Here are the House, Senate members who have endorsed Trump for 2024
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As the Republican field for 2024 comes into sharper focus, GOP lawmakers in Washington have started to pick sides early in the primary fight.
Even after he became the first sitting or former president to face criminal charges, former President Trump has seen a flock of Republicans in D.C. line up behind him as he begins his third White House campaign. The polling favorite to win the nomination has racked up some powerful endorsements in Congress.
Here are the federal lawmakers who have endorsed Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Thursday, March 2, 2023.
After Trump endorsed Tuberville in his Senate race in Alabama in 2020, Tuberville said Trump is “the leader America needs” in 2024.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) leave the Senate Chamber following a procedural nomination vote on Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
In the wake of Trump’s New York indictment, Hyde-Smith endorsed Trump’s campaign, citing his work to secure the southern border and his economic policies.
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.)
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) addresses reporters during a press conference on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 to discuss the new Washington, D.C., criminal code introduced by the House.
Schmitt, who was endorsed by Trump in his Republican primary in Missouri, said the former president “has my support.”
Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.)
Sen.-elect Ted Budd (R-N.C.) leaves the Old Senate Chamber following the Senate Republican leadership elections on Wednesday, November 16, 2022.
Another Republican that Trump endorsed in his Senate GOP primary, Budd handed down his endorsement of Trump last week, saying Americans “need a return of the America First agenda to restore prosperity and peace.”
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio)
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) makes an opening statement during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Thursday, March 9, 2023 to discuss the derailment of an Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio last month.
Vance endorsed Trump in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal earlier this year, praising his foreign policy legacy, saying his presidency “marked the first real disruption to a failed consensus and the terrible consequences it wrought.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
“I am for Trump not because of the flaws of anyone else. I am for Donald Trump because I know what I’m gonna get,” Graham told Fox News in January.
Long a close Trump ally, Graham joined Trump earlier this year as the former president launched his 2024 South Carolina campaign team and has encouraged supporters to donate to Trump in the wake of his indictment in Manhattan.
At the same time, Graham has praised fellow South Carolina Republican senator Tim Scott after he announced he’s launching an exploratory committee for his own possible presidential campaign, saying “Tim will be a powerful force in the 2024 election cycle if he chooses to run.”
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) questions Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Thursday, March 9, 2023 to discuss the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio last month.
Mullin, who won his senate seat with Trump’s backing last year, endorsed the former president for a second term earlier this year, calling him “the strongest president of my lifetime” and adding that he’s proud to call Trump “my friend.”
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) questions Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during the third day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday, March 23, 2022.
Blackburn said she thinks Trump will fix the country’s economic woes and secure the border if he returns to the Oval Office.
“He did it once, and he will do it again. President Trump will Make America Great Again, and I look forward to having him back in the White House,” Blackburn, who was backed by Trump in her jump from the House to the Senate in 2018, said in a statement.
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) addresses reporters during a press conference on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 to discuss the new Washington, D.C., criminal code introduced by the House.
Blackburn’s fellow Tennessee senator Hagerty backed Trump a “whole-hearted endorsement” and said he looks forward to working with Trump “to help our great nation find its way back from the precipice.”
Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.)
Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.) is seen during a press event on Thursday, September 29, 2022 to discuss House Republican’s ‘Commitment to America’ plan.
Moore said on CNN that he wishes he could endorse Trump “five more times” after he was indicted by a New York grand jury.
Rep. Dale Strong (R-Ala.)
Rep. Dale Strong (R-Ala.) arrives for a closed-door House Republican conference meeting on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
Strong endorsed Trump right after he launched his White House campaign following the 2022 midterms, saying on social media Trump “closed our borders, brought back thousands of American jobs and had the economy growing like never before.”
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) addresses reporters during a press conference on Friday, March 10, 2023 with members of the House Freedom Caucus to discuss the debt limit.
Biggs was one of the first representatives to endorse Trump after he launched his campaign, tweeting on the day of his campaign announcement that “President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. Let’s Make America Great Again.”
Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.)
FILE – Eli Crane, a Republican candidate for the 2nd Congressional District in Arizona, is introduced by former President Donald Trump as Trump speaks at a “Save America” rally on July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. The vast 2nd Congressional District in Arizona will be a key factor in determining which political party has the majority in the state’s delegation. Former Navy SEAL Eli Crane emerged from a crowded field of Republicans in the primary to take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran in the Nov. 8 general election. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Crane also endorsed Trump on social media on the day he launched his third White House bid, saying he looked forward to supporting the former president.
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) leaves the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C., following a closed-door House Republican conference meeting on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.
The night that Trump announced his campaign, Gosar tweeted in all caps: “Make America Great Again!”
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.)
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) addresses reporters during a press conference on Friday, March 10, 2023 with members of the House Freedom Caucus to discuss the debt limit.
Boebert said on NewsNation earlier this year that she “of course support(s)” Trump for becoming the next president.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.)
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) is seen during the fifth ballot for Speaker on the second day of the 118th session of Congress on Wednesday, January 4, 2023.
Donalds decided not to endorse his home state governor in Ron DeSantis, instead throwing his support behind Trump, saying earlier this month that Trump is the “one leader” who can get the U.S. “back on track.”
Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.)
Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) leaves a closed-door House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, January 25, 2023.
Mills endorsed Trump in an interview with Time Magazine last week, saying Republicans should be “unifying” around Trump after he was indicted earlier this month.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Friday, March 3, 2023.
Gaetz argued that Trump should be the nominee for the party in 2024 in a November op-ed for The Daily Caller, saying there were “many more accomplishments left” to achieve if Trump is elected.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.)
Rep.-elect Anna Luna (R-Fla.) speaks with Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) during the second day of the 118th session of Congress on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 as the House attempts to vote for a Speaker.
Luna, who has been an outspoken Trump supporter, told Politico last month that she was supporting Trump over DeSantis, saying “I love them both.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is seen during a press conference on Thursday, March 30, 2023 following the passage of The Lower Energy Costs Act.
Greene laid out her support of Trump even before he officially announced his bid, saying in November that Trump has her “complete and total endorsement” on social media.
Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.)
Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.) objects to statements made by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as he nominates Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for Speaker during the fourth day of the 118th session of Congress on Friday, January 6, 2023.
Bost offered his “full endorsement” of Trump’s 2024 campaign on Twitter in February.
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.)
Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., votes for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, during the third round of votes for House Speaker on the opening day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Miller endorsed Trump the night of his campaign launch, citing on Twitter his border security efforts and anti-abortion policies.
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.)
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., right, speaks as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listens during a news conference on the House Jan. 6 Committee, Thursday, June 9, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Banks told the New York Times in November 2022 that he supported Trump, saying he “transformed our party.”
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.)
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) asks questions during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing to discuss fraud and waste in federal pandemic spending on Wednesday, February 1, 2023.
Higgins said he was endorsing Trump “out the gate” on Twitter, throwing his support behind the former president right away.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.)
Van Drew, a former Democrat who switched parties while Trump was president, told the New Jersey Globe that he was endorsing Trump in 2024, adding he is a “loyal guy.”
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.)
“I really loved his policies, thought it was one of the most successful presidencies in America in terms of energy policy, the economy, tax policy, regulatory policy,” Hudson told CBS17 shortly after the midterms. But while the North Carolina Republican has said he supports Trump — and was endorsed by him in the midterms — he said at the time that he’ll support the party’s nominee, whether or not that’s Trump.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.)
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is seen following a closed-door House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at the RNC Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Stefanik backed Trump before he’d officially launched his 2024 campaign, endorsing him preemptively days after the midterms in November.
“Under his presidency, America was strong at home and abroad, our economy was red hot, our border was secure, our neighborhoods were safe, our law enforcement was respected, and our enemies feared us,” she said in a statement to Breitbart News.
Rep. Mike Carey (R-Ohio)
Rep. Mike Carey (R-Ohio) arrives for a House Ways and Means Committee hearing to discuss the President’s FY 2024 budget with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday, March 10, 2023.
Carey backed Trump just after the midterms, bashing the “failures of the Biden administration” and arguing that, with Trump back in the Oval Office, “America will rise from these crises and become great again.”
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)
FILE – Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 9, 2023, in Washington. House Republicans on Thursday, April 6, subpoenaed one of the former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash over the direction of the probe. Jordan ordered Mark Pomerantz to testify before the committee by April 30. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Longtime Trump ally Jordan told Fox News Digital earlier this week that he’s “100 percent” behind the former president, “for him all the way.”
Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio)
Rep.-elect Max Miller (R-Ohio) is seen following the seventh ballot for Speaker on the third day of the 118th session of Congress on Thursday, January 5, 2023.
“I wouldn’t be here without his support, and President Trump will always have my support,” Miller said on Twitter just after Trump announced his 2024 bid.
Rep. Russell Fry (R-S.C.)
Rep.-elect Russell Fry (R-S.C.) participates in a photo op for newly elected House members for the 118th session of Congress outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
Trump unveiled a list of names on his South Carolina leadership team in January, with Fry among them.
Rep. William Timmons (R-S.C.)
Timmons was also named to the Trump campaign’s South Carolina team. Timmons has been outspoken in defense of Trump as he faces criminal charges in Manhattan, calling the case “political persecution” that he predicts will “backfire.”
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.)
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) speaks at a House Education and Labor Committee hearing examining the policies and priorities of the Department of Labor on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.
Like Timmons, Wilson was also named to Trump’s leadership team in South Carolina.
Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.)
Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) addresses reporters after a closed-door House Republican conference meeting on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.
Harshbarger backed Trump over the weekend, arguing the former president has a “proven track record of delivering results” and lamenting what she sees as Biden administration failures on the economy and immigration. She was also tapped to be part of the Trump 2024 leadership team in Tennessee, along with the state’s two GOP senators and other House lawmakers.
Rep. John Rose (R-Tenn.)
Rep. John Rose (R-Tenn.) gives fruit snacks to his kids during the first day of the 118th session of Congress on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
“Now more than ever, America needs a strong leader with a track record we can trust,” Rose — also on Trump’s Tennessee team — said over the weekend. “I am endorsing Donald Trump for President in 2024.”
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.)
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) listens to Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) following the twelfth ballot for Speaker on Friday, January 6, 2023.
Fleischmann told Tennessee’s The Advocate and Democrat in February that “we need a Republican in the White House” and said he’ll support Trump if he runs and wins the GOP nomination. But he also said there’s a “great group of potential candidates” in the Republican field.
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas)
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) arrives for a closed-door House Republican conference meeting on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
“Trump is the ONLY PERSON who can save America in 2024!!!” Jackson wrote on Twitter just days after Trump’s announcement.
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas)
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) is seen prior to a press conference on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 to discuss those still in a Washington, D.C., jail for committing crimes during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Nehls, backed by Trump in the midterms, said in November that Trump has his “complete and total endorsement.”
“Donald Trump is pushing for peace. Joe Biden is pushing for World War III. That’s the difference,” Nehls wrote in January.
Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas)
Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) addresses reporters during a press conference on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 with members of the Republican Study Committee to discuss Title 42 and their recent trip to the border in Texas.
Trump announced Babin as part of his Texas Leadership Team ahead of a rally in Waco, Texas, last month.
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas)
Burgess endorsed Trump in March, saying the former president “has a proven record of delivering for the American people” and “always will put America First.” He’s also on the campaign’s leadership team in Texas. Trump backed Burgess in the midterms.
Rep. John Carter (R-Texas)
Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) leaves a closed-door House Republican conference meeting on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
Carter was also named as part of Trump’s leadership team in Texas in March.
Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas)
Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference as he calls for the impeachment of the Department of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)
Named to the Trump campaign’s leadership team in the state, Fallon has harshly criticized the Biden administration, comparing it to Trump’s time in office. Fall was endorsed by the former president in the midterms.
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas)
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) arrives to the House Chamber on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 for the second day of the 118th session of Congress as a vote for Speaker continues.
“Under President Trump, America had a secure border, we were energy independent, and parents had a say in our children’s education. I look forward to President Trump once again righting the ship,” Gonzales said just after Trump’s campaign launch.
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas)
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Saturday, March 4, 2023.
Hunt has thrown his support behind Trump in 2024, according to the Texas Tribune.
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) leaves a closed-door House Republican conference meeting on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
Sessions joined Texans Babin and Carter as part of Trump’s leadership team in the state.
Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas)
Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) is seen during a press event to introduce the newest member, Rep. Mayra Flores (R-Texas), outside at the Capitol Steps on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
Van Duyne was also announced as a member of the former president’s leadership team in Texas.
Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas)
Weber is also on Trump’s Texas leadership team.
Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas)
FILE – In this July 12, 2018, file photo Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, listens to testimony from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a hearing with the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. At least 10 lawmakers and three congressional caucuses have ties to organizations that received federal coronavirus aid, according to government data released this week. Among businesses that received money was a car dealership owned by Williams. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Williams, also on the Trump campaign’s Texas elected leadership team, has thrown his support behind Trump’s reelection bid.
Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.)
Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) arrives to the House Chamber on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 for the second day of the 118th session of Congress as a vote for Speaker continues.
Mooney told WOWK-TV13 after Trump’s 2024 launch that the former president’s “conservative policies are what we need for this country.”
Backed by Trump in 2020, Mooney also been vocal in decrying the Manhattan prosecutor’s case against Trump, in which the former president was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, and has said he stands with Trump against “purely political persecution.”
Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.)
Rep.-elect Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) returns to the House Chamber on the second day of the 118th session of Congress on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. The House adjourned earlier in the afternoon following the sixth ballot for Speaker.
“President Trump stood with me for my election in 2022, and I am proud to stand with him in 2024,” Hageman told Breitbart earlier this year. The Wyoming congresswoman was Trump’s pick to oust Trump critic and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R) during the midterms.
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