http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_presidential_campaign_endorsements
[edit] Primary campaign endorsements
See also: Congressional endorsements for the 2008 United States presidential election
[edit] U.S. Presidents & Vice Presidents
Fmr. President Jimmy Carter[1]
Fmr. President Bill Clinton[2][3]
Fmr. Vice President Al Gore[4][5]
Fmr. Vice President Walter Mondale[6]
[edit] U.S. Senators
Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee[7]
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Finance Committee
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE), 2008 Democratic Vice Presidential presumptive nominee and former 2008 presidential candidate
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources[8]
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), President pro tempore of the United States Senate, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations[9][10]
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA) [11]
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), former 2008 presidential candidate[12]
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Chairman of the Budget Committe[13]
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), former 2008 Presidential candidate and Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs[14]
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee, and the Committee on Indian Affairs[15]
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Majority Whip[16]
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI)[17]
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
Sen. Tim Johnson, Chairman of the Ethics Committee (D-SD) [18]
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions[19][20]
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), 2004 Democratic Presidential Nominee, Chairman of the Small Business Committee[21]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)[22]
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee [23]
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) [24]
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) [25]
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), U.S. Senate Majority Leader for the 110th Congress
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman of the Intelligence Committee [26]
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO)
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Fmr. Sen. David Boren (D-OK)[27]
Fmr. Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) [28]
Fmr. Sen. Jean Carnahan (D-MO)[29]
Fmr. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (I-RI), (R-RI while in office)[30][31]
Fmr. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) [32]
Fmr. Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), former 2008 presidential candidate and 2004 Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee[33]
Fmr. Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL)[34]
Fmr. Sen. Gary Hart (D-CO)[35]
Fmr. Shadow Sen. Jesse Jackson (D-DC)[36][37]
Fmr. Sen. George McGovern (D-SD), 1972 Democratic Presidential Nominee[38]
Fmr. Sen. John Melcher (D-MT)[39]
Fmr. Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA)[27]
Fmr. Sen. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (I-CT), (R-CT, while in office)[40]
Fmr. Sen. Harris Wofford (D-PA)[41]
[edit] U.S. Representatives
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)[42]
Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)[44]
Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA)[45]
Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ)[46]
Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA)[47]
Rep. John Barrow (D-GA)[48]
Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA)[49]
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)[50]
Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL)[51]
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)[52]
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)[53]
Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)[54]
Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)[55]
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) [56]
Rep. Timothy Bishop (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) [57]
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)[58]
Rep. Bob Brady (D-PA)[59]
Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA)[60]
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) [61]
Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)[62]
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)[63][64]
Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA)[65]
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)[66][broken footnote]
Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO)[51]
Rep. André Carson (D-IN)[67]
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL)[68]
Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY)[69]
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)[43]
Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D-MO)[70]
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Majority Whip[71]
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)[72]
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)[70]
Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)[51]
Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA)[66]
Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL)[51]
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)[73]
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)[74]
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)[70][75]
Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL)[70]
Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL)[70][76]
Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)[77]
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)[78]
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)[79]
Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) [80]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)[81]
Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) [82]
Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)[83]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)[84]
Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN)[85]
Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)[86]
Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)[87]
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)[88]
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)[70][89][75]
Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)[90]
Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)[91]
Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)[92]
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)[93]
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)[94]
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)[70][95]
Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA)[94]
Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) [96]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ)[94]
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)[97]
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)[70]
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)[98]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)[51]
Rep. John Hall (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)[51]
Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) [61]
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)[99]
Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN)[100]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)[74]
Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)[101][102]
Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH)[103]
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)[94]
Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR)[104]
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Majority Leader[105]
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) [82]
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)[106]
Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)[107]
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)[108]
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)[70]
Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI)[109]
Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI)[110]
Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI)[83]
Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI)[111]
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)[112]
Rep. Ron Klein (D-FL)[94]
Rep. James Langevin (D-RI)[113]
Rep. John Larson (D-CT)[114]
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)[115]
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)[70]
Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI)[83]
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)[116]
Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL)[117]
Rep. David Loebsack (D-IA)[118]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)[119]
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)[120]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)[121]
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)[122]
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA)[94]
Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)[123]
Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) [61]
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)[124]
Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC)[125]
Rep. George Miller (D-CA)[126]
Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-AZ)[127]
Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV)[128]
Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS)[129]
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)[70]
Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA)[130]
Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT)[114]
Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA)[51]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA)[131]
Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA)[132]
Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)[57]
Rep. David Obey (D-WI)[133]
Rep. John Olver (D-MA)[134]
Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)[74]
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)[135]
Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-NJ)[78]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)[136]
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)[137]
Rep. David Price (D-NC)[138]
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)[139]
Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)[140]
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), House Ways and Means Committee chairman[43]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)[141]
Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)[55]
Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ)[51]
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)[142]
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)[70]
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)[143]
Rep. John Salazar (D-CO)[144]
Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA)[145]
Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD)[94]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)[146]
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)[147]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)[148]
Rep. David Scott (D-GA)[149]
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)[150]
Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) [151]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)[152]
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)[153][75]
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)[55]
Rep. Zack Space (D-OH)[154]
Rep. John Spratt (D-SC)[155]
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA)[156]
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)[94]
Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH)[157]
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)[158]
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)[159]
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Nikki Tsongas (D-MA)[160]
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)[161]
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO)[144]
Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM)[162]
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)[163]
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN)[164]
Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN)[165]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) [61]
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)[166]
Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC)[138]
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)[54]
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT)[167]
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)[51]
Rep. Charlie Wilson (D-OH)[168]
Rep. David Wu (D-OR)[169]
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)[170]
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) (non-voting Delegate)[171]
Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS) (non-voting Delegate)[172]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU) (non-voting Delegate)[173]
Fmr. Rep. John B. Anderson (I-IL), (R-IL while in office) [174]
Fmr. Rep. Berkley Bedell (D-IA)[175]
Fmr. Rep. David Bonior (D-MI)[176]
Fmr. Rep. Don Bonker (D-WA)[citation needed]
Fmr. Rep. Brad Carson (D-OK), Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense[177]
Fmr. Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA)[178]
Fmr. Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN), Vice Chairman of the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group[179][180]
Fmr. Rep. Ken Hechler (D-WV), former West Virginia Secretary of State[181]
Fmr. Rep. Andrew Jacobs (D-IN)[182]
Fmr. Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)[183]
Fmr. Rep. Mel Levine (D-CA)[147]
Fmr. Rep. Ken Lucas (D-KY)[184]
Fmr. Rep. Romano L. Mazzoli (D-KY)[185]
Fmr. Rep. Pete McCloskey (D-CA) (R-CA while in office) [186]
Fmr. Rep. Abner J. Mikva (D-IL), former White House Counsel under President Clinton; Chief Judge, DC Court of Appeals[187]
Fmr. Rep. Major Owens (D-NY)[188]
Fmr. Rep. Tim Roemer (D-IN), Member of the 9/11 Commission[189]
Fmr. Rep. Mike Ward (D-KY)[184]
Fmr. Rep. Howard Wolpe (D-MI)[187]
Fmr. Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)[190]
[edit] Governors
Gov. Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (D-PR) [191][192]
Gov. John Baldacci (D-ME)
Gov. Steve Beshear (D-KY)
Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) [193]
Gov. Chet Culver (D-IA) [194][195]
Gov. Jim Doyle (D-WI) [196]
Gov. Mike Easley (D-NC)
Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D-WY) [197]
Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-MI)
Gov. Christine Gregoire (D-WA) [198]
Gov. Brad Henry (D-OK) [199][200]
Gov. John de Jongh (D-VI) [201]
Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA) [202]
Gov. Joe Manchin (D-WV)
Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) [203]
Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) [204]
Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM) [205]
Gov. Bill Ritter (D-CO)[94]
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS) [206]
Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT)
Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH)
Fmr. Gov. Cecil Andrus (D-ID) [207]
Fmr. Gov. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Fmr. Gov. David Boren (D-OK)[27]
Fmr. Gov. Hugh L. Carey (D-NY) [208]
Fmr. Gov. Richard Codey (D-NJ) [209]
Fmr. Gov. John J. Gilligan (D-OH) [210]
Fmr. Gov. Bob Graham (D-FL)[34]
Fmr. Gov. Walter Joseph Hickel (I-AK) [211]
Fmr. Gov. Jim Hodges (D-SC) [212]
Fmr. Gov. Philip H. Hoff (D-VT) [213]
Fmr. Gov. John Kitzhaber (D-OR) [214]
Fmr. Gov. Tony Knowles (D-AK) [215]
Fmr. Gov. Ray Mabus (D-MS), former United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia[216]
Fmr. Gov. Barbara Roberts (D-OR) [214]
Fmr. Gov. Roy Romer (D-CO)[217]
Fmr. Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (I-CT), (R-CT while in office) [40]
Fmr. Gov. Mark White (D-TX) [218]
Fmr. Gov. Tom Vilsack (D-IA), Former 2008 candidate
Fmr. Gov. Douglas Wilder (D-VA) [219]
[edit] Presidential staff and advisors
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor [220]
Greg Craig, former Assistant to the President and Director of Policy Planning, State Department[187]
William M. Daley, former Secretary of Commerce [221]
Bob Gee, former United States Assistant Secretary of Energy under Bill Clinton [222]
Eric Holder, former Deputy Attorney General [187]
Douglas Kmiec, legal counsel to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and co-chairman of Romney's Committee for the Courts and the Constitution[223][224][225][226]
Noel Koch, former Special Assistant to President Nixon; former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs[187]
Lawrence Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense[187]
Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor under Bill Clinton[187]
Robert Litt, former Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General; US Attorney[187]
Jan Lodal, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense[187]
Angela E. Oh, former member, of the President's Initiative on Race[227]
Federico Peña, former Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Energy under Bill Clinton [228]
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton[229][230]
Susan E. Rice, former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs [221]
David Scheffer, former Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues [187]
Sarah Sewell, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense[187]
Gayle Smith, former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council[187]
Ted Sorensen, President John F. Kennedy's top advisor and speechwriter [231]
Tara Sonenshine, former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council[187]
David Wilhelm, President Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign chairman[232]
[edit] Military
John Adams, Brigadier General US Army (Ret), Former Deputy US Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee [233]
Clifford Alexander, Jr., former Secretary of the Army[187]
Susan Ahn Cuddy, first female gunner officer in the U.S. Navy and daughter of Korean Independence fighter Ahn Chang-ho[234]
Wesley Clark, former General, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, 2004 presidential candidate[55]
Tom Daniels, Texas Air National Guard[187]
Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy[187]
Larry Gillespie, Brigadier General (Ret), Assistant Deputy Commanding General, (ARNG) Army Material Command[235]
Scott Gration Major General (USAF-Ret), former Director of Strategy, Policy, and Assessments of the United States European Command in Germany[235]
Donald Joseph Guter, former Judge Advocate General of the Navy, current Dean, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh[187][235]
Richard D. Hearney, former Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps[187]
John Hutson, former Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy[236]
Jeh Johnson, former General Counsel of the U.S. Air Force[187]
Lester Lyles, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force[187]
David 'Dave' McGinnis, Brigadier General (Ret), former Chief of Staff of the National Guard Association of the U.S.[235]
Merrill A. McPeak, four star General (Ret), former Secretary of the United States Air Force during Operation Desert Storm, [235][237][238]
John B. Nathman (Ret), former Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Vice Chief of Naval Operations[187][235]
F. Whitten Peters, former Secretary of the Air Force[187]
Hugh Robinson, Major General (Ret), Commander of the Southwestern Division[235]
James Smith, Brigadier General (USAF-Ret), former Commander, Joint Warfighting Center, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Joint Training Analysis and Simulation Center[187][235]
Robert 'Willie' Williamson Rear Admiral (USN-Ret), served as military Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition and Director, Office of Program Appraisal.
Ralph Wooten Major General (Ret), former Commanding General of the Army’s Chemical Arsenal, currently the Executive Vice President of Management Systems, Inc.[235]
[edit] National political figures
Joe Andrew, former Democratic National Committee Chairman 1999-2001[239]
Jeffrey Bader, former U.S. Ambassador to Namibia and Fmr. Assistant US Trade Representative for Asia[187]
Henri Barkey, former member of U.S. Department of State Policy Planning and Professor of Lehigh University[187]
David Birenbaum, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. for Management and Reform[187]
Esther Brimmer, former member of U.S. Department of State Policy Planning[187]
Art Brown, former National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and Chief of CIA's East Asian Operations Division[187]
Mark Brzezinski, former Director of European Affairs of National Security Council[187]
James Burns, former Chief Judge of the state Intermediate Court of Appeals[240]
Joseph Cirincione, Vice President for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress[187]
Bonnie Cohen, former Undersecretary of State for Management[187]
Ivo H. Daalder, former Director, European Affairs, National Security Council[187]
Alice Dear, former U.S. Executive Director of African Development Bank[187]
William H. Donaldson, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by George W. Bush[241]
Michael Froman, Chief of Staff and Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Treasury and National Security Council Staff Member[187]
Tony Gambino, former Mission Director, USAID, Democratic Republic of the Congo[187]
Tobi Gati, former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research; Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs, National Security Council[187]
Robert S. Gelbard, former Presidential Envoy for the Balkans; Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement; Ambassador to Indonesia; and Ambassador to Bolivia[187]
John J. Gibbons, former federal appeals court judge[242]
Matthew Goodman, former Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council[187]
Philip Gordon, former Director, European Affairs, National Security Council[187]
Scott Gould, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Management[187]
Scott Gration, former Director for Strategy, Policy and Planning, U.S. European Command[187]
Gabriel Guerra-Mondragón, former United States Ambassador to Chile[243]
John Holum, former Director of ACDA and Undersecretary State for Arms Control and International Security[187]
Vicki Huddleston, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Mali and Madagascar, Chief of Mission to Cuba and Ethiopia[187]
Paul Igasaki, fmr. Vice Chair and Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission[227]
Paul G. Kirk, Jr., former Democratic National Committee Chairman 1985-1988[244]
Arthur Levitt, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by Bill Clinton[241]
David Lipton, former Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs[187]
Frank Loy, former Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs[187]
Donald McHenry, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations[187]
Norman Mineta, former U.S. Rep. (D-CA), mayor of San Jose, United States Secretary of Transportation and United States Secretary of Commerce[178]
Newton N. Minow, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission[245]
Alfred H. Moses, former United States Ambassador to Romania[187]
Nick Rey, former United States Ambassador to Poland[187]
David Ruder, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by Ronald Reagan[241]
Witney Schneidman, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs[187]
Dan Shapiro, former Director, National Security Council[187]
Mona Sutphen, former Special Assistant to the National Security Advisor[187]
Jim Vermillion, former Mission Director, USAID, Nicaragua[187]
Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve[246][241]
Patricia Wald, former Chief Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit[247]
[edit] Mayors
Ahoskie, North Carolina Mayor Linda Blackburn (D-NC)[248]
Anderson, South Carolina Mayor Terence Roberts (D-SC)[249]
Asheville, North Carolina Mayor Terry Bellamy (D-NC)[250]
Atlanta, Georgia Mayor Shirley Franklin (D-GA) [251]
Angola, Indiana Mayor Dick Hickman (D-IN)[252]
Austin, Texas Mayor Will Wynn (D-TX)[253]
Baltimore, Maryland Mayor Sheila Dixon (D-MD)[254]
Batesville, Indiana Mayor Richard Fledderman (D-IN)[252]
Beckley, West Virginia Mayor Emmett Pugh (D-WV)[255]
Bloomington, Indiana Mayor Mark Kruzan (D-IN)[252]
Bluffton, Indiana Mayor Ted Ellis (D-IN)[252]
Boise, Idaho Mayor David H. Bieter (D-ID)[256]
Bolton, North Carolina Mayor Frank Wilson (D-NC)[248]
Boone, North Carolina Mayor Loretta Clawson (D-NC)[250]
Brownsville, Texas Mayor Pat Ahumada (D-TX)[257]
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Mayor Lou Thieblemont (D-PA), (formerly R-PA)[258]
Carrboro, North Carolina Mayor Mark H. Chilton (D-NC)[250]
Cary, North Carolina Mayor Harold Weinbrecht (D-NC)[250]
Chapel Hill, North Carolina Mayor Kevin Foy (D-NC)[250]
Chicago, Illinois Mayor Richard M. Daley (D-IL)[259]
Cincinnati, Ohio Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D-OH)[260]
Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D-OH)[261]
Clinton, Indiana Mayor Jerry Hawkins (D-IN)[252]
Columbia City, Indiana Mayor Jim Fleck (D-IN)[252]
Columbus, Ohio Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D-OH)[262]
Conetoe, North Carolina Mayor Linda Ingram (D-NC)[248]
Creedmoor, North Carolina Mayor Darryl Moss (D-NC)[248]
Cumberland, Rhode Island Mayor Daniel McKee (D-RI)[263]
Dayton, Ohio Mayor Rhine McLin (D-OH)[264]
Des Moines, Iowa Mayor Frank Cownie (D-IA)[265]
Detroit, Michigan Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D-MI)[111]
Dover, North Carolina Mayor Malcolm Johnson (D-NC)[248]
Dunn, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem N. Carnell Robinson (D-NC)[248]
Durham, North Carolina Mayor Bill Bell (D-NC)[266]
Durham, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Cora McFadden (D-NC)[248]
East Arcadia, North Carolina Mayor Perry Blanks (D-NC)[248]
Edinburg, Texas Mayor Joe Ochoa (D-TX)[257]
Edison, New Jersey Mayor Jun Choi (D-NJ)[267]
Enfield, North Carolina Mayor Warnie Bishop (D-NC)[248]
Evansville, Indiana Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel (D-IN)[268]
Garrett, Indiana Mayor David Wiant (D-IN)[252]
Garysburg, North Carolina Mayor Roy Bell (D-NC)[248]
Goshen, Indiana Mayor Allan Kauffman (D-IN)[252]
Greendale, Indiana Mayor Doug Hedrick (D-IN)[252]
Greensboro, North Carolina Mayor Yvonne Johnson (D-NC)[269]
Greenville, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Mildred Council (D-NC)[248]
Hertford, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Horace Reid (D-NC)[248]
Honolulu, Hawaii Mayor Mufi Hannemann (D-HI)[270]
Jersey City, New Jersey Mayor Jerramiah Healy (D-NJ)[267]
Lincoln, Nebraska Mayor Chris Beutler (D-NE)[271]
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Mayor Rick Gray (D-PA)[272]
Las Cruces, New Mexico Mayor Ken Miyagishima[273]
Laurinburg, North Carolina Mayor Matthew Block (D-NC)[248]
Lewiston Woodville, North Carolina Mayor Carl Lee Sr. (D-NC)[248]
Long Beach, California Mayor Bob Foster (D-CA)[274]
Madisonville, Kentucky Mayor Will Cox (D-KY)[184]
Mansfield, Ohio Mayor Donald Culliver (D-OH)[275]
Michigan City, Indiana Mayor Chuck Oberlie (D-IN)[252]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mayor Tom Barrett (D-WI)[276]
Minneapolis, Minnesota Mayor RT Rybak (D-MN)[277]
Missoula, Montana Mayor John Engen (D-MT)[278]
Monroe, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Phil Bazemore (D-NC)[248]
Navassa, North Carolina Mayor Eulis Willis (D-NC)[248]
Navassa, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Merrick (D-NC)[248]
New Haven, Connecticut Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. (D-CT)[279][280]
New Orleans, Louisiana Mayor Ray Nagin (D-LA)[281]
Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (D-NJ)[282]
Northwest, North Carolina Mayor James Knox (D-NC)[248]
North Vernon, Indiana Mayor Harold Campbell (D-IN)[252]
Omaha, Nebraska Mayor Mike Fahey (D-NE)[283]
Pittsboro, North Carolina Mayor Randolph Voller (D-NC)[248]
Raleigh, North Carolina Mayor Charles Meeker (D-NC)[250]
Reading, Pennsylvania Mayor Tom McMahon (D-PA)[284]
Roper, North Carolina Mayor Estelle Sanders (D-NC)[248]
Sandyfield, North Carolina Mayor Perry Dixon (D-NC)[248]
Scotland Neck, North Carolina Mayor James Mill Sr. (D-NC)[248]
Seaboard, North Carolina Mayor Melvin Broadnax (D-NC)[248]
Seattle, Washington Mayor Greg Nickels (D-WA)[285]
Sedalia, North Carolina Mayor Howard Morgan (D-NC)[248]
South Bend, Indiana Mayor Steve Luecke (D-IN)[286]
Southfield, Michigan Mayor Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI)[287]
Speed, North Carolina Mayor Wilbert Harrison (D-NC)[248]
Spring Lake, North Carolina Mayor Ethel Clark (D-NC)[248]
Snow Hill, North Carolina Mayor Donald Davis (D-NC)[248]
Sullivan, Indiana Mayor Scott Biddle (D-IN)[252]
Tampa, Florida Mayor Pam Iorio (D-FL)[288]
Wagram, North Carolina Mayor Betty Gholston (D-NC)[248]
Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty (D-DC)[289]
Weldon, North Carolina Mayor George Draper Jr. (D-NC)[248]
West Hollywood, California Mayor John Duran (D-CA)[147]
Windsor, North Carolina Mayor Robert Spivey (D-NC)[248]
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Vivian Burke (D-NC)[248]
York, Pennsylvania Mayor John S. Brenner (D-PA)[272]
Youngstown, Ohio Mayor Jay Williams (D-OH)[290]
Fmr. Asheville, North Carolina Mayor Leni Sinick (D-NC)[248]
Fmr. Austin, Texas Mayor Kirk Watson (D-TX)[291]
Fmr. Bloomington, Indiana Mayor John Fernandez (D-IN)[252]
Fmr. Bowling Green, Kentucky Mayor Patsy Sloan (D-KY)[184]
Fmr. Brownsville, Texas Mayor Ygnacio "Nacho" Garza (D-TX)[257]
Fmr. Brownsville, Texas Mayor Blanca Sanchez Vela (D-TX)[257]
Fmr. Brownsville, Texas Mayor Eddie Treviño Jr. (D-TX)[257]
Fmr. Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Michael R. White (D-OH)[292]
Fmr. Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Harvey Gantt (D-NC)[293]
Fmr. Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Richard Gusler (D-NC)[294]
Fmr. Dallas, Texas Mayor Ron Kirk (D-TX)[295][108]
Fmr. Denver, Colorado Mayor and Secretary of Energy Federico Peña (D-CO)[228]
Fmr. Fort Wayne, Indiana Mayor Graham Richard (D-IN)[252]
Fmr. Goshen, Indiana Mayor Mike Puro (D-IN)[252]
Fmr. Greensboro, North Carolina Mayor Keith Holiday (D-NC)[248]
Fmr. Harlingen, Texas Mayor Randy Whittington (D-TX)[296]
Fmr. Lexington, Kentucky Mayor Pam Miller (D-KY)[184]
Fmr. Navassa, North Carolina Mayor Lewis Brown (D-NC)[248]
Fmr. New York City Mayor Ed Koch (D-NY)[297]
Fmr. Raleigh, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem James West (D-NC)[248]
Fmr. Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry (D-DC)[298]
Fmr. West Lafayette, Indiana Mayor Sonya Margerum (D-IN)[252]
[edit] State, local and territory officials
See: List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements from state, local and territory officials
[edit] Newspaper primary endorsements
See also: Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential primaries, 2008
Albuquerque Journal newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico[299]
Albuquerque Tribune newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico[300]
Ames Iowa State Daily newspaper in Ames, Iowa[301] [302]
The Arizona Republic newspaper in Phoenix, Arizona[303]
The Aspen Times newspaper in Aspen, Colorado[304]
AsianWeek newspaper[305]
Atlanta Daily World newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia[306]
Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia[307]
Austin American Statesman newspaper in Austin, Texas[308]
The Baltimore Sun newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland [309]
Belleville News-Democrat newspaper in Belleville, Illinois[310]
The Bergen County Record newspaper in Hackensack, New Jersey[311]
The Birmingham News newspaper in Birmingham, Alabama[312]
Black Voice News newspaper[313]
The Boston Bay State Banner newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts[314]
Boston Globe newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts[315]
The Boston Phoenix newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts[316]
Bucks County Courier Times newspaper in Bucks County, Pennsylvania[317]
Central Florida Future student newspaper of the University of Central Florida[318]
The Charleston Gazette newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia[319]
The Charlotte Observer newspaper in Charlotte, North Carolina[320]
Chicago Defender newspaper in Chicago, Illinois[321]
Chicago Sun Times newspaper in Chicago, Illinois[322]
Chicago Tribune newspaper in Chicago, Illinois[323][324]
Chico News & Review newspaper in Chico, California[325]
Cincinnati CityBeat newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio[326]
The Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio[327]
The Clarion-Ledger newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi[328]
Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio [329]
Colorado Springs Independent newspaper in Colorado Springs, Colorado[330]
The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, Washington[331]
Connecticut Post newspaper in Bridgeport, Connecticut[332]
Contra Costa Times newspaper in Walnut Creek, California[333]
Corpus Christi Caller-Times newspaper in Corpus Christi, Texas[334]
The Courier-Journal newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky[335]
The Daily Californian student newspaper of University of California, Berkeley[336]
The Daily Gamecock student newspaper of the University of South Carolina[337]
Daily Herald newspaper in Arlington Heights, Illinois[338]
The Daily Iowan student newspaper in Iowa City, Iowa and the University of Iowa[339]
The Daily News Tribune newspaper in Waltham, Massachusetts[340]
The Daily Star newspaper in Oneonta, New York[341]
Dallas Morning News newspaper in Dallas, Texas[342][343][344]
The Day newspaper in New London, Connecticut[345]
The Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs, California[346]
The Economist newsmagazine in London, England[347]
El Latino, Spanish-language newspaper in Des Moines, Iowa[348][349]
El Paso Times newspaper in El Paso, Texas[350]
Elko Daily Free Press newspaper in Elko, Nevada[351]
The Eugene Register-Guard newspaper in Eugene, Oregon[352]
Financial Times newspaper in London, England[353]
Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper in Fort Worth, Texas[354]
The Free Lance-Star newspaper in Fredericksburg, Virginia[355]
Fresno Bee newspaper in Fresno, California[356]
The Gainesville Sun newspaper in Gainesville, Florida[357]
Marin Independent Journal newspaper in Marin County, California[358]
Gay City News LGBT newspaper in New York City[359]
The Greenville News newspaper in Greenville, South Carolina[360]
Harvard Crimson, daily student newspaper of Harvard University[361]
Hobbs News-Sun newspaper in Hobbs, New Mexico[299]
The Honolulu Advertiser newspaper in Honolulu, Hawaii[362]
Houston Chronicle newspaper in Houston, Texas[363]
Hoy Spanish-language newspaper in Chicago, Illinois[364]
The Independent Florida Alligator student newspaper of the University of Florida[318]
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin newspaper in Pomona Valley[365]
Iowa City Daily Iowan newspaper in Iowa City, Iowa[302]
Iowa City Press-Citizen newspaper in Iowa City, Iowa[302]
The Irish Financial Times newspaper in Dublin City, Ireland[366]
Iowa State Daily student newspaper of Iowa State University[367]
Jackson Free Press newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi[368]
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix newspaper in Phoenix, Arizona[369]
Joplin Globe newspaper in Joplin, Missouri[370]
Juneau Empire newspaper in Juneau, Alaska[371]
Knoxville News Sentinel newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee[372]
The Lantern student newspaper of Ohio State University[373]
Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper in Las Vegas, Nevada[374]
Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper in Lexington, Kentucky[375]
The Littleton Courier newspaper in Littleton, Maine[376]
Little India magazine[377]
Logan Herald-Observer newspaper in Logan, Iowa[302]
Los Alamos Monitor newspaper in Los Alamos County, New Mexico[378]
Los Angeles Daily News newspaper in Los Angeles, California[379]
Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper in Los Angeles, California[380]
Los Angeles Times newspaper in Los Angeles, California[381]
Los Angeles Wave newspaper in Los Angeles, California[382]
Memphis Tri-State Defender newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee[383]
Merced Sun-Star newspaper in Merced, California[384]
Michigan Daily student newspaper of the University of Michigan[385]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[386]
Minnesota Daily newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota[387]
The Modesto Bee newspaper in Modesto, California [388]
The Morning Call newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania[389]
Mundo Latino, Spanish language newspaper in Sioux City, Iowa[390]
The Nashua Telegraph newspaper in Nashua, New Hampshire[391]
Native American Times newspaper[392]
New Haven Register newspaper in New Haven, Connecticut [393]
The New York Observer newspaper in New York City[394]
New York Post newspaper in New York, New York[395]
North Bay Bohemian newspaper in North Bay, California[396]
North Coast Journal newspaper in Humboldt County, California[397]
Norwich Bulletin newspaper in Norwich, Connecticut[398]
The Oakland Tribune newspaper in Oakland, California[399]
La Opinión Spanish language newspaper in Los Angeles, California[400]
The Orange County Register newspaper in Santa Ana, California[401]
The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon[402]
Ottumwa Courier newspaper in Ottumwa, Iowa[403]
Pacific Sun newspaper in Marin County, California[404]
The Palm Beach Post newspaper in Palm Beach County, Florida[405]
Paradise Post newspaper in Paradise, California[406]
Pasadena Star-News newspaper in Pasadena, California[407]
The Patriot-News newspaper in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania[408]
Pensacola News Journal newspaper in Pensacola, Florida[409]
Peoria Journal Star newspaper in Peoria, Illinois[410]
Philadelphia City Paper, newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[411]
Philadelphia Daily News, newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[412]
The Philadelphia Inquirer, newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[413]
Philadelphia Tribune, newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[414]
Philadelphia Weekly, newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[415]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[416]
The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio[417]
Portland Press Herald newspaper in Portland, Maine[418]
Portland Tribune newspaper in Portland, Oregon[419]
The Portsmouth Herald newspaper in Portsmouth, New Hampshire[420]
Post-Tribune newspaper in Gary, Indiana[421]
The Press Democrat newspaper in Santa Rosa, California[422]
The Press-Enterprise newspaper in Inland Empire, California[423]
The Record newspaper in Stockton, California[424]
Reno Gazette-Journal newspaper in Reno, Nevada[425]
Rochester City Newspaper newspaper in Rochester, New York[426]
The Rock Hill Herald newspaper in Rock Hill, South Carolina[427]
The Rockford Register Star newspaper in Rockford, Illinois[428]
Rolling Stone magazine[429]
Sacramento Bee newspaper in Sacramento, California[430]
Sacramento News & Review newspaper in Sacramento, California[431]
San Antonio Express-News newspaper in San Antonio, Texas[432]
San Diego CityBeat newspaper in San Diego, California[433]
San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper in San Francisco, California[434]
San Francisco Bay View newspaper in San Francisco, California[435]
San Francisco Chronicle newspaper in San Francisco, California[436]
San Francisco Sentinel newspaper in San Francisco, California[437]
San Jose Mercury News newspaper in San Jose, California[438]
Santa Barbara Independent newspaper in Santa Barbara, California[439]
Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper in Santa Cruz, California[440]
Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper in Santa Fe, New Mexico[441]
Santa Fe Reporter newspaper in Santa Fe, New Mexico[442]
SC Black News newspaper in South Carolina[443]
The Scranton Times-Tribune newspaper in Scranton, Pennsylvania[444]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper in Seattle, Washington[445]
The Seattle Times newspaper in Seattle, Washington[446]
Selma Times-Journal newspaper in Selma, Alabama[447]
Sioux City Journal newspaper in Sioux City, Iowa[448]
South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Fort Lauderdale, Florida[449]
Southern Voice LGBT newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia[450]
The Springfield Republican newspaper in Springfield, Massachusetts[451]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri[452]
St. Petersburg Times newspaper in St. Petersburg, Florida[453]
The Star-Ledger newspaper in Newark, New Jersey [454]
The Star Press newspaper in Muncie, Indiana[455]
The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina[456]
The Stranger newspaper in Seattle, Washington[457]
The Tampa Tribune newspaper in Tampa Bay, Florida[458]
TimesDaily newspaper in Florence, Alabama[459]
Times-Standard newspaper in Eureka, California[460]
The Toledo Blade newspaper in Toledo, Ohio[461]
The Trenton Times newspaper in Trenton, New Jersey[462]
Tuscaloosa News newspaper in Tuscaloosa, Alabama[463]
Valley News newspaper in Lebanon, New Hampshire[464]
The Wilmington Journall[465]
Woodbine Twiner newspaper in Woodbine, Iowa[466]
Yale Daily News daily student newspaper of Yale University [467]
[edit] Writers
Rekha Basu, columnist for Des Moines Register[468]
Michael Chabon[469]
Diablo Cody, Academy Award-winning screenwriter for Juno[470]
Dave Eggers[469]
Barbara Ehrenreich[471]
Daniel Handler, better known under the pen name Lemony Snicket[469]
Jeffrey Hart, conservative columnist, former long-time editor at National Review[472]
Bob Herbert, columnist for The New York Times[473]
John Hodgman, author of "The Areas of My Expertise" as well as an upcoming book along the same vein, though perhaps best known for his contribution to The Daily Show and role as a an anthropomorphised PC in the Get A Mac advertising campaign for Apple Inc.[474]
Khaled Hosseini, Novelist and physician[475]
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston[476]
Margo Jefferson, Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times writer[477]
Miranda July, Author of "No One Belongs Here More Than You" and director of "Me And You And Everyone We Know" [478]
Brian Katulis, Author and Middle East expert[187]
Garrison Keillor, Grammy Award-winning author and radio personality [479]
Stephen King[480]
John McWhorter, Author of "Losing the Race" [481]
Maxine Hong Kingston[476]
David Mixner, writer and civil rights activist[482]
Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient[483][484]
Randall Munroe, author of xkcd[485]
Ann Patchett[486]
Katha Pollitt[477][487]
Philip Roth[488]
J. K. Rowling, Author of the Harry Potter series[489][490]
Eva Schloss, Author and Holocaust survivor, stepsister of Anne Frank[491]
Andrew Sullivan, political commentator[492]
Ayelet Waldman[469]
Alice Walker[493][494]
Roger Wilkins, civil rights leader and journalist[495]
Tobias Wolff[469]
Sherman Yellen, playwright[496]
[edit] Academics
Ellen P. Chapnick, Dean for Social Justice Initiatives at Columbia Law School [477]
J. Bradford DeLong, Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley [497]
Michael Eric Dyson, Professor at Georgetown University [498]
John Hope Franklin, Past president of the American Historical Association, Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, chairman of President Bill Clinton's Initiative on Race in 1999, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995.[499]
David D. Friedman, professor of law at Santa Clara University and the son of economists Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman[500]
Alice Kessler-Harris, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University [477]
William R. Harvey, President, Hampton University [501]
Scott Kurashige, associate professor of American Culture, History, and Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies at the University of Michigan[502]
Lawrence Lessig, Professor at Stanford Law School [503]
Grande Lum, Lecturer on negotiation at University of California, Berkeley Law School [504]
Manning Marable, Professor of Public Affairs, History and African-American Studies at Columbia University [505]
Michael McFaul, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University [187]
Michael Nacht, Dean of Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley [187]
Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Geosciences, Princeton University [187]
Frances Fox Piven, Professor of political science and sociology at The Graduate Center at the City University of New York [477]
Samantha Power, Professor at Harvard University and Pulitzer Prize-winner [187]
Anita Ramasastry, Professor of law at the University of Washington School of Law[227]
Riordan Roett, Professor of Western Hemisphere Studies and the Latin American Studies Program of Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University [187]
Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow of Center on International Cooperation at the New York University [187]
Laurence Tribe, Professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School [506]
David Victor, Professor at Stanford Law School [187]
Celeste Wallender, Professor at Georgetown University [187]
Barbara Weinstein, President of the American Historical Association [477]
Joseph B. White, President, University of Illinois [507]
Cornel West, Professor of Religion at Princeton University [508]
[edit] Businesspeople
American Apparel, T-shirt manufacturer [509][510]
Marc Andreessen, software engineer, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and co-founder of Netscape[511]
Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of blog TechCrunch[512]
Warren Buffett, investor and richest man in the world[513][514]
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry's[515][516]
Ari Emanuel, talent agent[517]
David Geffen, media executive, producer and philanthropist[482]
Nicholas A. B. Gray, owner of Gray's Papaya hot dog restaurant in New York City[518]
Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm[519][520]
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook[521][522]
Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television[523]
Billy King, former general manager and team president of NBA team Philadelphia 76ers[524]
Ned Lamont, founder of Lamont Digital Systems and former Senate candidate[525]
Edward Lewis, Chairman of Essence magazine and Latina magazine[526]
Brink Lindsey, Vice President of Research for the Cato Institute and editor of Cato Unbound[500]
William Louis-Dreyfus, billionaire New York financier[243]
Rose McKinney-James, businesswoman and consultant[527]
Ken Mok, President of 10 x 10 Entertainment[227]
Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch and Chairman and CEO of Shine Limited[528]
Dan Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL[529]
Hilary Rosen, on-air political and business analyst[530]
Alan Solomont, Massachusetts philanthropist and fund-raiser[531]
George Soros, businessman and philanthropist[532]
Billy Vassiliadis, CEO of R&R Partners[527] [533]
David Voelker, owner and manager of Voelker Investments[534]
Craig Newmark, founder of website Craigslist[535]
[edit] Labor unions
American Federation of Government Employees[536]
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations[537]
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (national[538][539], Illinois[540], Oregon[541], and Pennsylvania[542])
American Postal Workers Union[543]
The American Small Business League[544]
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers[545]
Change to Win Federation[546]
Culinary Workers Union Local 226[547]
Illinois Education Association[548]
Milwaukee Area Technical College faculty union[549]
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers[550]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters[551]
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers[552]
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades[553]
New York City Corrections Officers' Union[554]
Service Employees International Union (national[555], California[556], Illinois[557], Indiana[557], Kansas[557], Missouri[557], Nevada[558], Washington[559], Wisconsin[560])
Transport Workers Union[561]
UNITE HERE[562]
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada[563]
United Auto Workers Union (national[564], Region 4[565])
United Food and Commercial Workers (national[566], southeast, northeast and central Pennsylvania, northeast Maryland and southern New York[567])
United Healthcare Workers West[568]
United Mine Workers[569]
United Steelworkers[570]
[edit] Labor leaders & union officials
Larry Cohen, President of Communications Workers of America[571]
Maria Elena Durazo, Executive secretary–treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor[572]
Awais Khaleel, Vice President of the College Democrats of America[573]
Sonny Nardi, President of Teamsters Local 416 in Ohio[574]
Michael Thurmond, Georgia State Labor Commissioner[94]
Lauren Wolfe, President of the College Democrats of America[573]
[edit] Social and political activists
Liz Abzug, co-founder and director of the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute and daughter of Bella Abzug[575]
Luis Alejo, Watsonville Planning Commission[576]
Joan Baez, singer, peace and human rights activist[577]
Tom Bernstein, lawyer, businessman and human rights activist[187]
Rev. Claude Black, Jr., civil and human rights activist[578]
Ellen Bravo, feminist activist[579]
Maria Buell, district director of League Of United Latin American Citizens[576]
Shepard Fairey, street artist and activist[580][581]
Jane Fonda, actress and political activist[582]
Tom Hayden, anti-war activist, former California State Senator[583]
Rev. Jesse Jackson, former Democratic presidential candidate and former shadow Senator from the District of Columbia [584]
Rev. Joseph Lowery, minister and leader in the American civil rights movement [585]
Omar Mercado, deputy district director of League Of United Latin American Citizens[576]
Kate Michelman, pro-choice activist, former head of NARAL[586]
John Prendergast, human rights activist and former adviser to the White House and the State Department[587]
Carlos Ramos, voting-rights activist and President of the Monterey chapter of the League Of United Latin American Citizens[576]
Michael Ratner, human rights lawyer, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights[588]
Eric Stern, gay rights activist.[482]
Juan Uranga, director of the Center for Community Advocacy[576]
Naomi Wolf, co-founder, American Freedom Campaign[589]
[edit] Organizations
Alabama New South Coalition[590]
American Coalition of Fathers and Children[591]
American Hunters and Shooters Association[592]
Asian American Action Fund of Greater Chicago[593]
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now[594]
California Legislative Black Caucus[54]
Communist Party USA[595]
Cook County Democratic Organization[596]
Democratic Party of Illinois[596]
EMILY's List[597]
Hamas, although Obama rejected the endorsement[598]
Houston GLBT Political Caucus[482]
Human Rights Campaign[599]
MoveOn.Org[600]
Mexican American Political Association[601]
NARAL Pro-Choice America[602]
Sierra Club[603]
[edit] Native American tribes
Crow Nation[604]
Fort Peck Indian Reservation[604]
[edit] Entertainers
Actors and actresses
Ben Affleck[605][606]
Shohreh Aghdashloo [475]
Jessica Alba[607]
Jennifer Aniston[608]
Eric Balfour[609]
Maria Bello[587]
Annette Bening[610]
Halle Berry[611][612]
Jessica Biel[613]
Jack Black[614]
Zach Braff[615][616]
Sophia Bush[617]
Nick Cannon[618]
Don Cheadle[619]
Kristin Chenoweth[620]
John Cleese[621]
George Clooney[622]
James Corden[623]
Cindy Crawford[624]
James Cromwell[625]
Alan Cumming[626]
Matt Damon[627][628]
Ted Danson[629]
Larry David[630]
Rosario Dawson[631]
Robert De Niro[632]
Leonardo DiCaprio[633]
Taye Diggs[613]
Fran Drescher [634]
Kirsten Dunst[635][636]
Megalyn Echikunwoke[637]
Idris Elba[638]
Tracee Ellis Ross[639]
Isla Fisher[640]
Kate Flannery[641]
Jamie Foxx[642]
Brendan Fraser[643]
Morgan Freeman[644]
Anna Friel[619]
Jennifer Garner[645]
Danny Glover[646]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt[647]
Ryan Gosling[470]
Topher Grace[610]
Bryan Greenberg[644]
Jasmine Guy[639]
Luis Guzmán[648]
Mark Hamill[649]
Tom Hanks[650][651]
Hill Harper[652]
Anne Hathaway[631]
Dennis Haysbert [475]
Dulé Hill[653]
Kelly Hu[654]
Samuel L. Jackson[655][609]
Scarlett Johansson[656]
Rashida Jones [610]
Ashley Judd [475]
Daniel Dae Kim[178]
Regina King[657]
Christopher Knight[658]
Michael Kostroff[659]
Ken Leung[660]
Lucy Liu [475]
Amanda Lorber[661]
Benjamin McKenzie[662]
Nia Long[663]
Eva Longoria Parker[664]
George Lopez[662]
Julia Louis-Dreyfus[665]
Josh Lucas[610]
James Marsters[666]
Rue McClanahan[667]
Julianne Moore[668]
Enrique Murciano[609]
Eddie Murphy[669]
Leonard Nimoy[670]
Amaury Nolasco[671]
Edward Norton[627]
Gwyneth Paltrow[528][672]
Kal Penn[637][673]
Hayden Panettiere[674][675]
Sarah Jessica Parker
Bill Paxton[676]
Amanda Peet[677]
Mario Van Peebles [678]
Harold Perrineau, Jr.[609]
Ryan Phillippe[679]
Wendell Pierce[680]
Brad Pitt[681]
Jeremy Piven[682]
Sidney Poitier[683]
Ellen Pompeo[684][685]
Dennis Quaid[624]
Zachary Quinto[653]
Ryan Reynolds[613]
Nicole Richie[686]
Chris Rock[687]
Adam Rodriguez[688]
Brandon Routh[689]
Paul Rudd[690]
Susan Sarandon[477]
Richard Schiff[691]
Jada Pinkett Smith[692]
Johnathon Schaech[609]
Martin Sheen[693]
Will Smith[692][694]
Phil Spector [695]
Lexington Steele[696]
Ben Stiller[608]
Sharon Stone[697]
Meryl Streep[698]
Rider Strong[699]
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa[178]
Charlize Theron[700]
Chris Tucker[701]
Kathleen Turner[702]
Blair Underwood[703]
Wilmer Valderrama[631]
Amber Valletta[688]
Kate Walsh[704]
Denzel Washington[705]
Isaiah Washington [706]
Kerry Washington[701]
Wil Wheaton[707]
James Whitmore[673]
Forest Whitaker[708][709][710]
Olivia Wilde[637][711]
Henry Winkler[712]
Alfre Woodard[639]
Comedians
Aziz Ansari[713]
Russell Brand[714]
Margaret Cho [715]
Kathy Griffin [475]
John Leguizamo[662]
Richard Lewis
Cedric the Entertainer[703]
Bill Maher[716]
Tracy Morgan[717]
Lorne Michaels[718]
Eugene Mirman[713]
Hal Sparks[719]
Stella (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, David Wain)[690]
Directors
J. J. Abrams[720]
Lexi Alexander[721]
David Benioff[677]
Ken Burns[722][723]
Eric Byler[724]
Jesse Dylan[725]
Callie Khouri, director and Oscar-winning screenwriter (Thelma and Louise)[726]
George Lucas[727][631]
Spike Lee[728]
Michael Moore[729][730]
Rob Reiner[624]
M. Night Shyamalan [731]
Barbra Streisand[732]
Quentin Tarantino [610]
Models
Christie Brinkley[733]
Adrianne Curry[658]
Musicians
50 Cent[734]
Billie Joe Armstrong[735]
Andrew Bird[736]
Melanie Brown [475]
Arcade Fire[737]
Big Kenny[738]
Chris Brown[739]
Win Butler[740]
Nick Cannon[688]
Mariah Carey[741]
Chingy[703]
Natalie Cole[742]
Common[743]
Sean Combs[744]
Harry Connick, Jr.[624]
David Crosby[735]
Sheryl Crow[745][746]
The Decemberists[747]
Tom DeLonge [748]
Dianogah[736]
DJ Z-Trip[citation needed]
Bob Dylan[749]
Melissa Etheridge[750]
Fergie[631]
Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers[751]
John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants [752]
David Foster[624]
Jay Jay French, guitarist for Twisted Sister[753]
Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie[754]
Goo Goo Dolls[673]
Kim Gordon [755]
Macy Gray[756]
Merle Haggard[757]
Scott Hansen, Musician (Tycho) and Graphic Artist (ISO50)[758]
Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead (Deadheads for Obama)[759]
Herbie Hancock[688]
Jay Red Eagle[760]
Wyclef Jean[703]
Stephan Jenkins[761]
Jin[762]
Alicia Keys[744]
Beyoncé Knowles[728]
Ed Kowalczyk[688]
Leo Kremer[761]
Kris Kristofferson[763]
Cyndi Lauper[764]
Jennifer Lopez[610]
John Legend [765]
Ludacris [766]
Joel Madden of Good Charlotte[686]
Dave Matthews[761]
Master P[762]
Michael McDonald[631]
John Mellencamp[735]
Mos Def[767]
Ne-Yo[673]
NOFX[768]
Conor Oberst[769]
OK Go[770]
Pearl Jam[771]
Loren Pickford[772]
Jay-Z[728]
Q-Tip [773]
R.E.M.[774]
Rhymefest[775]
Seal[624]
Tom Scholz [776]
Shudder to Think[770]
Russell Simmons[777]
Jill Sobule[761]
Bruce Springsteen[778][779]
Mavis Staples [780]
Michael Stipe [781]
Taboo[662]
Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass)[782]
TV on the Radio[citation needed]
Jeff Tweedy[769]
Andres Useche[783]
Usher[784]
Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie[735]
Joan Wasser ("Joan as Police Woman")[770]
Rufus Wainwright[610]
Roger Waters[785]
Pete Wentz[786][787]
Kanye West
will.i.am[773]
Stevie Wonder[788]
Pink (singer)[citation needed]
Don Omar[789]
Television personalities
Tyra Banks, talk show host [703]
Perez Hilton, blogger of Perezhilton.com and television personality[790]
Star Jones[631]
Kim Kardashian, stylist, apparel retailer, and television personality[791]
Yul Kwon, winner of Survivor: Cook Islands and a Korean-American entrepreneur[792]
Lisa Ling, television journalist[793]
Emme Tomingbang, television journalist[178]
Oprah Winfrey, talk show host[794]
[edit] Athletes
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, fmr. NBA basketball player[795]
Charles Barkley, fmr. NBA basketball player[796]
Shane Battier, NBA basketball player[524]
Jerome Bettis, fmr. NFL football player[797]
Chauncey Billups, NBA basketball player[798][799]
Jack Brewer, fmr. NFL football player[800]
Elijah Burke, professional wrestler[801]
Baron Davis, NBA basketball player[524]
Evan Eschmeyer, fmr. NBA basketball player[524]
Shad Gaspard, professional wrestler[802]
John Hennigan, professional wrestler [803]
Hulk Hogan, professional wrestler[804]
Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers coach [805]
Michael Jordan, fmr. NBA basketball player[669]
Derrek Lee, current MLB baseball player (Chicago Cubs) [806]
Sugar Ray Leonard, former professional boxer[624]
Billy Mills, Olympic gold medalist in the 10,000 meter run (1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics)[807]
Kevin Nash, professional wrestler[808]
Joakim Noah, NBA basketball player[809]
Greg Oden, NBA basketball player[810]
Craig Robinson, Oregon State Beavers men's basketball head coach, Obama's brother-in-law[811][812]
Emmitt Smith, fmr. NFL football player[813]
Lovie Smith, current NFL coach (Chicago Bears)[814]
Rod Smith, fmr. NFL football player[815]
Pat White, West Virginia Mountaineers quarterback and Heisman Trophy contender [816]
Roy Williams Dallas Cowboys safety [817]
[edit] Family members of major political figures
Jack Carter, Nevada politician, son of Jimmy Carter[818]
Jill Docking, Kansas politician, daughter-in-law of Robert Docking, former Governor of Kansas[819]
Kitty Dukakis, wife of 1988 Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis, [820]
Julie Nixon Eisenhower, daughter of Richard Nixon and wife of grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower[821]
Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower[822]
Kathleen Hensley Portalski, half-sister of John McCain's wife, Cindy Hensley McCain[823]
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy[824]
Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy[825]
Joe Kennedy, son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy II and grandson of Robert F. Kennedy[826][827]
Max Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy[828][829]
Rory Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, documentary filmmaker[830]
Ann McGovern, daughter of fmr. Sen. George McGovern (D-SD)[831]
Elizabeth Moynihan, widow of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan,[832]
Christine Pelosi, a member of DNC (superdelegate) and the daughter of the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)[94]
Nathan Portalski, nephew of John McCain's wife, Cindy Hensley McCain[823]
Alma Rangel, wife of Rep. Charles B. Rangel[556]
Katherine Schwarzenegger, daughter of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger[833]
Maria Shriver, journalist, niece of John F. Kennedy, First Lady of California and wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger[834][835]
Rabbi Ethan Tucker, stepson of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT)[836]
[edit] Other individuals
Andy Bloch, poker player and former member of the MIT Blackjack Team[837][838]
David E. Bonior, John Edwards' campaign manager[839]
Virginia Boulet, New Orleans, Louisiana politician[534]
James Wilkie Broderick, the son of actress Sarah Jessica Parker and actor Matthew Broderick[840]
Doyle Brunson, poker player[841]
Kirbyjon Caldwell, President George W. Bush's spiritual advisor [842]
Antar Dayal, artist[843]
Jenny Durkan, chair of John Edwards' 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns in Washington state[844]
Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers[845]
Carl Horton, Jr., Connecticut politician (D-CT)[846]
Casey Knowles, actress who appeared on Clinton's 3 a.m. ad[847]
Harry Knowles, founder of Ain't It Cool News[848]
John Laesch, Illinois politician (D-IL)[849]
Tom Lehrer, political satirist[850]
Seth MacFarlane, Creator of Family Guy[851]
Jay Paterno, Penn State assistant coach, son of Penn State head coach Joe Paterno [852]
Helen Ting, wife of law professor Jan C. Ting[853]
Ed Turlington, John Edwards' advisor[294]
Elaine Wynn, wife of Steve Wynn and education activist[527]
[edit] Foreign political leaders
Wouter Bos, Minister of Finance and deputy prime minister of The Netherlands[854]
Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris, France and member of the French committee for Obama[855][856]
Patrick Devedjian, leader of the French political party Union for a Popular Movement[855]
Laurent Fabius, former Prime Minister of France[857]
George Galloway, British politician (Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow)[858]
Michael Ignatieff, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada[859]
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London[860]
Toshio Murakami, Mayor of Obama, Japan[861]
Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua[862]
Axel Poniatowski, president of the foreign affairs commission at the National Assembly[856]
Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden[863]
Ségolène Royal, former French Socialist presidential candidate[855][864]
Walter Veltroni, leader of the Italian opposition Democratic Party and former mayor of Rome[865]
[edit] Primary campaign endorsements
See also: Congressional endorsements for the 2008 United States presidential election
[edit] U.S. Presidents & Vice Presidents
Fmr. President Jimmy Carter[1]
Fmr. President Bill Clinton[2][3]
Fmr. Vice President Al Gore[4][5]
Fmr. Vice President Walter Mondale[6]
[edit] U.S. Senators
Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee[7]
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Finance Committee
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE), 2008 Democratic Vice Presidential presumptive nominee and former 2008 presidential candidate
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources[8]
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), President pro tempore of the United States Senate, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations[9][10]
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA) [11]
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), former 2008 presidential candidate[12]
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Chairman of the Budget Committe[13]
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), former 2008 Presidential candidate and Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs[14]
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee, and the Committee on Indian Affairs[15]
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Majority Whip[16]
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI)[17]
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
Sen. Tim Johnson, Chairman of the Ethics Committee (D-SD) [18]
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions[19][20]
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), 2004 Democratic Presidential Nominee, Chairman of the Small Business Committee[21]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)[22]
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee [23]
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) [24]
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) [25]
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), U.S. Senate Majority Leader for the 110th Congress
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman of the Intelligence Committee [26]
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO)
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Fmr. Sen. David Boren (D-OK)[27]
Fmr. Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) [28]
Fmr. Sen. Jean Carnahan (D-MO)[29]
Fmr. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (I-RI), (R-RI while in office)[30][31]
Fmr. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) [32]
Fmr. Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), former 2008 presidential candidate and 2004 Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee[33]
Fmr. Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL)[34]
Fmr. Sen. Gary Hart (D-CO)[35]
Fmr. Shadow Sen. Jesse Jackson (D-DC)[36][37]
Fmr. Sen. George McGovern (D-SD), 1972 Democratic Presidential Nominee[38]
Fmr. Sen. John Melcher (D-MT)[39]
Fmr. Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA)[27]
Fmr. Sen. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (I-CT), (R-CT, while in office)[40]
Fmr. Sen. Harris Wofford (D-PA)[41]
[edit] U.S. Representatives
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)[42]
Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)[44]
Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA)[45]
Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ)[46]
Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA)[47]
Rep. John Barrow (D-GA)[48]
Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA)[49]
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)[50]
Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL)[51]
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)[52]
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)[53]
Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)[54]
Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)[55]
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) [56]
Rep. Timothy Bishop (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) [57]
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)[58]
Rep. Bob Brady (D-PA)[59]
Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA)[60]
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) [61]
Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)[62]
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)[63][64]
Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA)[65]
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)[66][broken footnote]
Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO)[51]
Rep. André Carson (D-IN)[67]
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL)[68]
Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY)[69]
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)[43]
Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D-MO)[70]
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Majority Whip[71]
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)[72]
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)[70]
Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)[51]
Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA)[66]
Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL)[51]
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)[73]
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)[74]
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)[70][75]
Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL)[70]
Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL)[70][76]
Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)[77]
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)[78]
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)[79]
Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) [80]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)[81]
Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) [82]
Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)[83]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)[84]
Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN)[85]
Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)[86]
Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)[87]
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)[88]
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)[70][89][75]
Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)[90]
Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)[91]
Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)[92]
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)[93]
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)[94]
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)[70][95]
Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA)[94]
Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) [96]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ)[94]
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)[97]
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)[70]
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)[98]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)[51]
Rep. John Hall (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)[51]
Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) [61]
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)[99]
Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN)[100]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)[74]
Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)[101][102]
Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH)[103]
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)[94]
Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR)[104]
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Majority Leader[105]
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) [82]
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)[106]
Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)[107]
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)[108]
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)[70]
Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI)[109]
Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI)[110]
Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI)[83]
Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI)[111]
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)[112]
Rep. Ron Klein (D-FL)[94]
Rep. James Langevin (D-RI)[113]
Rep. John Larson (D-CT)[114]
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)[115]
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)[70]
Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI)[83]
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)[116]
Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL)[117]
Rep. David Loebsack (D-IA)[118]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)[119]
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)[120]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)[121]
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)[122]
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA)[94]
Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)[123]
Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) [61]
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)[124]
Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC)[125]
Rep. George Miller (D-CA)[126]
Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-AZ)[127]
Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV)[128]
Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS)[129]
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)[70]
Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA)[130]
Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT)[114]
Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA)[51]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA)[131]
Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA)[132]
Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)[57]
Rep. David Obey (D-WI)[133]
Rep. John Olver (D-MA)[134]
Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)[74]
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)[135]
Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-NJ)[78]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)[136]
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)[137]
Rep. David Price (D-NC)[138]
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)[139]
Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)[140]
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), House Ways and Means Committee chairman[43]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)[141]
Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)[55]
Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ)[51]
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)[142]
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)[70]
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)[143]
Rep. John Salazar (D-CO)[144]
Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA)[145]
Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD)[94]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)[146]
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)[147]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)[148]
Rep. David Scott (D-GA)[149]
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)[150]
Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) [151]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)[152]
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)[153][75]
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)[55]
Rep. Zack Space (D-OH)[154]
Rep. John Spratt (D-SC)[155]
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA)[156]
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)[94]
Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH)[157]
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)[158]
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)[159]
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Nikki Tsongas (D-MA)[160]
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)[161]
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO)[144]
Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM)[162]
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)[163]
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN)[164]
Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN)[165]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) [61]
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)[166]
Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC)[138]
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)[54]
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)[43]
Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT)[167]
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)[51]
Rep. Charlie Wilson (D-OH)[168]
Rep. David Wu (D-OR)[169]
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)[170]
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) (non-voting Delegate)[171]
Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS) (non-voting Delegate)[172]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU) (non-voting Delegate)[173]
Fmr. Rep. John B. Anderson (I-IL), (R-IL while in office) [174]
Fmr. Rep. Berkley Bedell (D-IA)[175]
Fmr. Rep. David Bonior (D-MI)[176]
Fmr. Rep. Don Bonker (D-WA)[citation needed]
Fmr. Rep. Brad Carson (D-OK), Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense[177]
Fmr. Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA)[178]
Fmr. Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN), Vice Chairman of the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group[179][180]
Fmr. Rep. Ken Hechler (D-WV), former West Virginia Secretary of State[181]
Fmr. Rep. Andrew Jacobs (D-IN)[182]
Fmr. Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)[183]
Fmr. Rep. Mel Levine (D-CA)[147]
Fmr. Rep. Ken Lucas (D-KY)[184]
Fmr. Rep. Romano L. Mazzoli (D-KY)[185]
Fmr. Rep. Pete McCloskey (D-CA) (R-CA while in office) [186]
Fmr. Rep. Abner J. Mikva (D-IL), former White House Counsel under President Clinton; Chief Judge, DC Court of Appeals[187]
Fmr. Rep. Major Owens (D-NY)[188]
Fmr. Rep. Tim Roemer (D-IN), Member of the 9/11 Commission[189]
Fmr. Rep. Mike Ward (D-KY)[184]
Fmr. Rep. Howard Wolpe (D-MI)[187]
Fmr. Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)[190]
[edit] Governors
Gov. Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (D-PR) [191][192]
Gov. John Baldacci (D-ME)
Gov. Steve Beshear (D-KY)
Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) [193]
Gov. Chet Culver (D-IA) [194][195]
Gov. Jim Doyle (D-WI) [196]
Gov. Mike Easley (D-NC)
Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D-WY) [197]
Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-MI)
Gov. Christine Gregoire (D-WA) [198]
Gov. Brad Henry (D-OK) [199][200]
Gov. John de Jongh (D-VI) [201]
Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA) [202]
Gov. Joe Manchin (D-WV)
Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) [203]
Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) [204]
Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM) [205]
Gov. Bill Ritter (D-CO)[94]
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS) [206]
Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT)
Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH)
Fmr. Gov. Cecil Andrus (D-ID) [207]
Fmr. Gov. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Fmr. Gov. David Boren (D-OK)[27]
Fmr. Gov. Hugh L. Carey (D-NY) [208]
Fmr. Gov. Richard Codey (D-NJ) [209]
Fmr. Gov. John J. Gilligan (D-OH) [210]
Fmr. Gov. Bob Graham (D-FL)[34]
Fmr. Gov. Walter Joseph Hickel (I-AK) [211]
Fmr. Gov. Jim Hodges (D-SC) [212]
Fmr. Gov. Philip H. Hoff (D-VT) [213]
Fmr. Gov. John Kitzhaber (D-OR) [214]
Fmr. Gov. Tony Knowles (D-AK) [215]
Fmr. Gov. Ray Mabus (D-MS), former United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia[216]
Fmr. Gov. Barbara Roberts (D-OR) [214]
Fmr. Gov. Roy Romer (D-CO)[217]
Fmr. Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (I-CT), (R-CT while in office) [40]
Fmr. Gov. Mark White (D-TX) [218]
Fmr. Gov. Tom Vilsack (D-IA), Former 2008 candidate
Fmr. Gov. Douglas Wilder (D-VA) [219]
[edit] Presidential staff and advisors
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor [220]
Greg Craig, former Assistant to the President and Director of Policy Planning, State Department[187]
William M. Daley, former Secretary of Commerce [221]
Bob Gee, former United States Assistant Secretary of Energy under Bill Clinton [222]
Eric Holder, former Deputy Attorney General [187]
Douglas Kmiec, legal counsel to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and co-chairman of Romney's Committee for the Courts and the Constitution[223][224][225][226]
Noel Koch, former Special Assistant to President Nixon; former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs[187]
Lawrence Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense[187]
Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor under Bill Clinton[187]
Robert Litt, former Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General; US Attorney[187]
Jan Lodal, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense[187]
Angela E. Oh, former member, of the President's Initiative on Race[227]
Federico Peña, former Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Energy under Bill Clinton [228]
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton[229][230]
Susan E. Rice, former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs [221]
David Scheffer, former Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues [187]
Sarah Sewell, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense[187]
Gayle Smith, former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council[187]
Ted Sorensen, President John F. Kennedy's top advisor and speechwriter [231]
Tara Sonenshine, former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council[187]
David Wilhelm, President Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign chairman[232]
[edit] Military
John Adams, Brigadier General US Army (Ret), Former Deputy US Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee [233]
Clifford Alexander, Jr., former Secretary of the Army[187]
Susan Ahn Cuddy, first female gunner officer in the U.S. Navy and daughter of Korean Independence fighter Ahn Chang-ho[234]
Wesley Clark, former General, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, 2004 presidential candidate[55]
Tom Daniels, Texas Air National Guard[187]
Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy[187]
Larry Gillespie, Brigadier General (Ret), Assistant Deputy Commanding General, (ARNG) Army Material Command[235]
Scott Gration Major General (USAF-Ret), former Director of Strategy, Policy, and Assessments of the United States European Command in Germany[235]
Donald Joseph Guter, former Judge Advocate General of the Navy, current Dean, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh[187][235]
Richard D. Hearney, former Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps[187]
John Hutson, former Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy[236]
Jeh Johnson, former General Counsel of the U.S. Air Force[187]
Lester Lyles, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force[187]
David 'Dave' McGinnis, Brigadier General (Ret), former Chief of Staff of the National Guard Association of the U.S.[235]
Merrill A. McPeak, four star General (Ret), former Secretary of the United States Air Force during Operation Desert Storm, [235][237][238]
John B. Nathman (Ret), former Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Vice Chief of Naval Operations[187][235]
F. Whitten Peters, former Secretary of the Air Force[187]
Hugh Robinson, Major General (Ret), Commander of the Southwestern Division[235]
James Smith, Brigadier General (USAF-Ret), former Commander, Joint Warfighting Center, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Joint Training Analysis and Simulation Center[187][235]
Robert 'Willie' Williamson Rear Admiral (USN-Ret), served as military Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition and Director, Office of Program Appraisal.
Ralph Wooten Major General (Ret), former Commanding General of the Army’s Chemical Arsenal, currently the Executive Vice President of Management Systems, Inc.[235]
[edit] National political figures
Joe Andrew, former Democratic National Committee Chairman 1999-2001[239]
Jeffrey Bader, former U.S. Ambassador to Namibia and Fmr. Assistant US Trade Representative for Asia[187]
Henri Barkey, former member of U.S. Department of State Policy Planning and Professor of Lehigh University[187]
David Birenbaum, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. for Management and Reform[187]
Esther Brimmer, former member of U.S. Department of State Policy Planning[187]
Art Brown, former National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and Chief of CIA's East Asian Operations Division[187]
Mark Brzezinski, former Director of European Affairs of National Security Council[187]
James Burns, former Chief Judge of the state Intermediate Court of Appeals[240]
Joseph Cirincione, Vice President for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress[187]
Bonnie Cohen, former Undersecretary of State for Management[187]
Ivo H. Daalder, former Director, European Affairs, National Security Council[187]
Alice Dear, former U.S. Executive Director of African Development Bank[187]
William H. Donaldson, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by George W. Bush[241]
Michael Froman, Chief of Staff and Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Treasury and National Security Council Staff Member[187]
Tony Gambino, former Mission Director, USAID, Democratic Republic of the Congo[187]
Tobi Gati, former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research; Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs, National Security Council[187]
Robert S. Gelbard, former Presidential Envoy for the Balkans; Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement; Ambassador to Indonesia; and Ambassador to Bolivia[187]
John J. Gibbons, former federal appeals court judge[242]
Matthew Goodman, former Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council[187]
Philip Gordon, former Director, European Affairs, National Security Council[187]
Scott Gould, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Management[187]
Scott Gration, former Director for Strategy, Policy and Planning, U.S. European Command[187]
Gabriel Guerra-Mondragón, former United States Ambassador to Chile[243]
John Holum, former Director of ACDA and Undersecretary State for Arms Control and International Security[187]
Vicki Huddleston, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Mali and Madagascar, Chief of Mission to Cuba and Ethiopia[187]
Paul Igasaki, fmr. Vice Chair and Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission[227]
Paul G. Kirk, Jr., former Democratic National Committee Chairman 1985-1988[244]
Arthur Levitt, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by Bill Clinton[241]
David Lipton, former Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs[187]
Frank Loy, former Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs[187]
Donald McHenry, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations[187]
Norman Mineta, former U.S. Rep. (D-CA), mayor of San Jose, United States Secretary of Transportation and United States Secretary of Commerce[178]
Newton N. Minow, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission[245]
Alfred H. Moses, former United States Ambassador to Romania[187]
Nick Rey, former United States Ambassador to Poland[187]
David Ruder, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by Ronald Reagan[241]
Witney Schneidman, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs[187]
Dan Shapiro, former Director, National Security Council[187]
Mona Sutphen, former Special Assistant to the National Security Advisor[187]
Jim Vermillion, former Mission Director, USAID, Nicaragua[187]
Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve[246][241]
Patricia Wald, former Chief Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit[247]
[edit] Mayors
Ahoskie, North Carolina Mayor Linda Blackburn (D-NC)[248]
Anderson, South Carolina Mayor Terence Roberts (D-SC)[249]
Asheville, North Carolina Mayor Terry Bellamy (D-NC)[250]
Atlanta, Georgia Mayor Shirley Franklin (D-GA) [251]
Angola, Indiana Mayor Dick Hickman (D-IN)[252]
Austin, Texas Mayor Will Wynn (D-TX)[253]
Baltimore, Maryland Mayor Sheila Dixon (D-MD)[254]
Batesville, Indiana Mayor Richard Fledderman (D-IN)[252]
Beckley, West Virginia Mayor Emmett Pugh (D-WV)[255]
Bloomington, Indiana Mayor Mark Kruzan (D-IN)[252]
Bluffton, Indiana Mayor Ted Ellis (D-IN)[252]
Boise, Idaho Mayor David H. Bieter (D-ID)[256]
Bolton, North Carolina Mayor Frank Wilson (D-NC)[248]
Boone, North Carolina Mayor Loretta Clawson (D-NC)[250]
Brownsville, Texas Mayor Pat Ahumada (D-TX)[257]
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Mayor Lou Thieblemont (D-PA), (formerly R-PA)[258]
Carrboro, North Carolina Mayor Mark H. Chilton (D-NC)[250]
Cary, North Carolina Mayor Harold Weinbrecht (D-NC)[250]
Chapel Hill, North Carolina Mayor Kevin Foy (D-NC)[250]
Chicago, Illinois Mayor Richard M. Daley (D-IL)[259]
Cincinnati, Ohio Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D-OH)[260]
Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D-OH)[261]
Clinton, Indiana Mayor Jerry Hawkins (D-IN)[252]
Columbia City, Indiana Mayor Jim Fleck (D-IN)[252]
Columbus, Ohio Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D-OH)[262]
Conetoe, North Carolina Mayor Linda Ingram (D-NC)[248]
Creedmoor, North Carolina Mayor Darryl Moss (D-NC)[248]
Cumberland, Rhode Island Mayor Daniel McKee (D-RI)[263]
Dayton, Ohio Mayor Rhine McLin (D-OH)[264]
Des Moines, Iowa Mayor Frank Cownie (D-IA)[265]
Detroit, Michigan Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D-MI)[111]
Dover, North Carolina Mayor Malcolm Johnson (D-NC)[248]
Dunn, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem N. Carnell Robinson (D-NC)[248]
Durham, North Carolina Mayor Bill Bell (D-NC)[266]
Durham, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Cora McFadden (D-NC)[248]
East Arcadia, North Carolina Mayor Perry Blanks (D-NC)[248]
Edinburg, Texas Mayor Joe Ochoa (D-TX)[257]
Edison, New Jersey Mayor Jun Choi (D-NJ)[267]
Enfield, North Carolina Mayor Warnie Bishop (D-NC)[248]
Evansville, Indiana Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel (D-IN)[268]
Garrett, Indiana Mayor David Wiant (D-IN)[252]
Garysburg, North Carolina Mayor Roy Bell (D-NC)[248]
Goshen, Indiana Mayor Allan Kauffman (D-IN)[252]
Greendale, Indiana Mayor Doug Hedrick (D-IN)[252]
Greensboro, North Carolina Mayor Yvonne Johnson (D-NC)[269]
Greenville, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Mildred Council (D-NC)[248]
Hertford, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Horace Reid (D-NC)[248]
Honolulu, Hawaii Mayor Mufi Hannemann (D-HI)[270]
Jersey City, New Jersey Mayor Jerramiah Healy (D-NJ)[267]
Lincoln, Nebraska Mayor Chris Beutler (D-NE)[271]
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Mayor Rick Gray (D-PA)[272]
Las Cruces, New Mexico Mayor Ken Miyagishima[273]
Laurinburg, North Carolina Mayor Matthew Block (D-NC)[248]
Lewiston Woodville, North Carolina Mayor Carl Lee Sr. (D-NC)[248]
Long Beach, California Mayor Bob Foster (D-CA)[274]
Madisonville, Kentucky Mayor Will Cox (D-KY)[184]
Mansfield, Ohio Mayor Donald Culliver (D-OH)[275]
Michigan City, Indiana Mayor Chuck Oberlie (D-IN)[252]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mayor Tom Barrett (D-WI)[276]
Minneapolis, Minnesota Mayor RT Rybak (D-MN)[277]
Missoula, Montana Mayor John Engen (D-MT)[278]
Monroe, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Phil Bazemore (D-NC)[248]
Navassa, North Carolina Mayor Eulis Willis (D-NC)[248]
Navassa, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Merrick (D-NC)[248]
New Haven, Connecticut Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. (D-CT)[279][280]
New Orleans, Louisiana Mayor Ray Nagin (D-LA)[281]
Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (D-NJ)[282]
Northwest, North Carolina Mayor James Knox (D-NC)[248]
North Vernon, Indiana Mayor Harold Campbell (D-IN)[252]
Omaha, Nebraska Mayor Mike Fahey (D-NE)[283]
Pittsboro, North Carolina Mayor Randolph Voller (D-NC)[248]
Raleigh, North Carolina Mayor Charles Meeker (D-NC)[250]
Reading, Pennsylvania Mayor Tom McMahon (D-PA)[284]
Roper, North Carolina Mayor Estelle Sanders (D-NC)[248]
Sandyfield, North Carolina Mayor Perry Dixon (D-NC)[248]
Scotland Neck, North Carolina Mayor James Mill Sr. (D-NC)[248]
Seaboard, North Carolina Mayor Melvin Broadnax (D-NC)[248]
Seattle, Washington Mayor Greg Nickels (D-WA)[285]
Sedalia, North Carolina Mayor Howard Morgan (D-NC)[248]
South Bend, Indiana Mayor Steve Luecke (D-IN)[286]
Southfield, Michigan Mayor Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI)[287]
Speed, North Carolina Mayor Wilbert Harrison (D-NC)[248]
Spring Lake, North Carolina Mayor Ethel Clark (D-NC)[248]
Snow Hill, North Carolina Mayor Donald Davis (D-NC)[248]
Sullivan, Indiana Mayor Scott Biddle (D-IN)[252]
Tampa, Florida Mayor Pam Iorio (D-FL)[288]
Wagram, North Carolina Mayor Betty Gholston (D-NC)[248]
Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty (D-DC)[289]
Weldon, North Carolina Mayor George Draper Jr. (D-NC)[248]
West Hollywood, California Mayor John Duran (D-CA)[147]
Windsor, North Carolina Mayor Robert Spivey (D-NC)[248]
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem Vivian Burke (D-NC)[248]
York, Pennsylvania Mayor John S. Brenner (D-PA)[272]
Youngstown, Ohio Mayor Jay Williams (D-OH)[290]
Fmr. Asheville, North Carolina Mayor Leni Sinick (D-NC)[248]
Fmr. Austin, Texas Mayor Kirk Watson (D-TX)[291]
Fmr. Bloomington, Indiana Mayor John Fernandez (D-IN)[252]
Fmr. Bowling Green, Kentucky Mayor Patsy Sloan (D-KY)[184]
Fmr. Brownsville, Texas Mayor Ygnacio "Nacho" Garza (D-TX)[257]
Fmr. Brownsville, Texas Mayor Blanca Sanchez Vela (D-TX)[257]
Fmr. Brownsville, Texas Mayor Eddie Treviño Jr. (D-TX)[257]
Fmr. Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Michael R. White (D-OH)[292]
Fmr. Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Harvey Gantt (D-NC)[293]
Fmr. Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Richard Gusler (D-NC)[294]
Fmr. Dallas, Texas Mayor Ron Kirk (D-TX)[295][108]
Fmr. Denver, Colorado Mayor and Secretary of Energy Federico Peña (D-CO)[228]
Fmr. Fort Wayne, Indiana Mayor Graham Richard (D-IN)[252]
Fmr. Goshen, Indiana Mayor Mike Puro (D-IN)[252]
Fmr. Greensboro, North Carolina Mayor Keith Holiday (D-NC)[248]
Fmr. Harlingen, Texas Mayor Randy Whittington (D-TX)[296]
Fmr. Lexington, Kentucky Mayor Pam Miller (D-KY)[184]
Fmr. Navassa, North Carolina Mayor Lewis Brown (D-NC)[248]
Fmr. New York City Mayor Ed Koch (D-NY)[297]
Fmr. Raleigh, North Carolina Mayor Pro Tem James West (D-NC)[248]
Fmr. Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry (D-DC)[298]
Fmr. West Lafayette, Indiana Mayor Sonya Margerum (D-IN)[252]
[edit] State, local and territory officials
See: List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements from state, local and territory officials
[edit] Newspaper primary endorsements
See also: Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential primaries, 2008
Albuquerque Journal newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico[299]
Albuquerque Tribune newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico[300]
Ames Iowa State Daily newspaper in Ames, Iowa[301] [302]
The Arizona Republic newspaper in Phoenix, Arizona[303]
The Aspen Times newspaper in Aspen, Colorado[304]
AsianWeek newspaper[305]
Atlanta Daily World newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia[306]
Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia[307]
Austin American Statesman newspaper in Austin, Texas[308]
The Baltimore Sun newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland [309]
Belleville News-Democrat newspaper in Belleville, Illinois[310]
The Bergen County Record newspaper in Hackensack, New Jersey[311]
The Birmingham News newspaper in Birmingham, Alabama[312]
Black Voice News newspaper[313]
The Boston Bay State Banner newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts[314]
Boston Globe newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts[315]
The Boston Phoenix newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts[316]
Bucks County Courier Times newspaper in Bucks County, Pennsylvania[317]
Central Florida Future student newspaper of the University of Central Florida[318]
The Charleston Gazette newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia[319]
The Charlotte Observer newspaper in Charlotte, North Carolina[320]
Chicago Defender newspaper in Chicago, Illinois[321]
Chicago Sun Times newspaper in Chicago, Illinois[322]
Chicago Tribune newspaper in Chicago, Illinois[323][324]
Chico News & Review newspaper in Chico, California[325]
Cincinnati CityBeat newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio[326]
The Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio[327]
The Clarion-Ledger newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi[328]
Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio [329]
Colorado Springs Independent newspaper in Colorado Springs, Colorado[330]
The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, Washington[331]
Connecticut Post newspaper in Bridgeport, Connecticut[332]
Contra Costa Times newspaper in Walnut Creek, California[333]
Corpus Christi Caller-Times newspaper in Corpus Christi, Texas[334]
The Courier-Journal newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky[335]
The Daily Californian student newspaper of University of California, Berkeley[336]
The Daily Gamecock student newspaper of the University of South Carolina[337]
Daily Herald newspaper in Arlington Heights, Illinois[338]
The Daily Iowan student newspaper in Iowa City, Iowa and the University of Iowa[339]
The Daily News Tribune newspaper in Waltham, Massachusetts[340]
The Daily Star newspaper in Oneonta, New York[341]
Dallas Morning News newspaper in Dallas, Texas[342][343][344]
The Day newspaper in New London, Connecticut[345]
The Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs, California[346]
The Economist newsmagazine in London, England[347]
El Latino, Spanish-language newspaper in Des Moines, Iowa[348][349]
El Paso Times newspaper in El Paso, Texas[350]
Elko Daily Free Press newspaper in Elko, Nevada[351]
The Eugene Register-Guard newspaper in Eugene, Oregon[352]
Financial Times newspaper in London, England[353]
Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper in Fort Worth, Texas[354]
The Free Lance-Star newspaper in Fredericksburg, Virginia[355]
Fresno Bee newspaper in Fresno, California[356]
The Gainesville Sun newspaper in Gainesville, Florida[357]
Marin Independent Journal newspaper in Marin County, California[358]
Gay City News LGBT newspaper in New York City[359]
The Greenville News newspaper in Greenville, South Carolina[360]
Harvard Crimson, daily student newspaper of Harvard University[361]
Hobbs News-Sun newspaper in Hobbs, New Mexico[299]
The Honolulu Advertiser newspaper in Honolulu, Hawaii[362]
Houston Chronicle newspaper in Houston, Texas[363]
Hoy Spanish-language newspaper in Chicago, Illinois[364]
The Independent Florida Alligator student newspaper of the University of Florida[318]
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin newspaper in Pomona Valley[365]
Iowa City Daily Iowan newspaper in Iowa City, Iowa[302]
Iowa City Press-Citizen newspaper in Iowa City, Iowa[302]
The Irish Financial Times newspaper in Dublin City, Ireland[366]
Iowa State Daily student newspaper of Iowa State University[367]
Jackson Free Press newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi[368]
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix newspaper in Phoenix, Arizona[369]
Joplin Globe newspaper in Joplin, Missouri[370]
Juneau Empire newspaper in Juneau, Alaska[371]
Knoxville News Sentinel newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee[372]
The Lantern student newspaper of Ohio State University[373]
Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper in Las Vegas, Nevada[374]
Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper in Lexington, Kentucky[375]
The Littleton Courier newspaper in Littleton, Maine[376]
Little India magazine[377]
Logan Herald-Observer newspaper in Logan, Iowa[302]
Los Alamos Monitor newspaper in Los Alamos County, New Mexico[378]
Los Angeles Daily News newspaper in Los Angeles, California[379]
Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper in Los Angeles, California[380]
Los Angeles Times newspaper in Los Angeles, California[381]
Los Angeles Wave newspaper in Los Angeles, California[382]
Memphis Tri-State Defender newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee[383]
Merced Sun-Star newspaper in Merced, California[384]
Michigan Daily student newspaper of the University of Michigan[385]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[386]
Minnesota Daily newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota[387]
The Modesto Bee newspaper in Modesto, California [388]
The Morning Call newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania[389]
Mundo Latino, Spanish language newspaper in Sioux City, Iowa[390]
The Nashua Telegraph newspaper in Nashua, New Hampshire[391]
Native American Times newspaper[392]
New Haven Register newspaper in New Haven, Connecticut [393]
The New York Observer newspaper in New York City[394]
New York Post newspaper in New York, New York[395]
North Bay Bohemian newspaper in North Bay, California[396]
North Coast Journal newspaper in Humboldt County, California[397]
Norwich Bulletin newspaper in Norwich, Connecticut[398]
The Oakland Tribune newspaper in Oakland, California[399]
La Opinión Spanish language newspaper in Los Angeles, California[400]
The Orange County Register newspaper in Santa Ana, California[401]
The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon[402]
Ottumwa Courier newspaper in Ottumwa, Iowa[403]
Pacific Sun newspaper in Marin County, California[404]
The Palm Beach Post newspaper in Palm Beach County, Florida[405]
Paradise Post newspaper in Paradise, California[406]
Pasadena Star-News newspaper in Pasadena, California[407]
The Patriot-News newspaper in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania[408]
Pensacola News Journal newspaper in Pensacola, Florida[409]
Peoria Journal Star newspaper in Peoria, Illinois[410]
Philadelphia City Paper, newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[411]
Philadelphia Daily News, newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[412]
The Philadelphia Inquirer, newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[413]
Philadelphia Tribune, newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[414]
Philadelphia Weekly, newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[415]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[416]
The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio[417]
Portland Press Herald newspaper in Portland, Maine[418]
Portland Tribune newspaper in Portland, Oregon[419]
The Portsmouth Herald newspaper in Portsmouth, New Hampshire[420]
Post-Tribune newspaper in Gary, Indiana[421]
The Press Democrat newspaper in Santa Rosa, California[422]
The Press-Enterprise newspaper in Inland Empire, California[423]
The Record newspaper in Stockton, California[424]
Reno Gazette-Journal newspaper in Reno, Nevada[425]
Rochester City Newspaper newspaper in Rochester, New York[426]
The Rock Hill Herald newspaper in Rock Hill, South Carolina[427]
The Rockford Register Star newspaper in Rockford, Illinois[428]
Rolling Stone magazine[429]
Sacramento Bee newspaper in Sacramento, California[430]
Sacramento News & Review newspaper in Sacramento, California[431]
San Antonio Express-News newspaper in San Antonio, Texas[432]
San Diego CityBeat newspaper in San Diego, California[433]
San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper in San Francisco, California[434]
San Francisco Bay View newspaper in San Francisco, California[435]
San Francisco Chronicle newspaper in San Francisco, California[436]
San Francisco Sentinel newspaper in San Francisco, California[437]
San Jose Mercury News newspaper in San Jose, California[438]
Santa Barbara Independent newspaper in Santa Barbara, California[439]
Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper in Santa Cruz, California[440]
Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper in Santa Fe, New Mexico[441]
Santa Fe Reporter newspaper in Santa Fe, New Mexico[442]
SC Black News newspaper in South Carolina[443]
The Scranton Times-Tribune newspaper in Scranton, Pennsylvania[444]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper in Seattle, Washington[445]
The Seattle Times newspaper in Seattle, Washington[446]
Selma Times-Journal newspaper in Selma, Alabama[447]
Sioux City Journal newspaper in Sioux City, Iowa[448]
South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Fort Lauderdale, Florida[449]
Southern Voice LGBT newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia[450]
The Springfield Republican newspaper in Springfield, Massachusetts[451]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri[452]
St. Petersburg Times newspaper in St. Petersburg, Florida[453]
The Star-Ledger newspaper in Newark, New Jersey [454]
The Star Press newspaper in Muncie, Indiana[455]
The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina[456]
The Stranger newspaper in Seattle, Washington[457]
The Tampa Tribune newspaper in Tampa Bay, Florida[458]
TimesDaily newspaper in Florence, Alabama[459]
Times-Standard newspaper in Eureka, California[460]
The Toledo Blade newspaper in Toledo, Ohio[461]
The Trenton Times newspaper in Trenton, New Jersey[462]
Tuscaloosa News newspaper in Tuscaloosa, Alabama[463]
Valley News newspaper in Lebanon, New Hampshire[464]
The Wilmington Journall[465]
Woodbine Twiner newspaper in Woodbine, Iowa[466]
Yale Daily News daily student newspaper of Yale University [467]
[edit] Writers
Rekha Basu, columnist for Des Moines Register[468]
Michael Chabon[469]
Diablo Cody, Academy Award-winning screenwriter for Juno[470]
Dave Eggers[469]
Barbara Ehrenreich[471]
Daniel Handler, better known under the pen name Lemony Snicket[469]
Jeffrey Hart, conservative columnist, former long-time editor at National Review[472]
Bob Herbert, columnist for The New York Times[473]
John Hodgman, author of "The Areas of My Expertise" as well as an upcoming book along the same vein, though perhaps best known for his contribution to The Daily Show and role as a an anthropomorphised PC in the Get A Mac advertising campaign for Apple Inc.[474]
Khaled Hosseini, Novelist and physician[475]
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston[476]
Margo Jefferson, Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times writer[477]
Miranda July, Author of "No One Belongs Here More Than You" and director of "Me And You And Everyone We Know" [478]
Brian Katulis, Author and Middle East expert[187]
Garrison Keillor, Grammy Award-winning author and radio personality [479]
Stephen King[480]
John McWhorter, Author of "Losing the Race" [481]
Maxine Hong Kingston[476]
David Mixner, writer and civil rights activist[482]
Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient[483][484]
Randall Munroe, author of xkcd[485]
Ann Patchett[486]
Katha Pollitt[477][487]
Philip Roth[488]
J. K. Rowling, Author of the Harry Potter series[489][490]
Eva Schloss, Author and Holocaust survivor, stepsister of Anne Frank[491]
Andrew Sullivan, political commentator[492]
Ayelet Waldman[469]
Alice Walker[493][494]
Roger Wilkins, civil rights leader and journalist[495]
Tobias Wolff[469]
Sherman Yellen, playwright[496]
[edit] Academics
Ellen P. Chapnick, Dean for Social Justice Initiatives at Columbia Law School [477]
J. Bradford DeLong, Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley [497]
Michael Eric Dyson, Professor at Georgetown University [498]
John Hope Franklin, Past president of the American Historical Association, Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, chairman of President Bill Clinton's Initiative on Race in 1999, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995.[499]
David D. Friedman, professor of law at Santa Clara University and the son of economists Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman[500]
Alice Kessler-Harris, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University [477]
William R. Harvey, President, Hampton University [501]
Scott Kurashige, associate professor of American Culture, History, and Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies at the University of Michigan[502]
Lawrence Lessig, Professor at Stanford Law School [503]
Grande Lum, Lecturer on negotiation at University of California, Berkeley Law School [504]
Manning Marable, Professor of Public Affairs, History and African-American Studies at Columbia University [505]
Michael McFaul, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University [187]
Michael Nacht, Dean of Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley [187]
Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Geosciences, Princeton University [187]
Frances Fox Piven, Professor of political science and sociology at The Graduate Center at the City University of New York [477]
Samantha Power, Professor at Harvard University and Pulitzer Prize-winner [187]
Anita Ramasastry, Professor of law at the University of Washington School of Law[227]
Riordan Roett, Professor of Western Hemisphere Studies and the Latin American Studies Program of Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University [187]
Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow of Center on International Cooperation at the New York University [187]
Laurence Tribe, Professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School [506]
David Victor, Professor at Stanford Law School [187]
Celeste Wallender, Professor at Georgetown University [187]
Barbara Weinstein, President of the American Historical Association [477]
Joseph B. White, President, University of Illinois [507]
Cornel West, Professor of Religion at Princeton University [508]
[edit] Businesspeople
American Apparel, T-shirt manufacturer [509][510]
Marc Andreessen, software engineer, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and co-founder of Netscape[511]
Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of blog TechCrunch[512]
Warren Buffett, investor and richest man in the world[513][514]
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry's[515][516]
Ari Emanuel, talent agent[517]
David Geffen, media executive, producer and philanthropist[482]
Nicholas A. B. Gray, owner of Gray's Papaya hot dog restaurant in New York City[518]
Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm[519][520]
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook[521][522]
Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television[523]
Billy King, former general manager and team president of NBA team Philadelphia 76ers[524]
Ned Lamont, founder of Lamont Digital Systems and former Senate candidate[525]
Edward Lewis, Chairman of Essence magazine and Latina magazine[526]
Brink Lindsey, Vice President of Research for the Cato Institute and editor of Cato Unbound[500]
William Louis-Dreyfus, billionaire New York financier[243]
Rose McKinney-James, businesswoman and consultant[527]
Ken Mok, President of 10 x 10 Entertainment[227]
Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch and Chairman and CEO of Shine Limited[528]
Dan Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL[529]
Hilary Rosen, on-air political and business analyst[530]
Alan Solomont, Massachusetts philanthropist and fund-raiser[531]
George Soros, businessman and philanthropist[532]
Billy Vassiliadis, CEO of R&R Partners[527] [533]
David Voelker, owner and manager of Voelker Investments[534]
Craig Newmark, founder of website Craigslist[535]
[edit] Labor unions
American Federation of Government Employees[536]
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations[537]
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (national[538][539], Illinois[540], Oregon[541], and Pennsylvania[542])
American Postal Workers Union[543]
The American Small Business League[544]
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers[545]
Change to Win Federation[546]
Culinary Workers Union Local 226[547]
Illinois Education Association[548]
Milwaukee Area Technical College faculty union[549]
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers[550]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters[551]
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers[552]
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades[553]
New York City Corrections Officers' Union[554]
Service Employees International Union (national[555], California[556], Illinois[557], Indiana[557], Kansas[557], Missouri[557], Nevada[558], Washington[559], Wisconsin[560])
Transport Workers Union[561]
UNITE HERE[562]
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada[563]
United Auto Workers Union (national[564], Region 4[565])
United Food and Commercial Workers (national[566], southeast, northeast and central Pennsylvania, northeast Maryland and southern New York[567])
United Healthcare Workers West[568]
United Mine Workers[569]
United Steelworkers[570]
[edit] Labor leaders & union officials
Larry Cohen, President of Communications Workers of America[571]
Maria Elena Durazo, Executive secretary–treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor[572]
Awais Khaleel, Vice President of the College Democrats of America[573]
Sonny Nardi, President of Teamsters Local 416 in Ohio[574]
Michael Thurmond, Georgia State Labor Commissioner[94]
Lauren Wolfe, President of the College Democrats of America[573]
[edit] Social and political activists
Liz Abzug, co-founder and director of the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute and daughter of Bella Abzug[575]
Luis Alejo, Watsonville Planning Commission[576]
Joan Baez, singer, peace and human rights activist[577]
Tom Bernstein, lawyer, businessman and human rights activist[187]
Rev. Claude Black, Jr., civil and human rights activist[578]
Ellen Bravo, feminist activist[579]
Maria Buell, district director of League Of United Latin American Citizens[576]
Shepard Fairey, street artist and activist[580][581]
Jane Fonda, actress and political activist[582]
Tom Hayden, anti-war activist, former California State Senator[583]
Rev. Jesse Jackson, former Democratic presidential candidate and former shadow Senator from the District of Columbia [584]
Rev. Joseph Lowery, minister and leader in the American civil rights movement [585]
Omar Mercado, deputy district director of League Of United Latin American Citizens[576]
Kate Michelman, pro-choice activist, former head of NARAL[586]
John Prendergast, human rights activist and former adviser to the White House and the State Department[587]
Carlos Ramos, voting-rights activist and President of the Monterey chapter of the League Of United Latin American Citizens[576]
Michael Ratner, human rights lawyer, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights[588]
Eric Stern, gay rights activist.[482]
Juan Uranga, director of the Center for Community Advocacy[576]
Naomi Wolf, co-founder, American Freedom Campaign[589]
[edit] Organizations
Alabama New South Coalition[590]
American Coalition of Fathers and Children[591]
American Hunters and Shooters Association[592]
Asian American Action Fund of Greater Chicago[593]
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now[594]
California Legislative Black Caucus[54]
Communist Party USA[595]
Cook County Democratic Organization[596]
Democratic Party of Illinois[596]
EMILY's List[597]
Hamas, although Obama rejected the endorsement[598]
Houston GLBT Political Caucus[482]
Human Rights Campaign[599]
MoveOn.Org[600]
Mexican American Political Association[601]
NARAL Pro-Choice America[602]
Sierra Club[603]
[edit] Native American tribes
Crow Nation[604]
Fort Peck Indian Reservation[604]
[edit] Entertainers
Actors and actresses
Ben Affleck[605][606]
Shohreh Aghdashloo [475]
Jessica Alba[607]
Jennifer Aniston[608]
Eric Balfour[609]
Maria Bello[587]
Annette Bening[610]
Halle Berry[611][612]
Jessica Biel[613]
Jack Black[614]
Zach Braff[615][616]
Sophia Bush[617]
Nick Cannon[618]
Don Cheadle[619]
Kristin Chenoweth[620]
John Cleese[621]
George Clooney[622]
James Corden[623]
Cindy Crawford[624]
James Cromwell[625]
Alan Cumming[626]
Matt Damon[627][628]
Ted Danson[629]
Larry David[630]
Rosario Dawson[631]
Robert De Niro[632]
Leonardo DiCaprio[633]
Taye Diggs[613]
Fran Drescher [634]
Kirsten Dunst[635][636]
Megalyn Echikunwoke[637]
Idris Elba[638]
Tracee Ellis Ross[639]
Isla Fisher[640]
Kate Flannery[641]
Jamie Foxx[642]
Brendan Fraser[643]
Morgan Freeman[644]
Anna Friel[619]
Jennifer Garner[645]
Danny Glover[646]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt[647]
Ryan Gosling[470]
Topher Grace[610]
Bryan Greenberg[644]
Jasmine Guy[639]
Luis Guzmán[648]
Mark Hamill[649]
Tom Hanks[650][651]
Hill Harper[652]
Anne Hathaway[631]
Dennis Haysbert [475]
Dulé Hill[653]
Kelly Hu[654]
Samuel L. Jackson[655][609]
Scarlett Johansson[656]
Rashida Jones [610]
Ashley Judd [475]
Daniel Dae Kim[178]
Regina King[657]
Christopher Knight[658]
Michael Kostroff[659]
Ken Leung[660]
Lucy Liu [475]
Amanda Lorber[661]
Benjamin McKenzie[662]
Nia Long[663]
Eva Longoria Parker[664]
George Lopez[662]
Julia Louis-Dreyfus[665]
Josh Lucas[610]
James Marsters[666]
Rue McClanahan[667]
Julianne Moore[668]
Enrique Murciano[609]
Eddie Murphy[669]
Leonard Nimoy[670]
Amaury Nolasco[671]
Edward Norton[627]
Gwyneth Paltrow[528][672]
Kal Penn[637][673]
Hayden Panettiere[674][675]
Sarah Jessica Parker
Bill Paxton[676]
Amanda Peet[677]
Mario Van Peebles [678]
Harold Perrineau, Jr.[609]
Ryan Phillippe[679]
Wendell Pierce[680]
Brad Pitt[681]
Jeremy Piven[682]
Sidney Poitier[683]
Ellen Pompeo[684][685]
Dennis Quaid[624]
Zachary Quinto[653]
Ryan Reynolds[613]
Nicole Richie[686]
Chris Rock[687]
Adam Rodriguez[688]
Brandon Routh[689]
Paul Rudd[690]
Susan Sarandon[477]
Richard Schiff[691]
Jada Pinkett Smith[692]
Johnathon Schaech[609]
Martin Sheen[693]
Will Smith[692][694]
Phil Spector [695]
Lexington Steele[696]
Ben Stiller[608]
Sharon Stone[697]
Meryl Streep[698]
Rider Strong[699]
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa[178]
Charlize Theron[700]
Chris Tucker[701]
Kathleen Turner[702]
Blair Underwood[703]
Wilmer Valderrama[631]
Amber Valletta[688]
Kate Walsh[704]
Denzel Washington[705]
Isaiah Washington [706]
Kerry Washington[701]
Wil Wheaton[707]
James Whitmore[673]
Forest Whitaker[708][709][710]
Olivia Wilde[637][711]
Henry Winkler[712]
Alfre Woodard[639]
Comedians
Aziz Ansari[713]
Russell Brand[714]
Margaret Cho [715]
Kathy Griffin [475]
John Leguizamo[662]
Richard Lewis
Cedric the Entertainer[703]
Bill Maher[716]
Tracy Morgan[717]
Lorne Michaels[718]
Eugene Mirman[713]
Hal Sparks[719]
Stella (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, David Wain)[690]
Directors
J. J. Abrams[720]
Lexi Alexander[721]
David Benioff[677]
Ken Burns[722][723]
Eric Byler[724]
Jesse Dylan[725]
Callie Khouri, director and Oscar-winning screenwriter (Thelma and Louise)[726]
George Lucas[727][631]
Spike Lee[728]
Michael Moore[729][730]
Rob Reiner[624]
M. Night Shyamalan [731]
Barbra Streisand[732]
Quentin Tarantino [610]
Models
Christie Brinkley[733]
Adrianne Curry[658]
Musicians
50 Cent[734]
Billie Joe Armstrong[735]
Andrew Bird[736]
Melanie Brown [475]
Arcade Fire[737]
Big Kenny[738]
Chris Brown[739]
Win Butler[740]
Nick Cannon[688]
Mariah Carey[741]
Chingy[703]
Natalie Cole[742]
Common[743]
Sean Combs[744]
Harry Connick, Jr.[624]
David Crosby[735]
Sheryl Crow[745][746]
The Decemberists[747]
Tom DeLonge [748]
Dianogah[736]
DJ Z-Trip[citation needed]
Bob Dylan[749]
Melissa Etheridge[750]
Fergie[631]
Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers[751]
John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants [752]
David Foster[624]
Jay Jay French, guitarist for Twisted Sister[753]
Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie[754]
Goo Goo Dolls[673]
Kim Gordon [755]
Macy Gray[756]
Merle Haggard[757]
Scott Hansen, Musician (Tycho) and Graphic Artist (ISO50)[758]
Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead (Deadheads for Obama)[759]
Herbie Hancock[688]
Jay Red Eagle[760]
Wyclef Jean[703]
Stephan Jenkins[761]
Jin[762]
Alicia Keys[744]
Beyoncé Knowles[728]
Ed Kowalczyk[688]
Leo Kremer[761]
Kris Kristofferson[763]
Cyndi Lauper[764]
Jennifer Lopez[610]
John Legend [765]
Ludacris [766]
Joel Madden of Good Charlotte[686]
Dave Matthews[761]
Master P[762]
Michael McDonald[631]
John Mellencamp[735]
Mos Def[767]
Ne-Yo[673]
NOFX[768]
Conor Oberst[769]
OK Go[770]
Pearl Jam[771]
Loren Pickford[772]
Jay-Z[728]
Q-Tip [773]
R.E.M.[774]
Rhymefest[775]
Seal[624]
Tom Scholz [776]
Shudder to Think[770]
Russell Simmons[777]
Jill Sobule[761]
Bruce Springsteen[778][779]
Mavis Staples [780]
Michael Stipe [781]
Taboo[662]
Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass)[782]
TV on the Radio[citation needed]
Jeff Tweedy[769]
Andres Useche[783]
Usher[784]
Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie[735]
Joan Wasser ("Joan as Police Woman")[770]
Rufus Wainwright[610]
Roger Waters[785]
Pete Wentz[786][787]
Kanye West
will.i.am[773]
Stevie Wonder[788]
Pink (singer)[citation needed]
Don Omar[789]
Television personalities
Tyra Banks, talk show host [703]
Perez Hilton, blogger of Perezhilton.com and television personality[790]
Star Jones[631]
Kim Kardashian, stylist, apparel retailer, and television personality[791]
Yul Kwon, winner of Survivor: Cook Islands and a Korean-American entrepreneur[792]
Lisa Ling, television journalist[793]
Emme Tomingbang, television journalist[178]
Oprah Winfrey, talk show host[794]
[edit] Athletes
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, fmr. NBA basketball player[795]
Charles Barkley, fmr. NBA basketball player[796]
Shane Battier, NBA basketball player[524]
Jerome Bettis, fmr. NFL football player[797]
Chauncey Billups, NBA basketball player[798][799]
Jack Brewer, fmr. NFL football player[800]
Elijah Burke, professional wrestler[801]
Baron Davis, NBA basketball player[524]
Evan Eschmeyer, fmr. NBA basketball player[524]
Shad Gaspard, professional wrestler[802]
John Hennigan, professional wrestler [803]
Hulk Hogan, professional wrestler[804]
Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers coach [805]
Michael Jordan, fmr. NBA basketball player[669]
Derrek Lee, current MLB baseball player (Chicago Cubs) [806]
Sugar Ray Leonard, former professional boxer[624]
Billy Mills, Olympic gold medalist in the 10,000 meter run (1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics)[807]
Kevin Nash, professional wrestler[808]
Joakim Noah, NBA basketball player[809]
Greg Oden, NBA basketball player[810]
Craig Robinson, Oregon State Beavers men's basketball head coach, Obama's brother-in-law[811][812]
Emmitt Smith, fmr. NFL football player[813]
Lovie Smith, current NFL coach (Chicago Bears)[814]
Rod Smith, fmr. NFL football player[815]
Pat White, West Virginia Mountaineers quarterback and Heisman Trophy contender [816]
Roy Williams Dallas Cowboys safety [817]
[edit] Family members of major political figures
Jack Carter, Nevada politician, son of Jimmy Carter[818]
Jill Docking, Kansas politician, daughter-in-law of Robert Docking, former Governor of Kansas[819]
Kitty Dukakis, wife of 1988 Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis, [820]
Julie Nixon Eisenhower, daughter of Richard Nixon and wife of grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower[821]
Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower[822]
Kathleen Hensley Portalski, half-sister of John McCain's wife, Cindy Hensley McCain[823]
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy[824]
Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy[825]
Joe Kennedy, son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy II and grandson of Robert F. Kennedy[826][827]
Max Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy[828][829]
Rory Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, documentary filmmaker[830]
Ann McGovern, daughter of fmr. Sen. George McGovern (D-SD)[831]
Elizabeth Moynihan, widow of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan,[832]
Christine Pelosi, a member of DNC (superdelegate) and the daughter of the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)[94]
Nathan Portalski, nephew of John McCain's wife, Cindy Hensley McCain[823]
Alma Rangel, wife of Rep. Charles B. Rangel[556]
Katherine Schwarzenegger, daughter of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger[833]
Maria Shriver, journalist, niece of John F. Kennedy, First Lady of California and wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger[834][835]
Rabbi Ethan Tucker, stepson of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT)[836]
[edit] Other individuals
Andy Bloch, poker player and former member of the MIT Blackjack Team[837][838]
David E. Bonior, John Edwards' campaign manager[839]
Virginia Boulet, New Orleans, Louisiana politician[534]
James Wilkie Broderick, the son of actress Sarah Jessica Parker and actor Matthew Broderick[840]
Doyle Brunson, poker player[841]
Kirbyjon Caldwell, President George W. Bush's spiritual advisor [842]
Antar Dayal, artist[843]
Jenny Durkan, chair of John Edwards' 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns in Washington state[844]
Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers[845]
Carl Horton, Jr., Connecticut politician (D-CT)[846]
Casey Knowles, actress who appeared on Clinton's 3 a.m. ad[847]
Harry Knowles, founder of Ain't It Cool News[848]
John Laesch, Illinois politician (D-IL)[849]
Tom Lehrer, political satirist[850]
Seth MacFarlane, Creator of Family Guy[851]
Jay Paterno, Penn State assistant coach, son of Penn State head coach Joe Paterno [852]
Helen Ting, wife of law professor Jan C. Ting[853]
Ed Turlington, John Edwards' advisor[294]
Elaine Wynn, wife of Steve Wynn and education activist[527]
[edit] Foreign political leaders
Wouter Bos, Minister of Finance and deputy prime minister of The Netherlands[854]
Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris, France and member of the French committee for Obama[855][856]
Patrick Devedjian, leader of the French political party Union for a Popular Movement[855]
Laurent Fabius, former Prime Minister of France[857]
George Galloway, British politician (Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow)[858]
Michael Ignatieff, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada[859]
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London[860]
Toshio Murakami, Mayor of Obama, Japan[861]
Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua[862]
Axel Poniatowski, president of the foreign affairs commission at the National Assembly[856]
Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden[863]
Ségolène Royal, former French Socialist presidential candidate[855][864]
Walter Veltroni, leader of the Italian opposition Democratic Party and former mayor of Rome[865]
