Joe Walsh represented Illinois’s 8th Congressional District from 2011-2013. He identifies as an Independent but identified as a Democrat before 2026, an Independent before 2025, and as a Republican before 2020.
2015
–Endorsed Darin LaHood (R) for Representative of Illinois, 18th District (won)
2016
–Endorsed Rand Paul (R) for President (lost primary)
–Endorsed Donald Trump (R) for President (won)
–Endorsed Joan McCarthy Lasonde (R) for Representative of Illinois, 9th District (lost general election)
2017
–Endorsed Roy Moore (R) for Senator of Alabama (lost special general election)
2018
–Endorsed Austin Petersen (R) for Senator of Missouri (lost primary)
–Endorsed Douglas Bennett (R) for Representative of Illinois, 10th District (lost general election)
–Endorsed Christina Hagan (R) for Representative of Ohio, 16th District (lost primary)
–Endorsed Mark Sanford (R) for Representative of South Carolina, 1st District (lost primary)
2020
–Endorsed Joe Biden (D) for President (won)
–Endorsed Mark Kelly (D) for Senator of Arizona (won)
–Endorsed Amy McGrath (D) for Senator of Kentucky (lost general election)
–Endorsed Jaime Harrison (D) for Senator of South Carolina (lost general election)
–Endorsed Kim Mangone (D) for Representative of California, 23rd District (lost general election)
2022
–Endorsed Evan McMullin (I) for Senator of Utah (lost general election)
–Endorsed Rusty Roberts (R) for Representative of Florida, 7th District (lost primary)
–Endorsed Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) for Representative of Washington, 3rd District (lost primary)
2024
–Endorsed Kamala Harris (D) for President (lost general election)
–Endorsed Janelle Stelson (D) for Representative of Pennsylvania, 10th District (lost general election)
