Former President Donald Trump has loomed large over Republican primary races across the country, embracing a kingmaker role to steer the GOP’s trajectory with his coveted endorsement.
Following myriad losses in Georgia, Trump’s endorsement prowess came roaring back in primary elections, notching victories for Illinois state Sen. Darren Bailey and state Rep. Mary Miller. Both contenders were widely perceived as populists facing off against rivals who hewed closer to a more traditional Republican comportment.
Trump has eked out 145 wins and 11 losses so far, per the Washington Examiner’s tally of his endorsement record as of June 30. His endorsements have ranged from safe bets on incumbents and uncontested contenders such as Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) to riskier picks, such as Katie Arrington, who was unsuccessful in her primary challenge to Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC). At least 47 of his endorsement triumphs came from races that were not contested.
Here is a look at who Trump has endorsed and how those candidates fared in their primary contests.
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Winners
Jerry Carl, Alabama’s 1st Congressional District — uncontested
Barry Moore, Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District — uncontested
Mike Rogers, Alabama’s 3rd Congressional District
Robert Aderholt, Alabama’s 4th Congressional District — uncontested
Gary Palmer, Alabama’s 6th Congressional District — uncontested
Katie Britt, Alabama Senate
Sarah Palin, Alaska at-large congressional district
Sarah Sanders, Arkansas governor
Tim Griffin, Arkansas attorney general
Rick Crawford, Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District
Bruce Westerman, Arkansas’s 4th Congressional District — uncontested
John Boozman, Arkansas Senate
Doug LaMalfa, California’s 1st Congressional District
Kevin Kiley, California’s 3rd Congressional District
Tom McClintock, California’s 5th Congressional District
Kevin McCarthy, California’s 20th Congressional District
Jay Obernolte, California’s 23rd Congressional District
Ken Calvert, California’s 41st Congressional District
Darrell Issa, California’s 48th Congressional District
Connie Conway, California’s 22nd Congressional District — unique special election
Lauren Boebert, Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District
Burt Jones, Georgia lieutenant governor
Buddy Carter, Georgia’s 1st Congressional District — uncontested
Andrew Clyde, Georgia’s 9th Congressional District
Barry Loudermilk, Georgia’s 11th Congressional District — uncontested
Rick Allen, Georgia’s 12th Congressional District — uncontested
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia’s 14th Congressional District
Herschel Walker, Georgia Senate
Russ Fulcher, Idaho’s 1st Congressional District — uncontested
Mike Crapo, Idaho Senate
Darren Bailey, Illinois governor
Mike Bost, Illinois’s 12th Congressional District — uncontested
Mary Miller, Illinois’s 15th Congressional District
Darin LaHood, Illinois’s 18th Congressional District
Jackie Walorski, Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District — uncontested
Jim Banks, Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District — uncontested
Jim Baird, Indiana’s 4th Congressional District — uncontested
Victoria Spartz, Indiana’s 5th Congressional District — uncontested
Greg Pence, Indiana’s 6th Congressional District
Larry Bucshon, Indiana’s 8th Congressional District — uncontested
Kim Reynolds, Iowa governor — uncontested
Ashley Hinson, Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District — uncontested
Randy Feenstra, Iowa’s 4th Congressional District — uncontested
Chuck Grassley, Iowa Senate
James Comer, Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District — uncontested
Brett Guthrie, Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District
Thomas Massie, Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District
Hal Rogers, Kentucky’s 5th Congressional District
Andy Barr, Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District
Rand Paul, Kentucky Senate
Julia Letlow, Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District — unique special election
Trent Kelly, Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District
Ryan Zinke, Montana’s 1st Congressional District
Matt Rosendale, Montana’s at-large congressional district
Adrian Smith, Nebraska’s 3rd Congressional District
Joe Lombardo, Nevada governor
Adam Laxalt, Nevada Senate
Jeff Van Drew, New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District
Greg Murphy, North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District
David Rouzer, North Carolina’s 7th Congressional District
Dan Bishop, North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District — uncontested
Richard Hudson, North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District
Patrick McHenry, North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District
Bo Hines, North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District
Ted Budd, North Carolina Senate
Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota’s at-large congressional district — uncontested
John Hoeven, North Dakota Senate
Dave Yost, Ohio attorney general — uncontested
Frank LaRose, Ohio secretary of state
Robert Sprague, Ohio treasurer — uncontested
Keith Faber, Ohio state auditor — uncontested
Steve Chabot, Ohio’s 1st Congressional District — uncontested
Brad Wenstrup, Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District
Jim Jordan, Ohio’s 4th Congressional District — uncontested
Bob Latta, Ohio’s 5th Congressional District — uncontested
Bill Johnson, Ohio’s 6th Congressional District
Max Miller, Ohio’s 7th Congressional District
Warren Davidson, Ohio’s 8th Congressional District
Mike Turner, Ohio’s 10th Congressional District — uncontested
Troy Balderson, Ohio’s 12th Congressional District
Madison Gesiotto Gilbert, Ohio’s 13th Congressional District
Mike Carey, Ohio’s 15th Congressional District — uncontested
J.D. Vance, Ohio Senate
Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma governor
Frank Lucas, Oklahoma’s 3rd Congressional District
Tom Cole, Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District
Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania governor
Jim Bognet, Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District
Scott Perry, Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District — uncontested
Lloyd Smucker, Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional District — uncontested
John Joyce, Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional District — uncontested
Guy Reschenthaler, Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District — uncontested
Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District — uncontested
Dr. Mehmet Oz, Pennsylvania Senate
Henry McMaster, South Carolina governor
Alan Wilson, South Carolina attorney general
Joe Wilson, South Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District — uncontested
Jeff Duncan, South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District — uncontested
William Timmons, South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District
Ralph Norman, South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District — uncontested
Russell Fry, South Carolina’s 7th Congressional District
Tim Scott, South Carolina Senate — uncontested
Kristi Noem, South Dakota governor
Greg Abbott, Texas governor
Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general
Dan Patrick, Texas lieutenant governor
Sid Miller, Texas agriculture commissioner
Glenn Hegar, Texas comptroller
Dawn Buckingham, Texas land commissioner
Pat Fallon, Texas’s 4th Congressional District
Lance Gooden, Texas’s 5th Congressional District — uncontested
Jake Ellzey, Texas’s 6th Congressional District
Michael McCaul, Texas’s 10th Congressional District — uncontested
August Pfluger, Texas’s 11th Congressional District — uncontested
Kay Granger, Texas’s 12 Congressional District
Ronny Jackson, Texas’s 13th Congressional District — uncontested
Randy Weber, Texas’s 14th Congressional District
Monica De La Cruz, Texas’s 15th Congressional District
Jodey Arrington, Texas’s 19th Congressional District — uncontested
Troy Nehls, Texas’s 22nd Congressional District
Beth Van Duyne, Texas’s 24th Congressional District
Roger Williams, Texas’s 25th Congressional District — uncontested
Michael Burgess, Texas’s 26th Congressional District
Michael Cloud, Texas’s 27th Congressional District
John Carter, Texas’s 31st Congressional District
Brian Babin, Texas’s 36th Congressional District — uncontested
Wesley Hunt, Texas’s 38th Congressional District
Angela Paxton, Texas state Senate’s 8th District
Mayes Middleton, Texas state Senate’s 11th District
Pete Flores, Texas state Senate’s 24th District
Kevin Sparks, Texas state Senate’s 31st District
Steve Toth, Texas state House’s 15th District
Ryan Guillen, Texas state House’s 31st District
Frederick Frazier, Texas state House’s 61st District
Tim O’Hare, Texas Tarrant County judge
Phil Sorrells, Texas Tarrant County district attorney
Chris Stewart, Utah’s 2nd Congressional District
Mike Lee, Utah Senate
Rob Wittman, Virginia’s 1st Congressional District — uncontested
Bob Good, Virginia’s 5th Congressional District
Ben Cline, Virginia’s 6th Congressional District
Morgan Griffith, Virginia’s 9th Congressional District — uncontested
Carol Miller, West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District
Alex Mooney, West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District
Losers
David Perdue, Georgia governor
John Gordon, Georgia attorney general
Patrick Witt, Georgia insurance commissioner
Jody Hice, Georgia secretary of state
Jake Evans, Georgia’s 6th Congressional District
Vernon Jones, Georgia’s 10th Congressional District
Janice McGeachin, Idaho governor
Charles Herbster, Nebraska governor
Madison Cawthorn, North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District
Katie Arrington, South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District
Morgan Ortagus, Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District — removed from ballot
To be determined
Mike Dunleavy, Alaska governor
Kelly Tshibaka, Alaska Senate
Kari Lake, Arizona governor
Mark Finchem, Arizona secretary of state
Debbie Lesko, Arizona’s 8th Congressional District
Paul Gosar, Arizona’s 9th Congressional District
Blake Masters, Arizona Senate
Wendy Rogers, Arizona state Senate’s 6th District
David Farnsworth, Airzona state Senate’s 10th District
Anthony Kern, Arizona state Senate’s 27th District
Ashley Moody, Florida attorney general
Jimmy Patronis, Florida chief financial officer
Wilton Simpson, Florida Agriculture commissioner
Kat Cammack, Florida’s 3rd Congressional District
Michael Waltz, Florida’s 6th Congressional District
Gus Bilirakis, Florida’s 12th Congressional District
Anna Paulina Luna, Florida’s 13th Congressional District
Vern Buchanan, Florida’s 16th Congressional District
Greg Steube, Florida’s 17th Congressional District
Byron Donalds, Florida’s 19th Congressional District
Brian Mast, Florida’s 21st Congressional District
Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida’s 26th Congressional District
Carlos Gimenez, Florida’s 28th Congressional District
Marco Rubio, Florida Senate
Kevin Cabrera, Miami-Dade District 6 county commissioner
Derek Schmidt, Kansas governor
Jerry Moran, Kansas Senate
Clay Higgins, Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District
Mike Johnson, Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District
John Kennedy, Louisiana Senate
Dan Cox, Maryland governor
Geoff Diehl, Massachusetts governor
Kristina Karamo, Michigan secretary of state
Matthew DePerno, Michigan attorney general
John Moolenaar, Michigan’s 2nd Congressional District
John Gibbs, Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District
Bill Huizenga, Michigan’s 4th Congressional District
Lisa McClain, Michigan’s 9th Congressional District
John James, Michigan’s 10th Congressional District
Jonathan Lindsey, Michigan state Senate’s 16th District
Mike Detmer, Michigan state Senate’s 22th District
Rachelle Smit, Michigan state House’s 43rd District
Matt Maddock, Michigan state House’s 44th District
Jacky Eubanks, Michigan state House’s 63rd District
Jonathan Rocha, Michigan state House’s 78th District
Angela Rigas, Michigan state House’s 79th District
Kevin Rathbun, Michigan state House’s 85th District
Mick Bricker, Michigan state House’s 89th District
Mike Hoadley, Michigan state House’s 99th District
Elise Stefanik, New York’s 21st Congressional District
Claudia Tenney, New York’s 24th Congressional District
Bill Lee, Tennessee governor
Diana Harshbarger, Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District
Joe Kent, Washington’s 3rd Congressional District
Loren Culp, Washington’s 4th Congressional District
Tim Michels, Wisconsin governor
Derrick Van Orden, Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District
Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Senate
Janel Brandtjen Wisconsin state House’s 22nd District
Harriet Hageman, Wyoming’s at-large congressional district
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With primary races still left in such states as Florida and Michigan, there are at least 60 outstanding Trump endorsements, but it remains to be seen how his stamp of approval will play out.
The former president has also issued endorsements in foreign elections, supporting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
This tally of Trump’s endorsement record will be updated.
