22 Famous Athletes You Didn’t Know Were Republicans

14. Brett Favre

The GOP appears to have a bit of a stranglehold on political support from Hall of Fame Quarterbacks, as 3x NFL MVP and Super Bowl champion Brett Favre also seems to lean conservative with his politics. Favre has appeared in television ads in both 2014 and 2018 in his home state of Mississippi, supporting Republican US Senate nominees Tad Cochran and Cindy Hyde-Smith respectively.