NFIB ENDORSEMENTS
(This page has been updated to include post election results.)
Election Day 2016 is right around the corner, and small business owners have an important business decision to make – determining which candidates will create the best business environment. That’s why NFIB is proud to endorse the following small business advocates.
NFIB’s PAC, the Save America’s Free Enterprise (SAFE) Trust, believes these leaders are willing to stand up for America’s small business owners, thereby protecting the families, employees, and communities that depend on them.
See below the list of candidates that have been approved for endorsement by our PAC.
Those names with an * indicate their business is an NFIB member.
Click on the links below for state information (As of November 21, 2016)
ALABAMA
Senate / Richard Shelby / Incumbent / Win
AL-01 / Bradley Byrne / Incumbent / Win
AL-02 / Martha Roby / Incumbent / Win
AL-03 / Mike Rogers* / Incumbent / Win
AL-04 / Robert Aderholt / Incumbent / Win
AL-05 / Mo Brooks / Incumbent / Win
AL-06 / Gary Palmer / Incumbent / Win
ALASKA
Senate / Lisa Murkowski / Incumbent / Win
AK-AL / Don Young / Incumbent / Win
ARIZONA
Senate / John McCain / Incumbent / Win
AZ-02 / Martha McSally / Incumbent / Win
AZ-04 / Paul Gosar* / Incumbent / Win
AZ-05 / Andy Biggs / Open
AZ-06 / David Schweikert* / Incumbent / Win
AZ-08 / Trent Franks / Incumbent / Win
ARKANSAS
Senate / John Boozman / Incumbent / Win
AR-01 / Rick Crawford / Incumbent / Win
AR-02 / French Hill / Incumbent / Win
AR-03 / Steve Womack / Incumbent / Win
AR-04 / Bruce Westerman / Incumbent / Win
CALIFORNIA
CA-01 / Doug LaMalfa* / Incumbent / Win
CA-03 / Pokey Cleek* / Challenger / Loss
CA-04 / Tom McClintock / Incumbent / Win
CA-07 / Scott Jones / Challenger / Loss
CA-08 / Paul Cook / Incumbent / Win
CA-10 / Jeff Denham* / Incumbent / Win
CA-16 / Jim Costa / Incumbent / Win
CA-21 / David Valadao / Incumbent / Win
CA-22 / Devin Nunes / Incumbent / Win
CA-23 / Kevin McCarthy / Incumbent / Win
CA-24 / Justin Fareed / Open / Loss
CA-25 / Steve Knight / Incumbent / Win
CA-27 / Jack Orswell* / Challenger/ Loss
CA-31 / Paul Chabot* / Challenger / Loss
CA-36 / Jeff Stone / Challenger / Loss
CA-39 / Ed Royce / Incumbent / Win
CA-42 / Ken Calvert / Incumbent / Win
CA-45 / Mimi Walters / Incumbent / Win
CA-48 / Dana Rohrabacher / Incumbent / Win
CA-49 / Darrell Issa / Incumbent /
CA-50 / Duncan Hunter / Incumbent / Win
CA-52 / Denise Gitsham* / Challenger / Loss
COLORADO
CO / Scott Tipton / Incumbent / Win
CO-04 / Ken Buck / Incumbent / Win
CO-05 / Doug Lamborn / Incumbent / Win
CO-06 / Mike Coffman / Incumbent / Win
FLORIDA
Senate / Marco Rubio / Incumbent / Win
FL-01 / Matt Gaetz / Open / Win
FL-02 / Neal Dunn / Open / Win
FL-03 / Ted Yoho / Incumbent / Win
FL-04 / John Rutherford / Open / Win
FL-06 / Ron Desantis / Incumbent / Win
FL-07 / John Mica / Incumbent / Loss
FL-08 / Bill Posey / Incumbent / Win
FL-11 / Dan Webster / Incumbent / Win
FL-12 / Gus Bilirakis / Incumbent / Win
FL-13 / David Jolly / Incumbent / Loss
FL-15 / Dennis Ross / Incumbent / Win
FL-16 / Vern Buchanan / Incumbent / Win
FL-17 / Tom Rooney / Incumbent / Win
FL-18 / Brian Mast / Open / Win
FL-19 / Francis Rooney / Open / Win
FL-25 / Mario Diaz-Balart / Incumbent / Win
FL-26 / Carlos Curbelo / Incumbent / Win
FL-27 / Ileana Ros-Lehtinen / Incumbent / Win
GEORGIA
Senate / Johnny Isakson / Incumbent / Win
GA-01 / Buddy Carter* / Incumbent / Win
GA-02 / Sanford Bishop / Incumbent / Win
GA-03 / Drew Ferguson* / Open / Win
GA-06 / Tom Price / Incumbent / Win
GA-07 / Rob Woodall / Incumbent / Win
GA-08 / Austin Scott / Incumbent / Win
GA-09 / Doug Collins / Incumbent / Win
GA-10 / Jody Hice / Incumbent / Win
GA-11 / Barry Loudermilk / Incumbent / Win
GA-12 / Rick Allen* / Incumbent / Win
GA-14 / Tom Graves / Incumbent / Win
IDAHO
Senate / Mike Crapo / Incumbent / Win
ID-01 / Raul Labrador / Incumbent / Win
ID-02 / Mike Simpson / Incumbent / Win
ILLINOIS
Senate / Mark Kirk / Incumbent / Loss
IL-06 / Peter Roskam / Incumbent / Win
IL-08 / Pete DiCianni* / Open/ Loss
IL-10 / Bob Dold / Incumbent / Loss
IL-11 / Tonia Khouri* / Challenger / Loss
IL-12 / Mike Bost / Incumbent / Win
IL-13 / Rodney Davis / Incumbent / Win
IL-14 / Randy Hultgren / Incumbent / Win
IL-15 / John Shimkus / Incumbent / Win
IL-16 / Adam Kinzinger / Incumbent / Win
IL-18 / Darin LaHood / Incumbent / Win
IOWA
Senate / Chuck Grassley / Incumbent / Win
IA-01 / Rod Blum* / Incumbent / Win
IA-03 / David Young / Incumbent / Win
IA-04 / Steve King / Incumbent / Win
INDIANA
Gov / Eric Holcomb* / Open / Win
Senate / Todd Young / Open / Win
IN-02 / Jackie Walorski / Incumbent / Win
IN-03 / Jim Banks / Incumbent / Win
IN-04 / Todd Rokita / Incumbent / Win
IN-05 / Susan Brooks / Incumbent / Win
IN-06 / Luke Messer / Incumbent / Win
IN-08 / Larry Buchson / Incumbent / Win
IN-09 / Trey Hollingsworth* / Open / Win
KANSAS
Senate / Jerry Moran / Incumbent / Win
KS-01 / Roger Marshall / Open / Win
KS-02 / Lynn Jenkins / Incumbent / Win
KS-03 / Kevin Yoder / Incumbent / Win
KS-04 / Mike Pompeo / Incumbent / Win
KENTUCKY
Senate / Rand Paul / Incumbent / Win
KY-01 / James Comer / Open / Win
KY-02 / Brett Guthrie / Incumbent / Win
KY-04 / Thomas Massie / Incumbent / Win
KY-05 / Hal Rogers / Incumbent / Win
KY-06 / Andy Barr / Incumbent / Win
LOUISIANA
LA-01 / Steve Scalise / Incumbent / Win
LA-05 / Ralph Abraham / Incumbent / Win
LA-06 / Garret Graves / Incumbent / Win
MAINE
ME-02 / Bruce Poliquin / Incumbent / Win
MARYLAND
Senate / Kathy Szeliga / Open / Loss
MD-01 / Andy Harris / Incumbent
MD-03 / Mark Plaster* / Challenger / Loss
MD-06 / Amie Hoeber* / Challenger / Loss
MICHIGAN
MI-01 / Jack Bergman / Open / Win
MI-02 / Bill Huizenga* / Incumbent / Win
MI-03 / Justin Amash / Incumbent / Win
MI-04 / John Moolenaar / Incumbent / Win
MI-06 / Fred Upton / Incumbent / Win
MI-07 / Tim Walberg / Incumbent / Win
MI-08 / Mike Bishop / Incumbent / Win
MI-10 / Paul Mitchell / Open / Win
MI-11 / Dave Trott* / Incumbent / Win
MINNESOTA
MN-02 / Jason Lewis / Open / Win
MN-03 / Erik Paulsen / Incumbent / Win
MN-06 / Tom Emmer / Incumbent / Win
MN-07 / Collin Peterson / Incumbent / Win
MN-08 / Stewart Mills / Challenger / Loss
MISSISSIPPI
MS-01 / Trent Kelly / Incumbent / Win
MS-03 / Gregg Harper / Incumbent / Win
MS-04 / Steven Palazzo / Incumbent / Win
MISSOURI
Senate / Roy Blunt / Incumbent / Win
MO-02 / Ann Wagner / Incumbent / Win
MO-03 / Blaine Luetkemeyer / Incumbent / Win
MO-04 / Vicky Hartzler* / Incumbent / Win
MO-06 / Sam Graves / Incumbent / Win
MO-07 / Billy Long / Incumbent / Win
MO-08 / Jason Smith / Incumbent / Win
MONTANA
GOV / Greg Gianforte* / Challenger / Loss
MT-AL / Ryan Zinke / Incumbent / Win
NEBRASKA
NE-01 / Jeff Fortenberry / Incumbent / Win
NE-02 / Brad Ashford / Incumbent / Loss
NE-03 / Adrian Smith / Incumbent / Win
NEVADA
Senate / Joe Heck / Open / Loss
NV-02 / Mark Amodei / Incumbent / Win
NV-03 / Danny Tarkanian* / Open / Loss
NV-04 / Cresent Hardy / Incumbent / Loss
NEW HAMPSIRE
Gov / Chris Sununu / Open / Win
Senate / Kelly Ayotte / Incumbent / Loss
NH-01 / Frank Guinta / Incumbent / Loss
NEW JERSEY
NJ-02 / Frank LoBiondo / Incumbent / Win
NJ-03 / Tom MacAuthur / Incumbent / Win
NJ-04 / Chris Smith / Incumbent / Win
NJ-05 / Scott Garrett / Incumbent / Loss
NJ-07 / Leonard Lance / Incumbent / Win
NJ-11 / Rodney Frelinghuysen / Incumbent / Win
NEW MEXICO
NM-02 / Steve Pearce / Incumbent
NEW YORK
NY-01 / Lee Zeldin / Incumbent / Win
NY-02 / Pete King / Incumbent / Win
NY-11 / Dan Donovan / Incumbent / Win
NY-18 / Phil Oliva / Challenger / Loss
NY-19 / John Faso / Open / Win
NY-21 / Elise Stefanik / Incumbent / Win
NY-22 / Claudia Tenney* / Open / Win
NY-23 / Tom Reed / Incumbent / Win
NY-24 / John Katko / Incumbent / Win
NY-27 / Chris Collins* / Incumbent / Win
NORTH CAROLINA
Gov / Pat McCrory / Incumbent /
Senate / Richard Burr / Incumbent / Win
NC-02 / George Holding / Incumbent / Win
NC-05 / Virginia Foxx / Incumbent / Win
NC-06/ Mark Walker / Incumbent / Win
NC-07 / David Rouzer / Incumbent / Win
NC-08 / Richard Hudson / Incumbent / Win
NC-09 / Robert Pittenger / Incumbent / Win
NC-10 / Patrick McHenry / Incumbent / Win
NC-11 / Mark Meadows / Incumbent / Win
NC-13 / Ted Budd / Open / Win
NORTH DAKOTA
Gov / Doug Burgum / Open / Win
Senate / John Hoeven* / Incumbent / Win
ND-AL / Kevin Cramer* / Incumbent / Win
OHIO
Senate / Rob Portman / Incumbent / Win
OH-01 / Steve Chabot / Incumbent / Win
OH-02 / Brad Wenstrup / Incumbent / Win
OH-04 / Jim Jordan / Incumbent / Win
OH-05 / Bob Latta* / Incumbent / Win
OH-06 / Bill Johnson / Incumbent / Win
OH-07 / Bob Gibbs* / Incumbent / Win
OH-08 / Warren Davidson / Incumbent / Win
OH-10 / Mike Turner / Incumbent / Win
OH-12 / Pat Tiberi / Incumbent / Win
OH-14 / David Joyce / Incumbent / Win
OH-15 / Steve Stivers / Incumbent / Win
OH-16 / Jim Renacci / Incumbent / Win
OKLAHOMA
Senate / James Lankford / Incumbent / Win
OK-01 / Jim Bridenstine* / Incumbent / Win
OK-02 / Markwayne Mullin* / Incumbent / Win
OK-03 / Frank Lucas / Incumbent / Win
OK-04 / Tom Cole / Incumbent / Win
OK-05 / Steve Russell / Incumbent / Win
OREGON
GOV / Bud Pierce* / Challenger / Loss
OR-02 / Greg Walden / Incumbent / Win
PENNSYLVANIA
Senate / Pat Toomey / Incumbent / Win
PA-03 / Mike Kelly / Incumbent / Win
PA-04 / Scott Perry / Incumbent / Win
PA-05 / Glenn Thompson / Incumbent / Win
PA-06 / Ryan Costello / Incumbent / Win
PA-07 / Pat Meehan / Incumbent / Win
PA-08 / Brian Fitzpatrick / Open / Win
PA-09 / Bill Shuster / Incumbent / Win
PA-10 / Tom Marino / Incumbent / Win
PA-11 / Lou Barletta / Incumbent / Win
PA-12 / Keith Rothfus / Incumbent / Win
PA-15 / Charlie Dent / Incumbent / Win
PA-16 / Lloyd Smucker / Open / Win
PA-18 / Tim Murphy / Incumbent / Win
SOUTH CAROLINA
Senate / Tim Scott / Incumbent / Win
SC-01 / Mark Sanford / Incumbent / Win
SC-02 / Joe Wilson / Incumbent / Win
SC-03 / Jeff Duncan / Incumbent / Win
SC-04 / Trey Gowdy / Incumbent / Win
SC-05 / Mick Mulvaney / Incumbent / Win
SC-07 / Tom Rice / Incumbent / Win
SOUTH DAKOTA
Senate / John Thune / Incumbent / Win
SD-AL / Kristi Noem / Incumbent / Win
TENNESSEE
TN-01 / Phil Roe* / Incumbent / Win
TN-02 / John Duncan / Incumbent / Win
TN-03 / Chuck Fleischmann / Incumbent / Win
TN-04 / Scott DesJarlais / Incumbent / Win
TN-06 / Diane Black* / Incumbent / Win
TN-07 / Marsha Blackburn / Incumbent / Win
TN-08 / David Kustoff / Open / Win
TEXAS
TX-01 / Louis Gohmert / Incumbent / Win
TX-02 / Ted Poe / Incumbent / Win
TX-03 / Sam Johnson / Incumbent / Win
TX-04 / John Ratcliffe / Incumbent / Win
TX-05 / Jeb Hensarling / Incumbent / Win
TX-06 / Joe Barton / Incumbent / Win
TX-07 / John Culberson / Incumbent / Win
TX-08 / Kevin Brady / Incumbent / Win
TX-10 / Michael McCaul / Incumbent / Win
TX-11 / Mike Conaway / Incumbent / Win
TX-12 / Kay Granger / Incumbent / Win
TX-13 / Mac Thornberry / Incumbent / Win
TX-14 / Randy Weber* / Incumbent / Win
TX-17 / Bill Flores / Incumbent / Win
TX-19 / Jody Arrington / Open / Win
TX-21 / Lamar Smith / Incumbent / Win
TX-22 / Pete Olson / Incumbent / Win
TX-23 / Will Hurd / Incumbent / Win
TX-24 / Kenny Marchant / Incumbent / Win
TX-25 / Roger Williams / Incumbent / Win
TX-26 / Michael Burgess / Incumbent / Win
TX-27 / Blake Farenthold / Incumbent / Win
TX-28 / Henry Ceullar / Incumbent / Win
TX-31 / John Carter / Incumbent / Win
TX-32 / Pete Sessions / Incumbent / Win
TX-36 / Brian Babin* / Incumbent / Win
UTAH
Gov / Gary Herbert / Incumbent / Win
Senate / Mike Lee / Incumbent / Win
UT-01 / Rob Bishop / Incumbent / Win
UT-02 / Chris Stewart / Incumbent / Win
UT-03 / Jason Chaffetz / Incumbent / Win
UT-04 / Mia Love / Incumbent / Win
VIRGINIA
VA-01 / Rob Wittman / Incumbent / Win
VA-02 / Scott Taylor / Open / Win
VA-05 / Tom Garrett* / Open / Win
VA-06 / Bob Goodlatte / Incumbent / Win
VA-07 / Dave Brat / Incumbent / Win
VA-09 / Morgan Griffith / Incumbent / Win
VA-10 / Barbara Comstock / Incumbent / Win
VERMONT
VT Gov / Phil Scott / Open / Win
WASHINGTON
WA-GOV / Bill Bryant / Challenger/ Loss
WA-03 / Jaime Herrera Beulter / Incumbent / Win
WA-04 / Dan Newhouse / Incumbent / Win
WA-05 / Cathy McMorris Rodgers / Incumbent / Win
WA-08 / Dave Reichert / Incumbent / Win
WEST VIRGINIA
Gov / Bill Cole* / Open / Loss
WV-01 / David McKinley / Incumbent / Win
WV-02 / Alex Mooney* / Incumbent / Win
WV-03 / Evan Jenkins / Incumbent / Win
WISCONSIN
Senate / Ron Johnson* / Incumbent / Win
WI-01 / Paul Ryan / Incumbent / Win
WI-05 / Jim Sensenbrenner / Incumbent / Win
WI-06 / Glenn Grothman / Incumbent / Win
WI-07 / Sean Duffy / Incumbent / Win
WI-08 / Mike Gallagher / Open / Win
WYOMING
WY-AL / Liz Cheney / Open / Win
