Since his departure from the White House, former President Donald Trump has held a pronounced political presence from the sidelines, flexing his clout as a kingmaker to steer the GOP with his enviable stamp of approval.
Throughout the primaries, Trump touted a roughly 92% success record with his endorsements and crowed about it from time to time on the campaign trail. With his strong pull within conservative circles well known, Trump’s stamp of approval was put to the general election test Tuesday night.
“I had such great success on Endorsements, perhaps success like no one has had before, both for Republican Nominations and the General Election itself, and I continue to get Fake News, RINO, and Radical Left criticism, but seldom congratulations or praise. That’s the way it is, and that’s the way it will always be,” Trump bemoaned on his Truth Social platform Friday.
So far, Trump appears on track for a roughly 90% success rate with his general election picks, having eked out 230 victories and 26 losses with about 12 races outstanding. This is based on the Washington Examiner’s tally of 268 endorsements.
Trump’s team has claimed in a newsletter that the former president has backed over 330 candidates this election cycle. For the Washington Examiner’s general election tally, candidates who lost their primaries were omitted, and the list focuses on those who were endorsed in newsletters from the Save America PAC or in an internal Trump endorsement tracking list. It does not include candidates who were only endorsed verbally.
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Here is a look at Trump’s midterm picks in the general election races.
LOSERS
ARIZONA
Mark Finchem, Arizona secretary of state
Kelly Cooper, Arizona’s 4th Congressional District
Blake Masters, Arizona Senate
CONNECTICUT
Leora Levy, Connecticut Senate
ILLINOIS
Darren Bailey, Illinois governor
KANSAS
Derek Schmidt, Kansas governor
MICHIGAN
Tudor Dixon, Michigan governor
Shane Hernandez, Michigan lieutenant governor
Kristina Karamo, Michigan secretary of state
Matthew DePerno, Michigan attorney general
John Gibbs, Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District
MINNESOTA
Scott Jensen, Minnesota governor
NEVADA
Adam Laxalt, Nevada Senate
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Don Bolduc, New Hampshire Senate
NEW MEXICO
Mark Ronchetti, New Mexico governor
NEW YORK
Lee Zeldin, New York governor
NORTH CAROLINA
Sandy Smith, North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District
Bo Hines, North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District
OHIO
Steve Chabot, Ohio’s 1st Congressional District
Madison Gesiotto Gilbert, Ohio’s 13th Congressional District
PENNSYLVANIA
Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania governor
Dr. Mehmet Oz, Pennsylvania Senate
Jim Bognet, Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District
VERMONT
Gerald Malloy, Vermont Senate
WASHINGTON
Joe Kent, Washington’s 3rd Congressional District
WISCONSIN
Tim Michels, Wisconsin governor
WINNERS
ALABAMA
Jerry Carl, Alabama’s 1st Congressional District
Barry Moore, Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District
Mike Rogers, Alabama’s 3rd Congressional District
Robert Aderholt, Alabama’s 4th Congressional District
Gary Palmer, Alabama’s 6th Congressional District
Katie Britt, Alabama Senate
ARKANSAS
Sarah Sanders, Arkansas governor
Tim Griffin, Arkansas attorney general
Rick Crawford, Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District
Bruce Westerman, Arkansas’s 4th Congressional District
John Boozman, Arkansas Senate
ARIZONA
Eri Crane, Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District
Andy Biggs, Arizona’s 5th Congressional District
Debbie Lesko, Arizona’s 8th Congressional District — uncontested
Paul Gosar, Arizona’s 9th Congressional District — uncontested
Wendy Rogers, Arizona state Senate’s 7th District
David Farnsworth, Arizona state Senate’s 10th District
Janae Shamp, Arizona state Senate’s 29th District
CALIFORNIA
Doug LaMalfa, California’s 1st Congressional District
Tom McClintock, California’s 5th Congressional District
Kevin McCarthy, California’s 20th Congressional District
Jay Obernolte, California’s 23rd Congressional District
Darrell Issa, California’s 48th Congressional District
FLORIDA
Ashley Moody, Florida attorney general
Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s chief financial officer
Wilton Simpson, Florida Agriculture commissioner
Matt Gaetz, Florida’s 1st Congressional District
Neal Dunn, Florida’s 2nd Congressional District
Kat Cammack, Florida’s 3rd Congressional District
Aaron Bean, Florida’s 4th Congressional District
Michael Waltz, Florida’s 6th Congressional District
Cory Mills, Florida’s 7th 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
Scott Franklin, Florida’s 18th 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
Joe Gruters, Florida’s state Senate’s 23rd District — uncontested
Kevin Cabrera, Florida’s Miami-Dade District 6 county commissioner
Juan Carlos Bermudez, Florida’s Miami-Dade District 12 county commissioner
GEORGIA
Burt Jones, Georgia lieutenant governor
Buddy Carter, Georgia’s 1st Congressional District
Rich McCormick, Georgia’s 6th Congressional District
Andrew Clyde, Georgia’s 9th Congressional District
Mike Collins, Georgia’s 10th Congressional District
Barry Loudermilk, Georgia’s 11th Congressional District
Rick Allen, Georgia’s 12th Congressional District
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia’s 14th Congressional District
IDAHO
Russ Fulcher, Idaho’s 1st Congressional District
Mike Crapo, Idaho Senate
ILLINOIS
Mike Bost, Illinois’s 12th Congressional District
Mary Miller, Illinois’s 15th Congressional District
Darin LaHood, Illinois’s 16th Congressional District
INDIANA
Jim Banks, Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District
Jim Baird, Indiana’s 4th Congressional District
Victoria Spartz, Indiana’s 5th Congressional District
Greg Pence, Indiana’s 6th Congressional District
Larry Bucshon, Indiana’s 8th Congressional District
Erin Houchin, Indiana’s 9th Congressional District
IOWA
Kim Reynolds, Iowa governor
Brenna Bird, Iowa attorney general
Ashley Hinson, Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District
Zach Nunn, Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District
Randy Feenstra, Iowa’s 4th Congressional District
Chuck Grassley, Iowa Senate
KANSAS
Jerry Moran, Kansas Senate
Tracey Mann, Kansas’s 1st Congressional District
Jake LaTurner, Kansas’s 2nd Congressional District
Ron Estes, Kansas’s 4th Congressional District
KENTUCKY
James Comer, Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District
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
LOUISIANA
Steve Scalise, Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District
Clay Higgins, Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District
Mike Johnson, Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District — uncontested
John Kennedy, Louisiana Senate
MARYLAND
Dan Cox, Maryland governor
Gordana Schifanelli, Maryland lieutenant governor
MASSACHUSETTS
Geoff Diehl, Massachusetts governor
MICHIGAN
Jack Bergman, Michigan’s 1st Congressional District
John Moolenaar, Michigan’s 2nd Congressional District
Bill Huizenga, Michigan’s 4th Congressional District
Tim Walberg, Michigan’s 5th Congressional District
Lisa McClain, Michigan’s 9th Congressional District
John James, Michigan’s 10th Congressional District
Jonathan Lindsey, Michigan state Senate’s 17th District
Rachelle Smit, Michigan state House’s 43rd District
Matt Maddock, Michigan state House’s 51st District
Angela Rigas, Michigan state House’s 79th District
Mike Hoadley, Michigan state House’s 99th District
MINNESOTA
Tom Emmer, Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District
Michelle Fischbach, Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District
Pete Stauber, Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District
MISSISSIPPI
Trent Kelly, Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District
Mike Ezell, Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District
MONTANA
Ryan Zinke, Montana’s 1st Congressional District
Matt Rosendale,, Montana’s 2nd Congressional District
MISSOURI
Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District
Mark Alford, Missouri’s 4th Congressional District
Sam Graves, Missouri’s 6th Congressional District
Eric Burlison, Missouri’s 7th Congressional District
Jason Smith, Missouri’s 8th Congressional District
Eric Schmitt, Missouri Senate
NEBRASKA
Adrian Smith, Nebraska’s 3rd Congressional District
NEVADA
Joe Lombardo, Nevada governor
NEW JERSEY
Jeff Van Drew, New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District
NEW YORK
Nicole Malliotakis, New York’s 11th Congressional District
Elise Stefanik, New York’s 21st Congressional District
Nick Langworthy, New York’s 23rd Congressional District
Claudia Tenney, New York’s 24th Congressional District
NORTH CAROLINA
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
Richard Hudson, North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District
Patrick McHenry, North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District
Ted Budd, North Carolina Senate
NORTH DAKOTA
Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota’s at-large congressional district
John Hoeven, North Dakota Senate
OHIO
Mike DeWine, Ohio governor
Jon Husted, Ohio lieutenant governor
Dave Yost, Ohio attorney general
Frank LaRose, Ohio secretary of state
Robert Sprague, Ohio treasurer
Keith Faber, Ohio state auditor
Brad Wenstrup, Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District
Jim Jordan, Ohio’s 4th Congressional District
Bob Latta, Ohio’s 5th Congressional District
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
Troy Balderson, Ohio’s 12th Congressional District
Mike Carey, Ohio’s 15th Congressional District
J.D. Vance, Ohio Senate
OKLAHOMA
Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma governor
Kevin Hern, Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District
Josh Brecheen, Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District
Frank Lucas, Oklahoma’s 3rd Congressional District
Tom Cole, Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District
James Lankford, Oklahoma Senate
Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma Senate
PENNSYLVANIA
Dan Meuser, Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District
Scott Perry, Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District
Lloyd Smucker, Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional District
John Joyce, Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional District — uncontested
Guy Reschenthaler, Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District — uncontested
Glenn “GT” Thompson, Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District
Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District
SOUTH CAROLINA
Henry McMaster, South Carolina governor
Alan Wilson, South Carolina attorney general
Joe Wilson, South Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District
Jeff Duncan, South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District — uncontested
William Timmons, South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District — uncontested
Ralph Norman, South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District
Russell Fry, South Carolina’s 7th Congressional District
Tim Scott, South Carolina Senate
SOUTH DAKOTA
Kristi Noem, South Dakota governor
TENNESSEE
Bill Lee, Tennessee governor
Diana Harshbarger, Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District
Tim Burchett, Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District
Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District
Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District
Andy Ogles, Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District
John Rose, Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District
Mark Green, Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District
David Kustoff, Tennessee’s 8th Congressional District
TEXAS
Greg Abbott, Texas governor
Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general
Dan Patrick, Texas lieutenant governor
Sid Miller, Texas agriculture commissioner
Glenn Hagar, Texas comptroller
Dawn Buckingham, Texas land commissioner
Nathaniel Moran, 1st Congressional District
Keith Self, 3rd Congressional District
Pat Fallon, Texas’s 4th Congressional District
Lance Gooden, Texas’s 5th Congressional District
Jake Ellzey, Texas’s 6th Congressional District — uncontested
Michael McCaul, Texas’s 10th Congressional District
August Pfluger, Texas’s 11th Congressional District — uncontested
Kay Granger, Texas’s 12 Congressional District
Ronny Jackson, Texas’s 13th Congressional District
Randy Weber, Texas’s 14th Congressional District
Monica De La Cruz, Texas’s 15th Congressional District
Jodey Arrington, Texas’s 19th Congressional District
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 — uncontested
Brian Babin, Texas’s 36th Congressional District
Wesley Hunt, Texas’s 38th Congressional District
Angela Paxton, Texas state Senate’s 8th District
Mayes Middleton, Texas state Senate’s 11th District — uncontested
Pete Flores, Texas state Senate’s 24th District
Adam Hinojosa, Texas state Senate’s 27th District
Kevin Sparks, Texas state Senate’s 31st District — uncontested
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
UTAH
Chris Stewart, Utah’s 2nd Congressional District
Burgess Owens, Utah’s 4th Congressional District
Mike Lee, Utah Senate
VIRGINIA
Rob Wittman, Virginia’s 1st Congressional District
Bob Good, Virginia’s 5th Congressional District
Ben Cline, Virginia’s 6th Congressional District
Morgan Griffith, Virginia’s 9th Congressional District
WISCONSIN
Brian Steil, Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District
Derrick Van Orden, Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District
Scott Fitzgerald, Wisconsin’s 5th Congressional District
Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District
Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Senate
Janel Brandtjen, Wisconsin state House’s 22nd District
WEST VIRGINIA
Carol Miller, West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District
Alex Mooney, West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District
WYOMING
Chuck Gray, Wyoming secretary of state — uncontested
Curt Meier, Wyoming treasurer — uncontested
Brian Schroeder, Wyoming superintendent
Harriet Hageman, Wyoming’s at-large Congressional District
OUTSTANDING
ALASKA
Mike Dunleavy, Alaska governor
Sarah Palin, Alaska at-large congressional district
Kelly Tshibaka, Alaska Senate
ARIZONA
Kari Lake, Arizona governor
Abraham Hamadeh, attorney general
David Schweikert, Arizona’s 1st Congressional District
Robert Scantlebury, Arizona state Senate’s 9th District
Anthony Kern, Arizona state Senate’s 27th District
CALIFORNIA
Kevin Kiley, California’s 3rd Congressional District
Ken Calvert, California’s 41st Congressional District
COLORADO
Lauren Boebert, Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District
GEORGIA
Herschel Walker, Georgia Senate
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The Washington Examiner has reached out to Trump’s team for additional information about the former president’s endorsements.
This article will be updated as election results and additional information become available.
