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Endorsements in the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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This is a list of endorsements for declared candidates for the Democratic primaries for the 2016 United States presidential election.
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Hillary Clinton (won primary)
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)
Rocky De La Fuente (withdrawn)
List of Rocky De La Fuente endorsements
Activists
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)
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List of Martin O'Malley endorsements
Organizations
- Australian Young Labor, NSW Chapter[3]
U.S. Congress
- Gary Hart, Senator from Colorado (1975–1987)[4]
- Joseph Tydings, Senator from Maryland (1965–1971)[5]
- Eric Swalwell, Representative from California's 15th congressional district (2013–present)[6]
- Michael D. Barnes, Representative from Maryland's 8th congressional district (1979–1987)[5]
- Berkley Bedell, Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district (1975–1987)[7]
- John Wiley Bryant, Representative from Texas's 5th congressional district (1983–1997)[5]
- John Joseph Cavanaugh III, Representative from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district (1977–1981)[5]
U.S. state officials
- Jim Folsom Jr., 50th Governor of Alabama (1993–1995)[8]
- Parris Glendening, 59th Governor of Maryland (1995–2003)[5]
- Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland (1979–1987)[5]
- Brian Schweitzer, 23rd Governor of Montana (2005–2013)[9]
- Eliot Spitzer, 54th Governor of New York (2007–2008)[10]
- Brian Frosh, 46th Attorney General of Maryland (2015–2023)[11]
- Chris Gorman, 46th Attorney General of Kentucky (1992–1996)[5]
- Daniel Hynes, 6th Illinois Comptroller (1999–2011)[5]
- Jonathan Miller, 39th Kentucky State Treasurer (2000–2008)[5]
U.S. municipal officials
- Chris Abele, 6th Executive of Milwaukee County (2011–present)[5]
- Rushern Baker, 7th Prince George's County, Maryland Executive (2010–2018)[5]
- Joseph Curtatone, 35th Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts (2004–present)[5]
- Kevin B. Kamenetz, 12th Baltimore County Executive (2010–2018)[5]
- Isiah Leggett, 6th Montgomery County, Maryland Executive (2006–2018)[5]
- Manny Diaz, 31st Mayor of Miami (2001–2009)[5]
- C. Jack Ellis, 40th Mayor of Macon, Georgia (1999–2007)[5]
- Mike Fahey, 49th Mayor of Omaha (2001–2009)[5]
- Oscar Goodman, 21st Mayor of Las Vegas (1999–2011)[5]
- Thomas J. Murphy Jr., 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (1994–2006)[5]
- Kurt Schmoke, 46th Mayor of Baltimore (1987–1999)[5]
- Robert W. Curran, Baltimore city councilor(1995–2016)[5]
- Tom Hucker, Montgomery County, Maryland councilor (2014–present)[5]
- Matt O'Malley, Boston city councilor (2010–present)[5]
- Bill Green, Philadelphia city councilor (2008–2014)[5]
State legislators
- Rich Taylor, Iowa state senator[12]
- Nelson Torres Yordán, Maryland state delegate (2013–2016)[13]
- Charles Townsend, New Hampshire state representative[14]
- Ronald N. Young, Maryland state senator (2011–present)[5]
- Boyd Brown, South Carolina state representative (2008–2012)[15]
- Peter Burling, New Hampshire state senator (2004–2008)[16]
- Betsy Burtis, New Hampshire state representative[17]
- Ginger Crocker, South Carolina state representative (1978–1984)[18]
- Gerard F. Doherty, Massachusetts state representative (1957–1965)[5]
- Ann Marie Doory, Maryland state delegate (1987–2010)[5]
- Steve Lathrop, Nebraska state legislator (2007–2015)[5]
- Maureen Mann, New Hampshire state representative (2008–2010)[14]
- Charlotte Pritt, West Virginia state delegate (1980–1984), West Virginia state senator (1984–1996), Democratic nominee for Governor (1996)[5]
- Andrew Martin, Nevada state assemblyman (2013–2015)[5]
- Catherine Mulholland, New Hampshire state representative[17]
- David Schapira, Arizona state senator (2011–2013)[5]
- Paul Weissmann, Colorado Senate (2003–2011)[5]
- Peter Murphy, Maryland state delegate (2007–2014)[5]
- Carlos Bianchi Angleró, Puerto Rico state representative[13]
- Bruce Bearinger, Iowa state representative[19]
- Tod Bowman, Iowa state senator (2011–2019)[20]
- Talmadge Branch, Maryland state delegate (1995–present)[5]
- Benjamin Brooks, Maryland state delegate[5]
- Ramón Luis Cruz, Puerto Rico state representative (2013–present)[13]
- William Cunningham, Illinois state senator (2013–present)[5]
- Michael Driscoll, Pennsylvania state representative[5]
- Kathleen M. Dumais, Maryland state delegate (2003–present)[5]
- Bill Ferguson, Maryland state senator (2011–present)[5]
- Craig Ford, Alabama state representative (2001–present)[21]
- William Frick, Maryland state delegate (2007–2019)[5]
- Barbara A. Frush, Maryland state delegate (1995–2019)[5]
- Tawanna P. Gaines, Maryland state delegate (2001–2019)[5]
- Anne Healey, Maryland state delegate (1991–present)[5]
- Frank Heffron, New Hampshire state representative[14]
- César Hernández Alfonzo, Puerto Rico state representative (2013–2017)[13]
- Patricia Higgins, New Hampshire state representative[14]
- Bruce Hunter, Iowa state representative (2003–present)[22]
- Dan Kelley, Iowa state representative (2011–2017)[12]
- Kevin Kinney, Iowa state senator[22]
- Karen Lewis Young, Maryland state delegate[5]
- Mary Ann Lisanti, Maryland state delegate (2015–present)[5]
- John Mann, New Hampshire state representative[17]
- Charlie McConkey, Iowa state representative[23]
- Nathaniel McFadden, Maryland state senator (1995–present)[5]
- Jorge Suárez Cáceres, Puerto Rico state senator (2008–2013)[13]
- Karen S. Montgomery, Maryland state senator (2011–2016)[5]
- Sonia Pacheco, Puerto Rico state representative (2013–2017)[13]
- Andrew Platt, Maryland state delegate[5]
- Vincent Sheheen, South Carolina state senator) (2004–present)[24]
Notable individuals
- Yvette Lewis, Maryland DNC member[25]
- Terry Lierman, former MD Dem. Party Chair[5]
- LuAnn Pedrick, Iowa DNC member[5]
- Dropkick Murphys, punk band[26]
- Timothy Simons, actor[27]
- Phil Noble, entrepreneur[28]
- Ted Sarandos, Netflix executive[29]
- Lyndon LaRouche, political activist and founder of the LaRouche movement[30]
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Lawrence Lessig (withdrawn)
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List of Lawrence Lessig endorsements
Note: Lessig suspended his campaign on November 2, 2015[31][32]
Internet, radio and television personalities
- Dylan Ratigan, former host of MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show[33]
Individuals
- J. J. Abrams, director[34]
- David Brin, scientist and writer[35]
- Ophelia Dahl, co-founder of Partners In Health[34]
- Michael Eisen, biologist and co-founder of Public Library of Science (PLOS)[36][37]
- Joi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab[34]
- Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive[34]
- Miguel de Icaza, founder of GNOME and Mono (software)[38]
- James Kwak, professor and blogger[39]
- Quinn Norton, journalist and photographer[40]
- Jimmy Wales, internet entrepreneur, Wikipedia founder[41][42][43]
- Ethan Zuckerman, internet activist and director of the MIT Center for Civic Media[44]
Leaders in Business
- Arnold Hiatt, former president of the Stride Rite footwear company[34]
- Matt Mullenweg, developer of WordPress[34]
- Ev Williams, co-founder of Twitter[34]
Celebrities
- Bryan Callen, actor and comedian[45]
- Shepard Fairey, street artist and activist[46]
- Matt Korklan, professional wrestler[47]
- Krist Novoselic, Nirvana bassist and co-founder, FairVote board chair[48]
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Jim Webb (withdrawn)
List of Jim Webb endorsements
Individuals
- Andrew Bacevich, political scientist[49]
- Craig Crawford, writer and television political commentator[50]
- David Saunders, political strategist and author[51]
- Michael Savage, Conservative radio talk show host[52]
References
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