page_title: List of Republicans who opposed the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign
section_title: Former 2016 Republican presidential primary candidates
hierarchical_section_title: List of Republicans who opposed the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign / Government officials / Former 2016 Republican presidential primary candidates
caption_attribution_description: English: Jeb Bush speaking at CPAC 2015 in Washington, DC.
context_page_description: This is a list of Republicans and conservatives who announced their opposition to the election of Donald Trump, the 2016 Republican Party nominee and eventual winner of the election, as the President of the United States. It also includes former Republicans who left the party due to their opposition to Trump and as well as Republicans who endorsed a different candidate. It includes Republican presidential primary election candidates that announced opposition to Trump as the nominee. Some of the Republicans on this list threw their support to Trump after he won the presidential election, while many of them continue to oppose Trump. Offices listed are those held at the time of the 2016 election.
context_section_description: All candidates signed a pledge to eventually support the party nominee. The following refused to honor it after Trump became the Republican presidential nominee.
  Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida (1999–2007)
  Mark Everson, Commissioner of Internal Revenue (2003–2007)
  Carly Fiorina, CEO of Hewlett-Packard (1999–2005); 2010 nominee for U.S. Senator from California (originally endorsed Trump for the general election but called for Mike Pence to take his place as nominee after the Access Hollywood Tape surfaced)
  Lindsey Graham, United States Senator from South Carolina (2003–present) (voted for Evan McMullin) (has now supported Trump as of 2017)
  John Kasich, Governor of Ohio (2011–2019); U.S. Representative from Ohio (1983–2001) (wrote in John McCain)
  George Pataki, Governor of New York (1995–2006)
caption: Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush
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