Growing Number of Republicans Won’t Back Trump

Hewlett-Packard CEO and prominent Republican donor Meg Whitman announced Wednesday that she will vote for Hillary Clinton in November.

Hewlett-Packard CEO and prominent Republican donor Meg Whitman announced today that she will vote for Hillary Clinton in November. Whitman adds her voice to a growing chorus of those on the right who are voting across the aisle, abstaining from voting, or leaving the party rather than vote for GOP nominee Donald Trump.

Here is a running roll call of Republicans defecting from the GOP:

Voting for Clinton

• Meg Whitman: President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, GOP donor
• Maria Comella: Former Communications Director for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
• Sally Bradshaw: Top Adviser to Jeb Bush, political strategist
• Michael Bloomberg: Former Mayor of NYC, CEO of Bloomberg LP
• Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY)
• Mark Salter: Former Chief of Staff and speechwriter for Sen. John McCain
• John Stubbs and Ricardo Reyes: Former staffers in the George W. Bush administration and founders of pro-Clinton R4C16 PAC
• Richard Armitage: Former Deputy Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan
• Doug Elmets: Former White House spokesman under Reagan
• Brent Scowcroft: National Security Adviser to Presidents Ford and Reagan
• Jim Cicconi: Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Special Assistant to President George H.W. Bush
• Charles Fried: Former U.S. Solicitor General
• Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD)
• Former Gov. Arne Carlson (R-MN)

Not Endorsing Trump

• President George H.W. Bush
• President George W. Bush
• Former First Lady Barbara Bush
• Jeb Bush, former presidential candidate and former governor of Florida
• Condoleeza Rice: Former Secretary of State under George W. Bush
• Mitt Romney: former presidential candidate and former governor of Massachussetts
• Gov. Rick Snyder (MI)
• Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)

Changed Their Position

• Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL): Formerly said he would support GOP nominee, now anti-Trump
• Gov. Brian Sandoval (NV): Formerly pro-Trump, now undecided
• Gov. Larry Hogan (MD): Formerly undecided, now not voting Trump

Have Yet to Endorse Trump

• Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
• Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
• Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA)

Never-Trump Movement

• Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
• Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE)
• Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
• Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC)
• Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA)
• Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL)
• Rep. Bob Dold (R-IL)
• Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI)
• Gov. Charlie Baker (R-MA)
• Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R-NJ)
• Former Gov. Tom Ridge (R-PA)
• Former Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL)
• Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
• Stuart Stevens: Former Romney 2012 strategist
• Ken Mehlman: Former Republican National Committee chairman

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