Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Republicans Are Racists and They Admit It Themselves

Those of you who know me know that I collect extensive evidence to counter the right wing lie that the GOP is "still the party of Lincoln" and not racists. This post will give you some references.


Today entry comes via Pew Research, that tells us 60% of Republicans think a non-white majority in America would be a bad thing.

As the Washington Post notes:

Nearly 60 percent of Republicans said that a majority nonwhite population would “weaken American customs and values,” while an identical percentage predicted it would lead to greater conflict between racial and ethnic groups.

That's a clear majority of the party are open racists.

Just to put some of our old favorites in one spot that support the thesis that the GOP is the racist party in 2019, let's review.

First there is the interview with Kevin Phillips in 1970 where he explains the GOP's "Southern Strategy". "It's all in the charts", says Phillips. (Links to a PDF of a photoscanned document, original 1970 newspaper article.)

Phillips makes this comment:

“All the talk about Republicans making inroads into the Negro vote is persiflage. Even ‘Jake the Snake’ [Senator Jacob K. Javits] only gets 20 per cent. From now on, the Republicans are never going to get more than 10 to 20 per cent of the Negro vote and they don't need any more than that . . . but Republicans would be shortsighted if they weakened enforcement of the Voting Rights Act. The more Negroes who register as Democrats in the South, the sooner the Negrophobe whites will quit the Democrats and be come Republicans. That's where the votes are. Without that prodding from the blacks, the whites will backslide into their old comfortable arrange ment with the local Democrats.”

Open racism, starting at least in the 1960s.

Then there is, of course, the infamous Lee Atwater interview where he explains how to appeal to racists without sounding too racist yourself. Atwater later begged forgiveness for his racist politics on his deathbed in the early 1990s, as he lay dying of a brain tumor. But in 1981? He was full bore the top racist strategist in the GOP. It's a 42 minute recording where Atwater explains how you can't say "N*****, n*****, n*****" anymore but you can say "forced busing", and talk negatively about "school desegregation" to let the racists know you're on their side.

And there's even modern examples of Republican racism. Take these tapes of Tucker Carlson revealing his inner racist. Carlson is a racist and one of the right wing's most beloved TV personalities, which should tell you all you need to know about those who love his show.

Let's not forget the Republican National Committee Chairmen, Ken Mehlman, apologizing to the NAACP in 2005 for the GOP's years of racist politics either.

But recently, I was given this delightful list from an acquaintance I met in a political discussion group on Facebook. This is a list of 300 Democrats who became Republicans and in the early parts of that list, almost all of them were hard core open racists. Why did they switch? Because the Democrats were moving away from racism and the Republicans were moving towards it.

Here is the list. And remember, there is a lot of evidence that those who swapped parties in the 1940s and 1950s remained racists, as well as some who swapped later.


Democrats who became Republicans 1948 to 2017



  • 1949 – Joseph A. McArdle, former U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1939–1942)
  • 1949 – Rush D. Holt, Sr., former U.S. Senator from West Virginia (1935–1941)
  • 1949 – William C. Cramer. Representative from Florida (1955–1971)[1]
  • 1952 – Henry Hyde, later became U.S. Representative from Illinois (1975–2007)
  • 1956 – Cora Brown, Michigan State Senator
  • 1958 – Odell Pollard
  • 1959 – Francis Grevemberg, former Louisiana State Police Superintendent
  • 1959 – Dud Lastrapes, later mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana
  • 1960s
  • 1960s – Arthur Ravenel, Jr., South Carolina State Representative, later U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1987–1995)
  • 1960s – James F. Byrnes, former Governor of South Carolina (1951–1955) and United States Secretary of State (1945–1947)
  • 1960 – Claude R. Kirk, Jr., later Governor of Florida (1967–1971)
  • 1960 – Charlton Lyons
  • 1961 – Perle Mesta, former United States Ambassador to Luxembourg (1949–1953)
  • 1962 – Dave Treen, later U.S. Representative from Louisiana (1973–1980) and Governor of Louisiana (1980–1984)
  • 1962 – Jack M. Cox, former Texas State Representative
  • 1962 – James D. Martin, later U.S. Representative from Alabama (1965–1967)
  • 1962 – Ronald Reagan, while an actor and former Screen Actors Guild president.[2] Later 40th President of the United States (1981–1989)
  • 1962 – Floyd Spence, South Carolina State Representative, later a U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1971–2001)
  • 1963 – Rubel Phillips, former Mississippi Public Service Commissioner
  • 1963 – Stanford Morse, Mississippi State Senator
  • 1963 – James H. Boyce
  • 1964 – Alfred Goldthwaite, Alabama State Representative
  • 1964 – Clarke Reed
  • 1964 – Howard Callaway, later U.S. Representative from Georgia (1965–1967) and United States Secretary of the Army (1973–1975)
  • 1964 – Iris Faircloth Blitch, former Georgia U.S. Representative (1955–1963)
  • 1964 – Charles W. Pickering, later Mississippi State senator and Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (2004)
  • 1964 – Strom Thurmond, while U.S. senator from South Carolina (1954–2003).[3]
  • 1965 – Albert W. Watson, while U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1963–1971) (resigned before switching parties and regained his seat in a special election)
  • 1965 – Roderick Miller, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1966 – Marshall Parker, South Carolina State Senator
  • 1966 – Joseph O. Rogers, Jr., South Carolina State Representative
  • 1966 – Thomas A. Wofford, former U.S. Senator from South Carolina (1956)
  • 1966 – Len E. Blaylock, later U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas (1975–1978)
  • 1966 – Jerry Thomasson, Arkansas State Representative
  • 1966 – Henry Grover, Texas State Representative
  • 1967 – Thad Cochran, U.S. Senator from Mississippi 1978–present, US Representative from Mississippi's 4th District
  • 1967 – William E. Dannemeyer, later U.S. Representative from California (1979–1992)
  • 1967 – Allison Kolb, former Louisiana State Auditor (1952–1956)
  • 1968 – William Reynolds Archer, Jr., while a Texas State Senator, later U.S. Representative from Texas (1971–2001)
  • 1968 – Will Wilson, former Attorney General of Texas (1957–1963)
  • 1968 – James L. Bentley, Comptroller General of Georgia (1963–1971)
  • 1968 – Gerald J. Gallinghouse, later United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1970–1978)
  • 1970s
  • 1970 – Jesse Helms, later U.S. Senator from North Carolina (1973–2003)
  • 1970 – A. C. Clemons, Louisiana State Senator
  • 1970 – William Oswald Mills, later U.S. Representative from Maryland (1971–1973)
  • 1970 – Bob Barr, later U.S. Representative from Georgia (1995–2003)
  • 1971 – Tillie K. Fowler, later U.S. Representative from Florida (1993–2001)
  • 1972 – Ed Karst, Mayor of Alexandria
  • 1972 – Robert R. Neall
  • 1972 – Trent Lott, later U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1973–1989) and U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1989–2007)
  • 1973 – Mills E. Godwin Jr., former Governor of Virginia (1966–1970) and Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1962–1966). Later Governor of Virginia (1974–1978)
  • 1973 – Samuel I. Hayakawa, later U.S. Senator from California (1977–1983)
  • 1973 – John Connally, former United States Secretary of the Treasury (1971–1972) and former Governor of Texas (1963–1969)
  • 1975 – Elizabeth Dole, later United States Secretary of Transportation (1983–1987), United States Secretary of Labor (1989–1990) and U.S. Senator from North Carolina (2003–2009)
  • 1975 – John Jarman, while U.S. Representative from Oklahoma (1951–1977)
  • 1976 – Rob Couhig
  • 1977 – A. J. McNamara, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1977 – Lane Carson, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1978 – Robert G. Jones, Louisiana State Senator
  • 1978 – Chris Smith, later U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1981–present).[4]
  • 1978 – Thomas Bliley, Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, and later U.S. Representative from Virginia (1981–2001)
  • 1978 – Michael F. "Mike" Thompson, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1979 – Charles Grisbaum, Jr., Louisiana State Representative
  • 1979 – Ed Scogin, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1979 – Armistead I. Selden, Jr., former U.S. Representative from Alabama (1953–1969) and United States Ambassador to New Zealand (1974–1979)
  • 1980s
  • 1980s – S. S. DeWitt, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1980 – Sam Yorty, former U.S Representative for California (1951–1955) and Mayor of Los Angeles (1961–1973)
  • 1980 – Mac Collins, later U.S Representative from Georgia (1993–2005)
  • 1980 – Jim Donelon, later Louisiana Insurance Commissioner (2006–present)
  • 1980 – Jesse Monroe Knowles, Louisiana State Senator
  • 1980 – Frank D. White, later Governor of Arkansas (1981–1983)
  • 1980 – J.C. "Sonny" Gilbert, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1981 – Bob Stump, while U.S. Representative from Arizona (1977–1003)
  • 1981 – Eugene Atkinson, while U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1979–1983)
  • 1982 – Condoleezza Rice, later United States National Security Advisor (2001–2005) and United States Secretary of State (2005–2009)
  • 1982 – Joseph P. Wyatt, Jr., former U.S. Representative from Texas (1979-1981)
  • 1983 – Phil Gramm, while U.S. Representative from Texas (1979–1985) and later U.S. Senator from Texas (1985–2002)
  • 1983 – Bob Martinez, while Mayor of Tampa. Later Governor of Florida (1987–1991) and Director of the National Drug Control Policy (1991–1993)
  • 1984 – V.J. Bella, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1984 – Andy Ireland, while U.S. Representative from Florida (1977–1993)
  • 1984 – H. Edward Knox, Mayor of the City of Charlotte
  • 1984 – Sonny Callahan, Alabama State Senator. Later U.S Representative from Alabama (1985-2003)
  • 1985 – Jeane Kirkpatrick, while U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1981–1985) [5]
  • 1985 – Edward J. King, former Governor of Massachusetts (1979–1983)
  • 1985 – Dexter Lehtinen, Florida State Representative. Later U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida (1988–1992)
  • 1985 – Kent Hance, former U.S. Representative from Texas (1979–1985)
  • 1985 – Jock Scott, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1985 – Carole Keeton Strayhorn, later Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (1999–2007)
  • 1986 – William Bennett, while U.S. Secretary of Education (1985–1988)
  • 1986 – Richard Baker, Louisiana State Representative. Later U.S. Representative from Louisiana (1987–2008)
  • 1986 – Charles T. Canady, Florida State Representative. Later U.S. Representative from Florida (1993–2001), Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (2008–present) and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (2010–2012)
  • 1986 – Frank Rizzo, former Mayor of Philadelphia (1972–1980)
  • 1986 – James David Santini, former U.S. Representative from Nevada (1975–1983)
  • 1987 – Paul Hardy, former Secretary of State of Louisiana (1976–1980), later Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1988–1992)
  • 1987 – Roy Moore, later Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court (2001–2003)
  • 1987 – Edward Vrdolyak, Chicago Alderman.[6]
  • 1987 – Sam Panayotovich, Illinois State Representative.[7]
  • 1987 – James C. Smith, Attorney General of Florida (1979–1987), later Florida Secretary of State (1987–1995)
  • 1988 – Jim McCrery, later U.S. Representative from Louisiana (1988–2009)
  • 1988 – David Duke, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1988 – Mike Johanns, later Governor of Nebraska (1999–2005), United States Secretary of Agriculture (2005–2007) and U.S. Senator from Nebraska (2009–2015)
  • 1988 – John Rice, Alabama State Senator[8]
  • 1989 – John Amari, Alabama State Senator
  • 1989 – Pete Johnson, while State Auditor of Mississippi (1988–1992)
  • 1989 – Bill Grant, while U.S. Representative from Florida (1987–1991)
  • 1989 – Tommy F. Robinson, while U.S. Representative from Arkansas (1985–1991)
  • 1989 – Rick Perry, Agriculture Commissioner of Texas. Later Governor of Texas (2000–2015)
  • 1989 – W. Fox McKeithen, Secretary of State of Louisiana (1988-2005)
  • 1990s
  • 1990 – Eli Bebout, Wyoming State Representative
  • 1990 – Tom Vandergriff, former U.S. Representative from Texas (1983–1985). Later elected as a County Judge (1991–2007)
  • 1990 – Joseph F. Toomy, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1990 – Vito Fossella, later U.S. Representative from New York (1997–2009)
  • 1990 – Lauch Faircloth, later U.S. Senator from North Carolina (1993–1999)[9]
  • 1991 – Bret Schundler, Mayor of Jersey City
  • 1991 – David Beasley, later Governor of South Carolina (1995–1999)
  • 1991 – Buddy Roemer, while Governor of Louisiana (1988–1992)[10]
  • 1992 – Byron Looper, Tennessee State Representative
  • 1993 – Edward H. Krebs, Pennsylvania State Representative
  • 1993 – Don W. Williamson, Louisiana State Senator
  • 1994 – Ron Gomez, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1994 – Woody Jenkins, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1994 – Dan Richey, former Louisiana State Senator
  • 1994 – Ed Austin, while Mayor of Jacksonville
  • 1994 – Walter B. Jones, while running as a Democrat for U.S. Representative from North Carolina. U.S. Representative from North Carolina (1995–present)
  • 1994 – Ed Whitfield, the day before filing as a candidate for the U.S. House in Kentucky. U.S. Representative from Kentucky (1995–present)
  • 1994 – Ron Gomez, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1994 – Mike Bowers, while Attorney General of Georgia (1981–1997)
  • 1994 – Fob James, former Governor of Alabama (1979–1983). Later Governor of Alabama (1995–1999)
  • 1994 – Richard Shelby, while U.S. Senator from Alabama (1994–present)
  • 1995 – Jimmy Hayes, while U.S. Representative from Louisiana (1987–1997)
  • 1995 – Greg Laughlin, while U.S. Representative from Texas (1989–1997)
  • 1995 – Ben Nighthorse Campbell, while U.S. Senator from Colorado (1993–2005)
  • 1995 – Billy Tauzin, while U.S. Representative from Louisiana (1980–2005)
  • 1995 – Nathan Deal, while U.S. Representative from Georgia (1993–2011). Later became the 82nd Governor of Georgia (2011–present)
  • 1995 – Mike Parker, while U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1989–1999)
  • 1995 – Susana Martinez, later Governor of New Mexico (2011–present)
  • 1995 – Mike Foster, later Governor of Louisiana (1996–2004)
  • 1995 – Donald Ray Kennard, Louisiana State Representative
  • 1995 – Rusty Crowe, Tennessee State Senator
  • 1995 – Milton H. Hamilton, Jr, Tennessee State Senator
  • 1996 – Ronnie Culbreth, Georgia State Representative.[11]
  • 1996 – Norm Coleman, while Mayor of St Paul. Later U.S. Senator from Minnesota (2003–2009)
  • 1996 – Jay Blossman, later Louisiana Public Service Commissioner (1997–2008)
  • 1996 – John Hoeven, later Governor of North Dakota (2000-2010), later U.S. Senator from North Dakota (2011–present)
  • 1997 – Steve Windom, Alabama State Senator, later Lieutenant Governor of Alabama (1999–2003)
  • 1997 – Kevin Mannix, Oregon State Representative
  • 1997 – Michael J. Michot, Louisiana House of Representatives
  • 1997 – Chip Bailey, Alabama State Senator
  • 1997 – H. Mac Gipson and Ronald "Ron" Johnson, Alabama State Representatives
  • 1998 – Harry C. Goode, Jr., Florida State Representative
  • 1998 – George Wallace, Jr., former Alabama State Treasurer (1987-1995)
  • 1998 – Gerald Allen, Steve Flowers, and Tim Parker, Jr., Alabama State Representatives
  • 1998 – Herman Badillo, former U.S. Representative from New York (1971–1977)
  • 1998 – David G. Boschert, Maryland State Delegate
  • 1998 – Sonny Perdue, Georgia State Senator. Later Governor of Georgia (2003–2011)
  • 1999 – Nancy Larraine Hoffmann, New York State Senator
  • 1999 – Joel Giambra, City Comptroller of Buffalo
  • 2000s
  • 2000 – Robert J. Barham, Louisiana State Senator
  • 2000 – Matthew G. Martinez, while U.S. Representative from California (1983–2001)
  • 2000 – Tom McVea, Louisiana State Representative
  • 2001 – Blaine Galliher, Alabama State Representative[12]
  • 2001 – Clinton LeSueur
  • 2001 – Michael Bloomberg, before running for Mayor of New York City (2002–2014)
  • 2001 – Hunt Downer, Louisiana State Representative
  • 2002 – Amy Tuck, Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
  • 2002 – Olga A. Méndez, New York State Senator
  • 2002 – Don Cheeks, Georgia State Senator
  • 2002 – Dan Lee, Georgia State Senator
  • 2002 – Rooney Bowen, Georgia State Senator
  • 2002 – Jack Hill, Georgia State Senator
  • 2002 – Virgil Goode, while U.S. Representative from Virginia (1997–2009)
  • 2002 – Terry Burton and Videt Carmichael, Mississippi State Senators[13]
  • 2003 – James David Cain, Louisiana State Senator
  • 2003 – Travis Little, Mississippi State Senator
  • 2003 – Larry Baker, Jim Barnett, Herb Frierson, Frank Hamilton, and John Read, Mississippi State Representatives[14]
  • 2003 – Melinda Schwegmann, former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1992–1996)
  • 2003 – Rick Sheehy, Mayor of Hastings, Nebraska
  • 2004 – Ralph Hall, while U.S. Representative from Texas (1981–2015)[15][16]
  • 2004 – Rodney Alexander, while U.S. Representative from Louisiana (2004–2013)[17]
  • 2004 – Steve Beren
  • 2004 – Ralph Doxey, Mississippi State Senator
  • 2005 – Michael Diven, Pennsylvania State Representative
  • 2005 – Dan Morrish, Louisiana State Representative
  • 2006 – Sheri McInvale, Florida State Representative
  • 2006 – Don McLeary, Tennessee State Senator
  • 2006 – John Giannetti, Maryland State Senator
  • 2006 – Mickey Channell, Georgia State Representative
  • 2006 – Will Kendrick, Florida State Representative
  • 2006 – Billy Montgomery, Louisiana State Representative
  • 2006 – Jimmy Holley, Alabama State Senator[18]
  • 2007 – James Walley, Mississippi State Senator
  • 2007 – Tommy Gollott, Mississippi State Senator
  • 2007 – Dawn Pettengill, Iowa State Representative
  • 2007 – Frank A. Howard, Sheriff of Vernon Parish
  • 2007 – Mike Jacobs, Georgia State Representative [19]
  • 2007 – John Neely Kennedy, State Treasurer of Louisiana
  • 2007 – Robert Adley, Louisiana State Senator
  • 2008 – Nolan Mettetal, Mississippi State Senator[20]
  • 2008 – Sid Bondurant, Mississippi State Representative
  • 2008 – Gil Pinac, former Louisiana State Representative
  • 2009 – Billy Nicholson, Mississippi State Representative[21]
  • 2009 – Tom Salmon, Vermont Auditor of Accounts[22]
  • 2009 – Chuck Hopson, Texas State Representative[23]
  • 2009 – Parker Griffith, while U.S. Representative from Alabama (2009–2011)[24][25]
  • 2010s
  • 2010 – Steve Levy, County Executive of Suffolk County, New York[26]
  • 2010 – John C. Andrews, Sheriff of Pepin County Wisconsin.
  • 2010 – C. Scott Bounds, Mississippi State Representative[27]
  • 2010 – Scott Angelle, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (2010-2010)
  • 2010 – Jane C. Smith, Alabama Circuit Clerk from Madison County
  • 2010 – Alan Boothe, Steve Hurst, Mike Millican, and Lesley Vance, Alabama State Representatives
  • 2010 – Ashley Bell, Georgia Hall County Commissioner
  • 2010 – Ellis Black, Amy Carter, Mike Cheokas, Bubber Epps, Gerald Greene, Bob Hanner, Doug McKillip, and Alan Powell, Georgia State Representatives
  • 2010 – Tim Golden, Georgia State Senator
  • 2010 – Chris Steineger, Kansas State Senator
  • 2010 – Simone B. Champagne, Noble Ellington, Walker Hines, and Fred Mills, Louisiana State Representatives
  • 2010 – Jim Preuitt, Alabama State Senator[18]
  • 2010 – John Alario and John Smith, Louisiana State Senators
  • 2010 – Mike Willette, Maine State Representative
  • 2010 – Bobby Shows, Mississippi State Representative
  • 2010 – Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi State Senator
  • 2010 – Christine Schaumburg, New Jersey Mayor of Clinton
  • 2010 – Eldon Nygaard, South Dakota State Senator
  • 2010 – Aaron Pena and Allan Ritter, Texas State Representatives
  • 2011 – Tom Butler, Alabama State Senator
  • 2011 – Buddy Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General
  • 2011 – Russ Nowell, Margaret Rogers, and Jeff Smith, Mississippi State Representatives
  • 2011 – Ezell Lee, Mississippi State Senator
  • 2011 – Charles Graddick, Alabama Circuit Judge and former Attorney General of Alabama (1979-1987)
  • 2011 – Charles "Bubba" Chaney and Billy Chandler, Louisiana State Representatives
  • 2011 – Mike "Pete" Huval, Louisiana State Representative
  • 2011 – Bob Hensgens, Mayor of Gueydan, Louisiana
  • 2011 – Jody Amedee and Norby Chabert, Louisiana State Senators
  • 2011 – Jennifer Champion, Jefferson County (Alabama) Treasurer
  • 2011 – Brad Warren, Chairman of the Mobile County, Alabama
  • 2011 – Mark Grisanti, New York State Senator
  • 2011 – D. Bruce Goforth, North Carolina State Representative
  • 2011 – Linda Collins-Smith, Arkansas State Representative
  • 2011 – Taylor Barras, Louisiana State Representative
  • 2011 – Bert Jones, North Carolina State Representative
  • 2011 – Jim Slezak, Michigan State Representative
  • 2011 – Gray Tollison, Mississippi State Senator
  • 2011 – Donnie Bell, Mississippi State Representative
  • 2011 – Sarah Maestas-Barnes, New Mexico State Representative
  • 2012 – J. M. Lozano, Texas State Representative[28]
  • 2012 – Roy Schmidt, Michigan State Representative
  • 2012 – Arthur J. Williams, North Carolina State Representative
  • 2012 – Christine Watkins, Utah State Representative
  • 2012 – Jason White, Mississippi State Representative
  • 2012 – Artur Davis, former U.S. Representative from Alabama (2003–2011)
  • 2012 – Alan Harper, Alabama State Representative[29]
  • 2012 – Jerry Fielding, Alabama State Senator
  • 2013 – Lindsey Holmes, Alaska State Representative
  • 2013 – Nickey Browning, Mississippi State Senator
  • 2013 – Elbert Guillory, Louisiana State Senator
  • 2013 – Evan Jenkins, West Virginia State Senator. Later U.S. Representative for West Virginia (2015–present)
  • 2013 – Rick Ward, III, Louisiana State Senator
  • 2013 – James R. Fannin, Louisiana State Representative
  • 2013 – Andy Nuñez, New Mexico State Representative
  • 2013 – Ryan Ferns, West Virginia State Representative
  • 2014 – Charles Newton, Alabama State Representative[30]
  • 2014 – Randall Patterson, Mississippi State Representative
  • 2014 – Daniel Hall, West Virginia State Senator
  • 2014 – Linda Black, Missouri State Representative
  • 2014 – Mark Miloscia, Washington State Representative
  • 2014 – Gene Taylor, former U.S. Representative from Mississippi
  • 2015 – Mike Holcomb, Arkansas State Representative[31]
  • 2015 – Kim Davis, Rowan County, Kentucky, Clerk
  • 2015 – Jody Steverson, Mississippi State Representative[32]
  • 2015 – Denver Butler, Kentucky State Representative[33]
  • 2015 – Carlyle Begay, Arizona State Senator[34]
  • 2015 – Jim Gooch, Kentucky State Representative[35]
  • 2015 – Eric Greitens, later Governor of Missouri (2016–present)
  • 2015 – Omarosa Manigault, later Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison (2017)
  • 2016 – Karen MacBeth, Rhode Island State Representative
  • 2016 – Yancey McGill, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (2014-2015)
  • 2016 – David Hillman, Arkansas State Representative
  • 2016 – Jeff Wardlaw, Arkansas State Representative
  • 2016 – Joe Jett, Arkansas State Representative
  • 2016 – Wilbur Ross, later United States Secretary of Commerce (2017–present)
  • 2017 – Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, former Florida State Representative[36]
  • 2017 – Mariellen MacKay, New Hampshire State Representative[37]
  • 2017 – Jim Justice, Governor of West Virginia (2017–present), had been a Republican prior to 2015[38]
  • 2017 – Dan Pope, Mayor of Lubbock, Texas
  • 2017 – William Brisson, North Carolina Assemblyman[39]
  • 2018 – Mike Oliverio, former West Virginia State Senator
  • 2018 – Bobby Bright, former U.S. Representative from Alabama
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