Endorsements in the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

See also: Endorsements in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries and List of superdelegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

This is a list of endorsements for declared candidates for the Democratic primaries for the 2016 United States presidential election.

Hillary Clinton (won primary)

Main articles: List of Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign political endorsements and List of Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign non-political endorsements

See also: Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign

Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)

Main article: List of Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign endorsements

See also: Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign

Rocky De La Fuente (withdrawn)

See also: Rocky De La Fuente 2016 presidential campaign

List of Rocky De La Fuente endorsements

Activists

• Deez Nuts^[1]
• Brian Moore^[2]

Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)

See also: Martin O'Malley 2016 presidential campaign

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]

Lawrence Lessig (withdrawn)

See also: Lawrence Lessig 2016 presidential campaign

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]

Jim Webb (withdrawn)

See also: Jim Webb 2016 presidential campaign

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]

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