One strategy Hillary Clinton has unleashed since the Democratic National Convention has been to highlight division within the Republican Party.

The division has been caused by a number of elite Republican officeholders who won’t support Donald Trump as the presidential nominee of their party. U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona is now the latest senator to attack his own presidential nominee.

Some GOP senators, including Cory Gardner of Colorado and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, are engaged in a strange kabuki dance, parsing words such as “support,” “endorse,” and “embrace.”

On Tuesday, Flake provided aid and comfort to the campaign of Hillary Clinton by publicly lashing Trump for positions and past statements. He even said he won’t vote for Trump.

“I’m going to keep speaking out until he changes the tone of his campaign,” Flake said in a statement to the Arizona Republic newspaper. “If he refuses to do so, Republicans will lose a lot more than the election in November.”

It was a rare attack on Trump by a prominent fellow Republican since the Republican National Convention concluded, as the GOP has steadily come to its nominee’s support.

But Flake seems eager for attention. And by attacking Trump so close to the election, Flake has pushed the issue of “Never Trump” back into the spotlight. We thought we would list where all 54 Republican senators stand on supporting Donald Trump for president. We looked through media reports and press releases. And we even looked at two GOP nominees running for open Senate seats.

We found most Republican senators who support Trump waited to say so until after the Indiana primary on May 3, when it became clear to many that Ted Cruz could not win. That win opened the floodgates of support from the Senate chamber.

Yet we also found some GOP senators, including Cory Gardner of Colorado and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, engaged in a strange kabuki dance, parsing words such as “support,” “endorse,” and “embrace.”

Let’s start with senior leaders and work our way down to a few challengers. See where your Republican senator or Senate hopeful stands on backing the GOP nominee:
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GOP Senate Leadership

  • Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah.

    Hatch is the president pro tempore of the Senate and a longtime conservative Republican leader from Utah. Trump has often been questioned by his opponents on whether the former casino owner can win in deeply Mormon Utah, so Hatch’s support is key. And Trump has it. Hatch made the rounds at the RNC and worked to smooth things over with Trump opponents, saying Trump deserves GOP support.

  • Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

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    The Kentucky Republican is the majority leader of the Senate and a longtime ideological leader of the GOP. There was a time when McConnell was considered the voice of the right, as when he pledged to strike down restrictions on campaign speech and financing. Now he is seen as the voice of the “establishment.” His voice is important but McConnell, like Democratic Minority Leader Harry Reid, first worries about his Senate majority. The New York Times quoted McConnell, through other sources, as saying he will drop Trump like a “hot rock” if Trump threatens Senate election prospects. But McConnell pledged his support to Trump in May, even though he often rebukes Trump’s policy positions in public. Trump will stop “a third term” for President Barack Obama, McConnell said.
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  • Sen. John Thune of South Dakota.

    Thune is the chair of the Senate Republican Conference. Thune supports Trump and told Republicans in May: “If people want change, I think their answer is Trump.”

  • Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri.

    Blunt is the vice chair of the Republican Conference. His staff told Roll Call in May he will support Trump, but he has said little else. Blunt is facing a tough battle against a Democrat who is attacking Blunt for his ties to Washington, D.C. Not surprisingly, Blunt did not attend the RNC.

  • Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi.

    Wicker is the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the campaign arm of the caucus. He pledged to support Trump in May.

  • Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming.

    Barrasso is the chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee. He said he supports the GOP nominee but has hardly been a cheerleader for Trump. In May, Barrasso told members of the media he was concerned about Trump’s tone, and said, “Tone matters.”

  • Sen. John Cornyn of Texas.

    Cornyn is an influential Texan who once ran the GOP’s Senate campaign committee. While Cruz was talking down Trump at the convention, Cornyn made the rounds with the Texas delegation, and urged them to support Trump as he was “the better choice.”

GOP Senate Rank and File (Alphabetical by State)

  • Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama.

    Shelby, a former Democrat, said in March he would support the nominee. Shelby has not expanded too much on that, remarkable since Alabama is one of Trump’s strongest centers of support.

  • Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama.

    Need we say more? Sessions was the first senator to publicly appear with Trump, donning one of the bright red Trump hats at a large rally in Madison shortly before the Yellowhammer State’s March 1 primary. Sessions has also lent Trump policy advisers on trade and immigration. Sessions read his state well. Trump carried every Alabama county on March 1. Sessions in a Trump cabinet would not be surprising.

  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

    Murkowski said she intends for vote for Trump but has been relatively quiet about her support. She is up for re-election this year but is expected to win much more easily than her troubled 2010 race, when she lost the GOP nomination but later won re-election as a write-in candidate.

  • Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska.

    Sullivan is a freshman, elected in 2014. When campaigning with Sen. John McCain in Arizona, Sullivan told the KTAR radio station that he supports Trump.

  • Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

    McCain is in the fight of his life this year, battling U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick for the Senate seat he’s held since 1987. McCain often scolds Trump for various statements, including sharp criticisms about Trump’s remarks aimed at the parents of the late Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who criticized Trump. But McCain, a former P.O.W., has endorsed Trump and generally stood with Trump, despite Trump’s jab at McCain in 2015 that he liked soldiers who weren’t captured.

  • Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona.

    Flake is perhaps trying to surpass Ben Sasse of Nebraska as the preeminent leader of the “Never Trump” movement in Congress. Flake recently issued two different statements on Trump and his positions — both suggested a Trump win could destroy the Republican Party. An endorsement is not expected.
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  • Sen. John Boozman of Arkansas.

    Boozman said in April he will support the nominee but has said little since. Boozman’s opponent in this year’s election is trying to tie Boozman to Trump. But Boozman is not considered to be in danger of losing re-election.

  • Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas.

    Elected in 2014, the former Army captain and Iraq War veteran is a rising star in the GOP. As a young senator eyeing a political future — he is only 39 — Cotton has tried to stay out of the fray between Trump supporters and Never Trumpers. Like many GOP leaders after the May 3 Indiana primary, Cotton officially got behind Trump. He also spoke at the RNC Convention.
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  • Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado.

    Gardner picked off an incumbent in 2014 in the purple state of Colorado. Trump makes Gardner nervous. Gardner endorsed Trump rival Marco Rubio early on, and called Trump a buffoon, according to the Denver Post. Now, Gardner is engaged in one of the most interesting political kabuki dances in Washington. Gardner will only say he won’t vote for Hillary Clinton, suggesting he is not opposed to Trump but not confident enough to endorse Trump. Is that clear? No? Well, Gardner appears to want it that way. His office did not return an email from LifeZette.

  • Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.

    Rubio, like Cruz, is a former White House rival of Trump. Now Rubio is running to return to the Senate, and is doing his best to keep Trump supporters close but also maintain some independence. Rubio did not attend the RNC, but a prerecorded video was played for delegates at the RNC. “I want the successor to Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court to be a conservative,” Rubio told reporters on May 26, according to USA Today. “I believe that’s the kind of judge that he’ll appoint, and I know (Clinton) won’t. I want someone that will defend life. I know he will and she won’t. He campaigned and the voters chose him. I respect that process. And so I’m going to support him. I’m going to vote for him.”
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  • Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia.

    The popular Georgia Republican has avoided any controversy by saying he has always supported the GOP ticket.

  • Sen. David Perdue of Georgia.

    Perdue offered more than an endorsement. The freshman senator, elected in 2014 after serving as a corporate CEO, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post on June 1 saying that Trump proves the need for a fresh perspective in the White House. “He is the only true outsider running for president,” Perdue wrote. “Now, he can focus on dismantling the Republican Party’s real opponent, Hillary Clinton.”
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  • Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho.

    Crapo said he supported Trump in mid-May.

  • Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho.

    Earlier this year, Risch said he hoped the GOP would nominate someone other than Donald Trump. But he added he has always voted for the Republican nominee for president. On the other hand, Risch has not clarified his support since Trump became the presumptive nominee on May 3. Risch’s office did not return a call seeking clarification.

  • Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois.

    The moderate Republican initially endorsed Trump, then withdrew his support and lashed out. Trump is too “bigoted and racist” to be commander in chief, Kirk said in June, adding he won’t be voting for Hillary Clinton. Kirk’s motives may have much to do with his Senate re-election race this year. He is opposed by U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran who lost both her legs. Kirk’s own polls show him down.

  • Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana.

    Coats supports Trump and is one of the few senators to blast Cruz for not endorsing Trump. After Cruz’s RNC speech, Coats called Cruz “self-centered” and “narcissistic.” Coats, a former aide to Dan Quayle, has served 16 years in the Senate. He is retiring this year. The GOP nominee to replace Coats is U.S. Rep. Todd Young, who says he supports Trump as nominee.

  • Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa.

    Grassley is the powerful Senate chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He has supported Trump and has shown up at events with Trump. Iowa is a key state in this election.

  • Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa.

    The rising star was elected to the Senate in 2014. She supports Trump, who even considered her for his running mate. Ernst declined, and she endorsed Indiana Gov. Mike Pence for the job.

  • Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas.

    The longtime Kansas leader said he would support Trump earlier this year, but he didn’t use a bullhorn. Instead, he emailed his endorsement to the Topeka Capital-Journal.

  • Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas.

    Like Gardner of Colorado, this is also an interesting answer. Moran told the Topeka Capital-Journal in August that he wasn’t sure if he supported Trump, but then his staff said he did. In fairness to Moran, he said in June that he supported Trump.

  • Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.

    Paul was the first Republican rival to attack Trump at the debates, and the first to get burned by it. Now seeking re-election in Kentucky, Paul is not considered threatened. In May, Paul had an interesting reason for supporting Trump: Because he signed a pledge to support the nominee. That same pledge, first used to pressure Trump, backfired on Trump’s opponents. Jeb Bush and Cruz now ignore the pledge they made to support the nominee.

  • Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana.

    Vitter has stayed out of the presidential race, largely because he ran for governor of the Bayou State and lost in 2015. He then said he would not run for re-election in 2016. Vitter supports Trump as the nominee, making his endorsement after the Florida primary. Vitter’s successor won’t be known before Nov. 8, when Louisiana has a free-for-all combination of a primary and a general election for Senate. If no Senate candidate gets a majority of votes, the top two candidates face off later in the year.

  • Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana.

    Cassidy won election to the Senate in 2014. He endorsed Trump after the Indiana primary, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate, saying the nation needed to control its borders.

  • Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.

    The 20-year veteran of the Senate, and one of the few remaining moderates in the chamber, has abandoned Trump. In August, she cut the cord, writing for the Washington Post: “Donald Trump does not reflect historical Republican values nor the inclusive approach to governing that is critical to healing the divisions in our country.”

  • Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi.

    Cochran, who barely survived a primary challenge in 2014, said he would support the GOP nominee in May.

  • Sen. Steve Daines of Montana.

    Daines said he will support Trump, even though he was not his first or second choice.

  • Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska.

    Fischer made an enthusiastic endorsement in May, saying Trump has tapped into where people are today.

  • Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska.

    Sasse is perhaps the leader of the “Never Trump” movement in both chambers of Congress. No one has been persistently more critical of Trump. Sasse has thrashed Trump on Twitter and in newspapers. His frequent derision has even Trump skeptics wondering if he is showboating, as Sasse is a freshman elected in 2014.

  • Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada.

    In June, Heller told Politico: “Today, I’m opposed to his campaign. He did a lot of damage. It’s very difficult for him, as far as I’m concerned, to recover from his previous comments. I’ll give him a chance, but at this point, I have no intentions of voting for him.” Heller’s office did not return a message seeking further clarification.

  • Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire.

    Ayotte’s support for Trump came about in an interesting way. She drew the ire of Trump earlier this summer when she declined to offer a full endorsement. After calls from the Republican National Committee, Trump reversed course and endorsed Ayotte as well as McCain and House Speaker Paul Ryan. Ayotte will be voting for Trump, but facing one of the toughest re-election races in the nation, she has also been telling voters she will stand up to him.

  • Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina.

    Burr faces a spirited re-election race but, according to Roll Call, he is one of the few GOP senators running for re-election to openly embrace Trump.

  • Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina.

    Tillis, a freshman from the Class of 2014, took his support for Trump right to the Never Trumpers, telling them that anyone who doesn’t support Trump is a RINO (Republican in Name Only). That must sting, as Never Trumpers believe Trump himself is a RINO.

  • Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota.

    Hoeven only says he is supporting the nominee. Facing re-election this year, Hoeven is not considered in danger, but he is still parsing words.

  • Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio.

    Portman was initially targeted by the Democrats this year, but they just pulled $3 million in ads planned to run against him. Portman has basically played it well, saying he will campaign with Trump when asked by reporters about the nominee. The likable Portman has managed to stay on the good sides of both Trump and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Trump’s embittered rival.

  • Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma.

    Inhofe supported Rubio but now supports Trump, saying Hillary Clinton is not an option. He made the remarks to the Tulsa World after Cruz lost Indiana.

  • Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma.

    The junior senator from Oklahoma is hair-splitting, suggesting he will support the GOP nominee, but not endorse the nominee. This position was first laid out by Lankford in March to NBC News. We called his office to clarify, but did not hear back.

  • Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.

    Toomey is one of the most vulnerable Republican senators seeking re-election. He started the year off endorsing Marco Rubio for president. Now he has tried to thread the needle carefully. After the decisive Indiana primary, Toomey wrote an op-ed giving advice to Trump. In that op-ed, Toomey bemoaned Trump’s vulgar style. No outright endorsement was made. Toomey is running about 1 point behind his Democratic challenger, Katie McGinty.

  • Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

    If Ben Sasse is the leader of the Never Trump movement in Congress, Graham is its chief adviser. While his anti-Trump remarks have toned down, Graham called for Republicans to “un-endorse” the nominee in June. On Tuesday, Graham actually complimented Trump, telling CNN he was getting better and behaving more like a disciplined candidate. But so far, no support.

  • Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina.

    The affable Scott endorsed Rubio in the primary, and then had no problem supporting Trump after the Indiana primary.

  • Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota.

    Rounds supported Mike Huckabee early on, and then switched to Trump after the Indiana primary.

  • Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee.

    The longtime Tennessee Republican said he supports the GOP nominee, although in June, flustered by Trump, Alexander said Trump was not yet the nominee. After the RNC, one assumes Alexander supports the official nominee now.

  • Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee.

    The junior Tennessee senator, elected in 2006, is a big Trump supporter and adviser. Corker, the former mayor of Chattanooga, was also considered by Trump to be his running mate.

  • Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

    The Texan conservative famously flamed out in Indiana, losing to Trump once and for all after the Hoosier State’s presidential primary. But Cruz couldn’t bring himself to endorse Trump at the Republican National Convention, surprising his fellow Republicans. There is bad blood between the two men. After telling Republicans to vote their conscience at the RNC, Cruz told reporters the next day: “I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father.”
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  • Sen. Mike Lee of Utah.

    The libertarian-minded Lee supported Ted Cruz, and as late as June 30, did not support Trump. On Newsmax Radio, Lee went on a remarkable rant, as reported by Politico: “We can get into the fact that he accused my best friend’s father of conspiring to kill JFK. We can go through the fact that he’s made statements that some have identified correctly as religiously intolerant. We can get into the fact that he’s wildly unpopular in my state, in part because my state consists of people who are members of a religious minority church. A people who were ordered exterminated by the governor of Missouri in 1838. And, statements like that make them nervous … Again I hope I can get over this, because I can’t vote for Hillary. I know there’s no possibility of that. What I am saying is that Donald Trump can still get a lot of votes from a lot of conservatives like me, but I would like some assurances on where he’s going to stand his ground. I’d like some assurances that he’s going to be a vigorous defender for the U.S. Constitution.” There are signs Lee is still bitter. He still has press releases about Cruz on his campaign website. Lee’s office did not return a message from LifeZette.

  • Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia.

    Moore Capito has disagreed with Trump a few times in public, but she supports Trump. Her coal-infused state is a red-hot Trump state, perhaps second only to Alabama.

  • Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

    Johnson is likely the second-most vulnerable Republican incumbent this year, after Mark Kirk. He has tried to parse words in his support. Johnson told CNN he would support Trump but then explained that was short of an endorsement, which he called “a big embrace.”

  • Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming.

    Enzi told the Caspar Star-Tribune in May that he respects the voters’ choice, and that he will support Trump.

GOP Senate Hopefuls

  • U.S. Rep. Todd Young of Indiana.

    Young is seeking to replace Dan Coats, said he supports Donald Trump as nominee. Trump is popular in Indiana, where he easily won the Indiana primary, vanquishing Ted Cruz.

  • U.S. Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada.

    Heck is seeking to replace a retiring Harry Reid, said he has always said he will support the Republican nominee. Heck said he has some concerns about tone, but his support is based on the disappointing previous eight years.

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