Other National Republican Figures Who Endorsed Obama
- Ken Adelman, former diplomat, director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board
- Wick Allison, former publisher of National Review,
- Jack Antaramian, Florida real estate developer and Bush fundraiser
- William Donaldson, former Chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission under George W. Bush (2003–05)
- Ken Duberstein, former Reagan chief of staff
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower, daughter of former President Richard Nixon, granddaughter-in law of Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of Dwight D. Eisenhower and president of the Eisenhower Institute. After endorsing Obama, Eisenhower announced on August 21, 2008 that she was leaving the Republican Party.
- Charles Fried, former U.S. Solicitor General and former McCain advisor.
- CC Goldwater, granddaughter of former Arizona Senator and Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater (endorsing Barack Obama on behalf of herself, her sibling, and some of her cousins)
- Lilibet Hagel, wife of Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
- Rita E. Hauser, Former White House intelligence advisor for George W. Bush
- Actor and former Bush supporter Dennis Hopper voted for Obama, citing his admiration of the Democratic nominee and particularly his dislike of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
- Larry Hunter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Policy Innovation and Chief Economist for the Free Enterprise Fund, former Reagan policy advisor
- Rear Admiral John Hutson, USN (ret.), former Judge Advocate General of the Navy and the current dean and president of Franklin Pierce Law Center.
- Legal scholar Douglas Kmiec
- Scott McClellan, White House Press Secretary under George W. Bush from 2003–2006. Author of controversial book, What Happened.
- Tricia Mosley, former staffer to Senator Strom Thurmond
- Paul O'Neill, United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2001–02 under George W. Bush
- Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- David Ruder, Chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission under President Ronald Reagan
- Radio Host Michael Smerconish Later switched to Independent.
- Tag Tognalli, former Reagan White House Staff, 1981–1989 and Connecticut McCain Delegate to 2000 Republican National Convention.
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