Did David Duke formally endorse any candidate for president or Senate in 2024 and where was it announced?

1. The endorsement that happened: Jill Stein, announced on Duke’s radio show in mid‑October

Multiple outlets reported that on or about October 15, 2024 David Duke used his radio platform to announce a formal endorsement of Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein, explicitly framing his support around Stein’s opposition to Israel and what he described as resistance to “Jewish power” or the “Jewish lobby” — language flagged by reporters as antisemitic and consistent with Duke’s long‑standing views (The Times of Israel, which reported the radio announcement; ^[1]; Newsweek’s account also quotes Duke’s radio statement and notes the October timing; p1_s8). Jewish and Israeli outlets likewise ran the story, citing the same on‑air announcement (Jerusalem Post; ^[9]1). Coverage of the endorsement emphasized the unusual coalition dynamic — a long‑time white supremacist endorsing a Green Party candidate — and published Stein’s swift rebuke of the endorsement, noting she rejected and disavowed Duke’s support ^[2].

2. Why Duke said he endorsed Stein, and how others reacted

Reporting attributes Duke’s rationale chiefly to foreign‑policy alignment: he praised Stein’s vocal opposition to Israel’s military actions and said that stance made her “the candidate with the strongest stance against ‘Jewish power,’” framing his choice in explicitly antisemitic terms that outlets highlighted as part of his broader ideology (Times of Israel; p1_s2). The reaction from mainstream and partisan actors was predictable: Stein repudiated the endorsement (Newsweek; p1_s8), Democrats seized on and amplified the story in campaign messaging — for instance the Democratic National Committee referenced Duke’s endorsement in a political ad tying unusual outside support to Stein — and multiple outlets stressed the problematic optics and underlying motives (DNC posting and ad commentary; p1_s5).

3. No evidence found of a 2024 Senate endorsement by Duke; limits of available endorsement lists

A focused review of endorsement compilations and Duke‑specific endorsement pages — including Ballotpedia’s dedicated listings of endorsements by David Duke and its broader endorsements tracker — turned up no record of Duke formally endorsing any U.S. Senate candidate in 2024 ^{[4] [6]}. Historical coverage of Duke’s political activity and past endorsements is extensive, but the contemporaneous reporting and curated endorsement pages consulted for this analysis do not document a Senate endorsement in 2024; that absence in the sources should be read as lack of public, documented endorsement rather than proof of impossibility ^{[5] [4]}.

4. Alternative perspectives, implicit agendas, and what the reporting may downplay

Sources differ in tone and emphasis: Jewish and Israeli outlets highlighted the antisemitic content and the signal it sends about extremist alignment ^{[1] [7]}, Newsweek and other mainstream outlets framed it as a repudiated and politically toxic endorsement that Stein rejected ^[2], while partisan actors like the DNC used the story tactically to connect Stein to fringe support and past 2016 dynamics ^[8]. Implicit agendas are visible: outlets on both sides of the political aisle may magnify or weaponize the endorsement for electoral effect, and Duke himself framed the move to maximize publicity for his worldview on his own platform ^{[1] [3]}. The reporting does not provide a centralized primary source transcript beyond citing Duke’s radio remarks; thus reporting relies on contemporaneous outlet accounts rather than an independent primary archive of the broadcast ^{[1] [2]}.