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John McCain , the nominee of the
Republican party in the
2008 United States presidential election , has gained the endorsements of many high-profile figures.
Both McCain and his Democratic opponent,
Barack Obama , have stated that a person or entity's endorsement of their candidacy does not necessarily imply an endorsement by the candidate of all of the views of the endorser.
U.S. presidents, vice presidents, and spouses
U.S. senators
Sen.
Wayne Allard (R-CO)
[5]
Sen.
Kit Bond (R-MO)
[6]
Sen.
Sam Brownback (R-KS),
[7] former 2008 presidential candidate
Sen.
Richard Burr (R-NC)
[8]
Sen.
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
[9]
Sen.
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
[10]
Sen.
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
[11]
Sen.
Norm Coleman (R-MN)
[12]
Sen.
Susan Collins (R-ME),
[13] Ranking Member of
Senate Homeland Security Committee
Sen.
John Cornyn (R-TX)
[14]
Sen.
Pete Domenici (R-NM)
[15]
[16]
Sen.
John Ensign (R-NV)
[17]
Sen.
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
[13]
Sen.
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
[18]
Sen.
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
[9]
Sen.
Jon Kyl (R-AZ),
[13]
Senate Minority Whip
Sen.
Joe Lieberman (I-CT),
[19] Chairman of
Senate Homeland Security Committee and 2000 Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee
Sen.
Richard Lugar (R-IN), Ranking Member of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee .
[20]
Sen.
Mel Martinez (R-FL)
[21]
Sen.
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
[22]
Sen.
Gordon Smith (R-OR),
[13] Ranking Member of
Senate Aging Committee
Sen.
Olympia Snowe (R-ME),
[13] Ranking Member of
Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Sen.
John Thune (R-SD)
[13]
Sen.
George Voinovich (R-OH)
[23]
Sen.
John Warner (R-VA),
[13] former Chairman of
Senate Armed Services Committee
Fmr. Sen.
George Allen (R-VA)
[24]
Fmr. Sen.
Howard Baker (R-TN), former
Senate Majority Leader and
Senate Minority Leader
[1]
Fmr. Sen.
Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN)
[1]
Fmr. Sen.
Conrad Burns (R-MT)
[1]
Fmr. Sen.
Dan Coats (R-IN)
[25]
Fmr. Sen.
Al D'Amato (R-NY)
[1]
Fmr. Sen.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
[26]
Fmr. Sen.
John Danforth (R-MO) also served as Ambassador to the United Nations
[1]
Fmr. Sen.
Mike DeWine (R-OH)
[1]
Fmr. Sen.
Daniel J. Evans (R-WA), also served as Governor of Washington
[1]
Fmr. Sen.
Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL)
[1]
Fmr. Sen.
Slade Gorton (R-WA)
[1]
Fmr. Sen.
Phil Gramm (R-TX)
[1]
Fmr. Sen.
Nancy Kassebaum Baker (R-KS)
[27]
Fmr. Sen.
Bob Kasten (R-WI)
[1]
Fmr. Sen.
Trent Lott (R-MS), former
Senate Majority Leader and
Senate Minority Whip
[13]
Fmr. Sen.
Mack Mattingly (R-GA)
[1]
Fmr. Sen.
Zell Miller (D-GA)
Fmr. Sen.
Don Nickles (R-OK)
[28]
Fmr. Sen.
Warren Rudman (R-NH)
[13]
Fmr. Sen.
Fred Thompson (R-TN), former 2008 presidential candidate
[29]
U.S. representatives
Governors
Gov.
Charlie Crist (R-FL)
[42]
Gov.
Matt Blunt (R-MO)
[43]
Gov.
Mitch Daniels (R-IN)
[13]
Gov.
Jim Douglas (R-VT)
[13]
Gov.
John Hoeven (R-ND)
[44]
Gov.
Jon Huntsman, Jr. (R-UT)
[13]
Gov.
Bobby Jindal (R-LA)
[45]
Gov.
Linda Lingle (R-HI)
[46]
Gov.
Sarah Palin (R-AK) 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee
Gov.
Tim Pawlenty (R-MN),
[13] Chairman of the
National Governors Association , National co-chair of "McCain for President"
Gov.
Sonny Perdue (R-GA)
[47]
Gov.
Rick Perry (R-TX)
[48]
Gov.
Jodi Rell (R-CT)
[49]
Gov.
Bob Riley (R-AL)
[50]
Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA)
[48]
Fmr. Gov.
Jeb Bush (R-FL),
[1] brother to President
George W. Bush , and son to former President
George H. W. Bush
Fmr. Gov.
Paul Cellucci (R-MA),
[51] former U.S. Ambassador to Canada
Fmr. Gov.
Bill Clements (R-TX)
[13]
Fmr. Gov.
George Deukmejian (R-CA)
[1]
Fmr. Gov.
Donald DiFrancesco (R-NJ)
[52]
Fmr. Gov.
Winfield Dunn (R-TN)
[1]
Fmr. Gov.
Jim Edgar (R-IL)
[1]
Fmr. Gov.
Robert L. Ehrlich (R-MD)
[53]
Fmr. Gov.
Jim Gilmore (R-VA), former 2008 presidential candidate
[1]
Fmr. Gov.
Mike Huckabee (R-AR), former 2008 presidential candidate
[54]
Fmr. Gov.
Thomas Kean (R-NJ), 9/11 Commission Co-chair
[55]
Fmr. Gov.
Frank Keating (R-OK)
[13]
Fmr. Gov.
John McKernan (R-ME)
[13]
Fmr. Gov.
Bill Owens (R-CO)
[1]
Fmr. Gov.
George Pataki (R-NY)
[56]
Fmr. Gov.
Tom Ridge (R-PA),
[13] first
Secretary of Homeland Security
Fmr. Gov.
Buddy Roemer (R-LA)
[1]
Fmr. Gov.
Mitt Romney (R-MA), former 2008 presidential candidate
[1]
Fmr. Gov.
Don Sundquist (R-TN)
[1]
Fmr. Acting Gov.
Jane Swift (R-MA)
[1]
Fmr. Gov.
James R. Thompson (R-IL)
[1]
Fmr. Gov.
Tommy Thompson (R-WI)
[1] former 2008 presidential candidate
Retired military
Senator McCain was endorsed by over 100 retired
generals and
admirals from the U.S.
Army ,
Navy ,
Air Force , and
Marine Corps ,
[57] among them:
Lieutenant General
John B. Conaway ,
USAF (Ret.) – former
Chief of the National Guard Bureau
General
James B. Davis , USAF (Ret.) – former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe (NATO)
Colonel
George "Bud" Day , USAF (Ret.) –
Medal of Honor recipient
Rear Admiral
Jeremiah Denton , USN (Ret.) –
Navy Cross recipient
Admiral
S. Robert Foley , USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief,
Pacific Fleet
Admiral
Ronald J. Hays , USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief,
Pacific Command
Admiral
James L. Holloway III , USN (Ret.) – former
Chief of Naval Operations
Admiral
Bobby Ray Inman , USN (Ret.) – former Director of the
NSA
Admiral
Jerome L. Johnson , USN (Ret.) – former
Vice Chief of Naval Operations
General
James L. Jones , USMC (Ret.) – former
Commandant of the Marine Corps
General
P.X. Kelley ,
USMC (Ret.) – former
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Admiral
Robert J. "Barney" Kelly , USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
Admiral
Frank Kelso , USN (Ret.) – former Chief of Naval Operations
Admiral
George "Gus" Kinnear , USN (Ret.) – former Commander of Air Force,
Atlantic Fleet
Admiral
Charles R. "Chuck" Larson , USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command
Admiral
Joseph Lopez , USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
Admiral
James "Ace" Lyons , USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
Admiral Paul David Miller, USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet
Rear Admiral
Benjamin F. Montoya , USN (Ret.) – former Chief of Naval Civil Engineer Corps
General
Carl E. Mundy, Jr. , USMC (Ret.) – former Commandant of the Marine Corps
Vice Admiral
John R. Ryan , USN (Ret.) – former
Superintendent of the Naval Academy
General
H. Norman Schwarzkopf ,
USA (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief,
Central Command
Admiral
Leighton W. Smith, Jr. ,
USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief,
U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
Colonel
Leo K. Thorsness , USAF (Ret.) – Medal of Honor recipient
Lieutenant General
James A. Williams , USA (Ret.) – former Director of the
Defense Intelligence Agency
Admiral
Ronald J. Zlatoper , USN (Ret.) – former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
Mayors
State, local, and territorial officials
Jeffrey L. Barnhart , Member of the
North Carolina General Assembly .
[59]
Peter Bragdon , State Senator in New Hampshire.
[60]
Michael Downing , State Senator in New Hampshire.
[60]
John Gallus , State Senator in New Hampshire.
[60]
Ted Gatsas , State Senator in New Hampshire.
[60]
Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. , State Senator in North Carolina.
[59]
Leonard Lance , former member of the
New Jersey General Assembly and Congressional candidate.
[61]
Steven Lukan , State Representative in Iowa.
[60]
Mike May , State Representative in Iowa.
[60]
Bob McDonnell , Virginia Attorney General
[62]
Larry McKibben , State Senator in Iowa.
[60]
John Pappageorge , State Senator in Michigan.
[60]
John Putney , State Senator in Iowa.
[60]
Randy Richardville , State Senator in Michigan.
[60]
Other political figures
George Argyros , former
United States Ambassador to Spain , billionaire, and former Major League Baseball owner
[63]
James Baker , former
Secretary of State under President
George H. W. Bush .
[64]
Debra Bartoshevich (D), Fmr. Hillary Clinton Delegate
[65]
John Rusling Block , former Secretary of Agriculture
[1]
John R. Bolton , former Ambassador to the
UN under President
George W. Bush
[66]
Otis R. Bowen , former Secretary of Health and Human Services
[1] and former Indiana Governor
James H. Burnley IV , former Secretary of Transportation
[1]
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. , former Secretary of Transportation under President
Gerald Ford
[1]
Lawrence Eagleburger , former
Secretary of State under President
George H. W. Bush
[1]
Alexander Haig , former
Secretary of State under President
Ronald Reagan
[1]
Henry Kissinger ,
[13] former
National Security Advisor and
Secretary of State under President
Richard Nixon and President
Gerald Ford .
Ann McLaughlin Korologos former Secretary of Labor, DC
[67]
Fmr. Ambassador
Thomas Patrick Melady
[68]
Fmr.
Secretary of Commerce
Robert Mosbacher
[69]
Fmr.
Secretary of Commerce
Peter George Peterson
[70]
Fmr.
FCC chairman
Michael Powell
[71]
Karl Rove , former political advisor to President Bush
[72]
George Shultz , former
Secretary of State under President
Ronald Reagan
[1]
James R. Schlesinger , former Secretary of Defense under President
Richard Nixon and President
Gerald Ford .
[73]
Gordon St. Angelo , former Chairman of the
Indiana Democratic Party
R. James Woolsey, Jr. , former CIA Director under President
Bill Clinton .
[74]
National figures
Newspapers
These newspapers have endorsed John McCain's general election run:
Amarillo Globe News newspaper in
Amarillo, Texas
[79]
Antelope Valley Press newspaper in
Palmdale, California
[80]
The Arizona Republic newspaper in
Phoenix, Arizona
[81]
The Bakersfield Californian newspaper in
Bakersfield, California
[79]
The Baltimore Examiner newspaper in
Baltimore, Maryland
[79]
The Beaumont Monitor newspaper in
Beaumont, Texas
[79]
Bend Bulletin newspaper in
Bend, Oregon
[79]
The Boston Herald newspaper in
Boston, Massachusetts
[79]
The Columbus Dispatch newspaper in
Columbus, Ohio
[79]
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times newspaper in
Corpus Christi, Texas
[79]
The Daily Press newspaper in
Newport News, Virginia
[79]
The Daily Sentinel newspaper in
Grand Junction, Colorado
[79]
The Dallas Morning News newspaper in
Dallas, Texas
[82]
The Findlay Courier newspaper in
Findlay, Ohio
[79]
Foster's Daily Democrat newspaper in
Dover, New Hampshire
[79]
Goldsboro News-Argus newspaper in
Goldsboro, North Carolina
[83]
The Intelligencer newspaper in
Wheeling, West Virginia
[79]
The Johnson County Sun newspaper in
Overland Park, Kansas
[84]
The Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper in
Las Vegas, Nevada
[85]
The Lowell Sun newspaper in
Lowell, Massachusetts
[79]
The Mining Journal newspaper in
Marquette, Michigan
[79]
Mountain Valley News newspaper in
Cedaredge, Colorado
[79]
Napa Valley Register newspaper in
Napa, California
[79]
The News-Gazette newspaper in
Champaign, Illinois
[86]
The New York Post newspaper in
New York, New York
[87]
The Times of Northwest Indiana newspaper in
Munster, Indiana
[79]
The Press-Enterprise newspaper in
Riverside, California
[79]
The Pueblo Chieftain newspaper in
Pueblo, Colorado
[79]
San Antonio Express-News newspaper in
San Antonio, Texas
[79]
The San Diego Union Tribune newspaper in
San Diego, California
[79]
The San Francisco Examiner newspaper in
San Francisco, California
[88]
The Spokesman Review newspaper in
Spokane, Washington
[79]
The Tampa Tribune newspaper in
Tampa, Florida
[89]
The
Times-News newspaper in
Twin Falls, Idaho
[90]
New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper in
Manchester, New Hampshire
[79]
Wheeling News Register newspaper in
Wheeling, Virginia
[79]
Times Record News newspaper in
Wichita Falls, Texas
[79]
Winchester Star newspaper in
Winchester, Virginia
[91]
Academics
Business people
Sheldon Adelson ,
Las Vegas Casino billionaire
[96]
Bradbury Anderson ,
Best Buy
[97] CEO
Hoyt R. Barnett,
Publix Vice Chairman
[98]
August A. Busch III , former
Anheuser-Busch
[99] Chairman
Pete Coors ,
Coors Brewing Company
[100] Chairman
Carly Fiorina , former CEO of
Hewlett-Packard
[101]
Steve Forbes ,
[102] magazine publisher, former GOP presidential candidate (1996, 2000)
Deal W. Hudson , Conservative publisher.
[103]
Tom Monaghan , founder of
Domino's Pizza .
[104]
Frederick W. Smith , founder, chairman, president, and CEO of
FedEx .
[105]
Donald Trump , chairman and CEO of the
Trump Organization and future U.S. president
[106]
Robert Ulrich ,
Target
[107] Chairman and CEO
Michael D. White,
Pepsi Vice Chairman
[108]
Meg Whitman , former CEO of
eBay
[109]
Bob Wright , former
NBC Universal
[110] Chairman and CEO
Entertainers
María Conchita Alonso , actress
[111]
Stephen Baldwin , actor
[112]
Pat Boone , singer
[113]
Powers Boothe , actor
[114]
Wilford Brimley , actor
[115]
Jerry Bruckheimer , producer
[113]
James Caan , actor
[113]
Dean Cain , actor
[113]
Adam Carolla , comedian, television and radio host
[116]
Lacey Chabert , actress
[116]
Jon Cryer , actor
[113]
Daddy Yankee (Ramon Ayala) , musician
[117]
[118]
Charlie Daniels , musician
[119]
Robert Davi , actor
[120]
Robert Duvall , actor
[113]
Clint Eastwood , actor and director
[121]
Erik Estrada , actor
[122]
Joe Eszterhas , screenwriter
[123]
Lou Ferrigno , actor and bodybuilder
[124]
Kelsey Grammer , actor
[125]
Lee Greenwood , musician, often performed "
God Bless the USA " at McCain/Palin rallies
[126]
Angie Harmon , actress
[127]
Elisabeth Hasselbeck , co-host of
The View
[128]
Patricia Heaton , actress
[113]
Victoria Jackson , comedian
[129]
Lorenzo Lamas , actor
[113]
Blackie Lawless , musician
[130]
Gerald McRaney , actor
[113]
MF Doom , rapper
[131]
Dennis Miller , comedian
[132]
Heidi Montag , Hollywood figure
[133]
Craig T. Nelson , actor
[113]
George Newbern , actor
[113]
Chuck Norris , actor
[134]
Ted Nugent , hard rock guitarist
[135]
Gail O'Grady , actress
[113]
John Ondrasik , singer
[136]
Joe Perry , guitarist for
Aerosmith
[137]
John Ratzenberger , actor
[138]
John Rich , musician
[139]
Shauna Sand , actress
[140]
Tom Selleck , actor
[141]
Gary Sinise , actor
[113]
Kevin Sorbo , actor
[113]
Sylvester Stallone , actor
[142]
Connie Stevens , actress
[143]
Billy Squier
[144]
Rip Torn , actor
[141]
Cowboy Troy , musician
[145]
Janine Turner , actress and author
[146]
Dick Van Patten , actor
[147]
Jon Voight , actor
[148]
Hank Williams, Jr. musician, often performed at McCain/Palin rallies
[149]
Gretchen Wilson , musician, often performed at McCain/Palin rallies
[126]
James Woods , actor
[150]
David Zucker , director
[116]
Foreign entertainers
Adult entertainment
Athletes and sportspeople
Troy Aikman , former
Dallas Cowboys quarterback
[154]
George Bodenheimer ,
ESPN President
[155]
Bryan Clay Olympic gold medalist in decathlon.
[156]
Bill Davidson , owner of the
Detroit Pistons
[157]
Mike Ditka , ESPN NFL Analyst and Former Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints Head Coach.
[158]
John Elway , Hall of Fame
Denver Broncos quarterback
[154]
Al Leiter , Former
MLB Pitcher.
[159]
Chuck Liddell ,
MMA fighter
[160]
Colette Nelson , IFBB professional bodybuilder
[161]
Brady Quinn ,
Cleveland Browns quarterback
[162]
Nolan Ryan , Hall of Fame MLB pitcher
[163]
Curt Schilling ,
Boston Red Sox pitcher
[164]
Jason Sehorn , retired
New York Giants cornerback
[165]
Roger Staubach , Hall of Fame
Dallas Cowboys quarterback
[166]
Joe Thomas , Cleveland Browns offensive tackle
[162]
Organizations
Other individuals
Foreign political figures
See also
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