List of Andrew Yang 2020 presidential campaign endorsements

This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who voiced their endorsement of Andrew Yang's campaign for the Democratic Party's nomination for the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

List of Andrew Yang 2020 presidential campaign endorsements
Campaign	2020 United States presidential election (Democratic Party primaries)
Candidate	Andrew Yang Entrepreneur Founder of Venture for America
Affiliation	Democratic Party
Status	Withdrawn
Launched	November 6, 2017
Headquarters	New York City, New York
Slogan	Humanity First Not Left, Not Right, Forward A New Way Forward Make America Think Harder (MATH)
Website
www.yang2020.com

Federal officials

U.S. Representatives

Former

Mike Honda

• Mike Honda, former U.S. Representative from CA-15 (2001–2013) and CA-17 (2013–2017)^[1]

State officials

State legislators

Current

Evan Low

• John Bordenet, member of New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire District 05^[2]
• Evan Low, member of California's 28th State Assembly district and former mayor of Campbell, California^[3] (previously endorsed Kamala Harris)

Local and municipal officials

Steve Marchand

Mayors

Current

• Barbara Hopkins, Mayor of Sellers, South Carolina^[4]

Former

• Steve Marchand, former mayor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and two-time Democratic gubernatorial candidate for New Hampshire^[5]

Local officials

• Teresa Keng, member of the Fremont, California City Council^[6]
• Leslie Want, member of the Manchester, New Hampshire School Board^[7]

Notable individuals

Elon Musk

Christina Hoff Sommers

Activists

• Cameron Kasky, gun control activist and co-founder of March for Our Lives^[8]

Businesspeople

• Sam Altman, entrepreneur and co-chairman of OpenAI^[9][10][11]
• Jack Dorsey, entrepreneur, computer programmer and CEO of Twitter and Square^[12]
• Tony Hsieh, businessman and CEO of Zappos^[11][13]
• James Monsees, businessman and co-founder of Juul
• Elon Musk, entrepreneur, engineer and CEO of Tesla, Inc. and SpaceX^[14][15]
• Alexis Ohanian, entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of Reddit^[16]

Journalists and commentators

• Bari Weiss, editor and opinion writer for The New York Times^[17]

Medical Doctors

• Eugene Gu, former resident physician, social media personality, plaintiff in lawsuit against Donald Trump^[18][19][20]

Scholars and academics

• Peter Boghossian, assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University^[21]
• Xudong Huang, medical researcher, Co-Director of the Neurochemistry Lab of Psychiatry Department at the Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School^[22]
• Christina Hoff Sommers, author, philosopher, and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute^[23]
• Bret Weinstein, biologist and evolutionary theorist^[24]

Celebrities

Donald Glover

Teri Hatcher

Ken Jeong

Actors

• Nicolas Cage, actor^[14][25]
• Noah Centineo, actor^[26][14]
• Dane DeHaan, actor^[27]
• Donald Glover, actor, comedian, and musician^[14][28]
• Teri Hatcher, actress, writer, presenter, and singer^[29]
• Ken Jeong, actor, comedian, former physician, and voice artist^[30]
• Penn Jillette, magician and actor^[21]
• John Leguizamo, actor^[31] (previously endorsed Julián Castro)^[32]
• Simu Liu, actor^[21]
• Steven Yeun, actor^[33]

Athletes

Daniel Negreanu

• Antonio Bryant, former NFL player^[34]
• Chris Jericho, Canadian-American professional wrestler^[35]
• Jermaine Johnson, former NBA D-League player^[36]
• Daniel Negreanu, professional poker player
• Mark Schultz, Olympic wrestler
• Marcellus Wiley, former NFL player^[37]
• Dominique Wilkins, former NBA player^[38]

Comedians

Dave Chappelle

Michelle Wolf

• Hannibal Buress, comedian, actor, writer, and producer^[39]
• Dave Chappelle, comedian^[40][41]
• Ronny Chieng, comedian, actor, and correspondent for The Daily Show^[42]
• Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor and comedian^[43]
• Norm Macdonald, comedian^[44]
• Donnell Rawlings, comedian and actor^[45]
• Doug Stanhope, comedian^[46]
• Michelle Wolf, comedian^[47]
• Joe Wong, comedian^[44]

Filmmakers

• James Gunn, filmmaker and musician^[48][49][50]
• Kirsten Lepore, animator^[34]

Internet personalities

Ken Bone

• Adam22, Internet personality
• Lloyd Ahlquist, Internet personality
• Ken Bone, Internet personality and political activist^[51]
• Ryan Higa, Internet personality^[34]
• Ethan Klein, Internet personality and YouTuber^[52]
• Casey Neistat, Internet personality and filmmaker^[16]

Musicians

• Anita Baker, singer-songwriter^[53][54]
• Rich Brian, musician^[55]
• Rivers Cuomo, musician^[14]
• Eric B. & Rakim, hip hop duo^[56]
• The Fat Boys, hip hop trio^[56]
• MC Jin, rapper, actor, and songwriter^[55]
• Zhu, electronic musician^[57]

Newspapers and other media

Newspapers

• The Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts^[58]
• Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Massachusetts^[59]

See also

• Endorsements in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• News media endorsements in the 2020 United States presidential primaries

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External links

• Andrew Yang's official website Archived February 24, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
• Official website of the Democratic Party