* Megan Jones Bobby Kaufmann John Wills |
Dean Fisher* Walt Rogers |
Terry
BaxterBUSH Brian BestRUBIO Dave DeyoeCHRISTIE Dean FisherSANTORUM Lee HeinFIORINA John Landon |
Ed. note. The red asterisk indicates the legislator had previously endorsed another candidate. Before he suspended his campaign on Sept. 21, Gov. Scott Walker had led the field in endorsements by state legislators, securing support of nine Senators and six Representatives. It is interesting to see the paths these 15 legislators are now taking. Rep. Terry Baxter (Garner) appeared to shift to Bush, introducing Bush at an event in Mason City later on the very day that Walker withdrew; however on Nov. 12 the Cruz campaign announced Baxter's endorsement. Ten former Walker supporters have gone in various directions:
Sen. Randy Feenstra (Hull) ...CRUZ 9/30
Sen. Brad Zaun (Urbandale) ...TRUMP 10/13
Rep. Lee Hein (Monticello) ...FIORINA 10/13
Rep. Terry Baxter (Garner) ...CRUZ 11/12
Sen. Dan Zumbach (Ryan) ...RUBIO 12/09
Sen. Tom Shipley (Nodaway) ...RUBIO 12/09
Rep. Dave Deyoe (Nevada) ...CHRISTIE 12/10
Sen. Jerry Behn (Boone) ...CRUZ 01/04/16
Rep. Brian Best (Glidden) ...RUBIO 01/05/16
Rep. Dean Fisher (Garwin) ...SANTORUM 01/15/16
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Republican Party of Iowa State Central Committee
Members signed neutrality pledge on Nov. 22, 2014. +
RNC Members
Steve Scheffler
Tamara Scott
Chelle Adkins |
1 |
Black Hawk |
|
David Chung |
1 |
Linn |
|
Ron Herrig |
1 |
Dubuque |
|
Loras
Schulte |
1 |
Benton |
|
Marinnette Miller-Meeks |
2 |
Wapello |
|
Trudy Caviness |
2 |
Wapello |
|
Judy Davidson |
2 |
Scott |
|
Jarad Klein |
2 |
Washington |
|
Brenna Bird |
3 |
Guthrie |
|
Ryan Frederick |
3 |
Adair |
|
Bill Gustoff |
3 |
Polk |
|
Sherill Whisenand |
3 |
Polk |
|
Andy Cable |
4 |
Hardin |
|
John Thompson |
4 |
Greene |
|
Gary Nystrom |
4 |
Boone |
|
Craig Williams |
4 |
Carroll |
Changes to SCC in 2015
- Jamie Johnson (Webster Co./4th CD)...resigned mid-March 2015 to join Rick PAC; succeeded by John Thompson (elected May 2, 2015).
- Gabe Haugland (Cerro Gordo Co./4th CD) ...resigned to take a position with the Iowa National Guard; succeeded by Andy Cable (elected May 2, 2015).
- Bob Anderson (Johnson Co./2nd CD) ...resigned June 27 to move; succeeded by Marinnette Miller-Meeks (elected Aug. 1, 2015).
- Loras Schulte (Benton Co./1st CD) ...announced resignaton on Nov. 20, 2015 (+) to support Ted Cruz.
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