bernie sanders endorsements.

[DesertFlower]

Main article: Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016

Former state governors

Jesse Ventura, former governor of Minnesota, member of the Independence Party of Minnesota[238]

State executive officials

Current

Doug Hoffer, Vermont Auditor of Accounts[239]

Former

Dudley Dudley, former New Hampshire Executive Council member, 1984 Democratic nominee for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, Democratic political activist[240]
Caroline French, former New Hampshire Executive Council member, Democratic activist from New Hampshire[105][241]

State and local legislators

Current

Tim Ashe, Vermont State Senator[242]
Mollie Burke, Vermont State Representative[243]
Karen Clark, Minnesota State Representative[244]
Robin Chestnut-Tangerman, Vermont State Representative[243]
Amanda Curtis, Montana State Representative[245]
Susan Davis, Vermont State Representative[243]
Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, candidate for mayor of Chicago, serves on Cook County Board of Commissioners[246]
Diana Gonzalez, Vermont State Representative[243]
Sandy Haas, Vermont State Representative[243]
Emily Hague, at-large Keene, New Hampshire City Councillor[247]
Troy Jackson, Maine Senator, former Maine Senate majority leader, Democratic National Committee member[248]
Pramila Jayapal, Washington State Senator[249]
Juan Mendez, Arizona State Representative[250]
Luis Moscoso, Washington State Representative[249]
Christopher Pearson, Vermont State Representative[251]
Anthony Pollina, Vermont State Senator[243]
Russell Ruderman, Hawaii State Senator[252]
Kshama Sawant, socialist activist, part-time economics professor, and member of the Seattle City Council.[253]
Amy Sheldon, Vermont State Representative[243]
David Zuckerman, Vermont State Senator[243]

Former

Daryl Beall, former Iowa State Senator[254]
Burt Cohen, former New Hampshire State Senator[105]
Tom Hayden, activist, author and former California State Senator[255]

Mayors and other municipal leaders

Daryl Justin Finizio, mayor of New London, Connecticut[256]
Rod Sullivan, Johnson County, Iowa supervisor[257]

International political figures

Colin Fox, former MSP and co-spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party[258]
Jonas Sjöstedt, member of the Swedish Parliament and leader of the Left Party[259]

Internet, radio, and television personalities

Dan Carlin, political commentator, amateur historian, and podcaster[260]
John Fugelsang, comedian, political commentator, host of Tell Me Everything on SiriusXM Insight[261]
Thom Hartmann, radio host, author, former psychotherapist, entrepreneur, and progressive political commentator[262]
Jim Hightower, columnist, political activist, and former commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture[263]
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., radio host, environmental activist, author, and attorney. Son of Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, and nephew of John F. Kennedy.[264]
Mike Malloy, liberal radio broadcaster[262]
Bill Moyers, journalist, political commentator, and former White House Press Secretary[265]
Tyler Oakley, YouTube, television, and podcast personality, humorist, author and advocate[266]
David Pakman, host of The David Pakman Show syndicated on radio, television, and online[267]
Mike Papantonio, attorney and radio talk show host (Ring of Fire)[268]
Sam Seder, radio & TV talk show host for Ring of Fire Radio and Majority.fm, fill-in host for MSNBC and Current's Countdown[264]
Bill Press, talk radio host, liberal political commentator and author, former chairman of the California Democratic Party[262]
Ed Schultz, political commentator, author, and television and radio host[269]
Cenk Uygur, internet host, former MSNBC contributor, and progressive political commentator[270]
Lizz Winstead, comedian, blogger, radio and television personality [271]

Celebrities

Roseanne Barr, actress, comedian, television producer, director, writer, liberal politician[272]
Lewis Black, comedian, author, playwright, social critic, and actor[273]
Madeline Brewer, actress[274]
Dan Campbell, lead singer of The Wonder Years[275]
Julian Casablancas, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, lead singer of The Strokes[276]
David Crosby, singer-songwriter and musician[277]
Erik Dellums, actor, voice actor, and narrator[278]
Stanley Dural, Jr., better known as Buckwheat Zydeco, musician[279]
Mia Farrow, actress, activist, and former fashion model[280]
Frances Fisher, actress[281]
Flea, bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers[282]
Deidre Hall, actress and activist[255]
Mimi Kennedy, actress, author, activist[255]
Rachelle Lefevre, Canadian actress, activist [283]
Justin Long, actor[284]
Brandon McCartney, better known as Lil B, rapper, record producer, author and motivational speaker.[285]
Tom Morello, guitarist and activist[286]
Nicole Nelson, singer from The Voice[287]
Patton Oswalt, comedian, writer, and actor[288]
Amanda Palmer, Singer-songwriter, musician, performance artist[289]
Thomas Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo, DJ, music producer, rapper and songwriter[290]
Michael Render, better known as Killer Mike, hip-hop recording artist, activist, and half of Run the Jewels[291][292][293]
Henry Rollins, musician, writer, journalist, publisher, actor, television and radio host, spoken word artist, comedian, and activist.[294]
Mark Ruffalo, actor, director, producer and screenwriter[295]
Matthew Ryan (musician), singer, songwriter[296]
Susan Sarandon, actress and activist[297]
Sarah Silverman, stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actress[298]
Cole Sprouse, actor [299]
Tennessee Thomas, musician, model and actress[300][301][302][303]
Wil Wheaton, actor, writer and blogger.[304]
Lucinda Williams, singer-songwriter[305]
Neil Young, singer-songwriter and musician[306]

Individuals

Julia Barnes, former executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party[307]
Noam Chomsky, linguist, philosopher, activist[308]
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry's[309][310]
Larry Cohen, former president of the Communications Workers of America and founder of American Rights at Work[311][312]
Jodie Evans, co-founder of CODEPINK[313]
Glenn Greenwald, American lawyer, journalist, author, and co-editor of The Intercept[314]
Jeffrey Guterman, American psychotherapist, educator, and author[315]
Zaid Jilani, blogger and campaigner[316]
Daniel Kellison, television and film producer[317]
Bill McKibben, environmentalist, author, journalist, founder of climate change group 350.org[318]
David McReynolds, former Socialist Party USA presidential nominee (1980 & 2000), pacifist activist, former chair of the War Resisters League (1986–88)[319]
John Nichols, progressive journalist and author[320]
Annabel Park, documentary filmmaker, political activist and community volunteer[321]
Stanley Sheinbaum, American peace and human rights activist[322]
Richard Stallman, software freedom activist and computer programmer, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation[323]
Bhaskar Sunkara, founder of Jacobin magazine[321]
Matt Taibbi, author and journalist[324]
Cornel West, philosopher, activist, and author [325]
Marianne Williamson, spiritual teacher, author, lecturer, founder of Project Angel Food[326]

Newspapers and other media

Addison County Independent[327]
Ring of Fire, American talk radio program hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder.[328]

Organizations

Democratic Socialists of America, democratic socialist organization and a member of Socialist International[329]
Friends of the Earth (US), non-governmental environmental organization [330]
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2222 in Massachusetts[331]
IBEW Local 159 in Madison, Wisconsin, an electrical workers union[331]
Lithographers Local One-L (Teamsters affiliate)[331]
The Middle Class Action Project, an organization that promotes Democratic policy [332]
National Nurses United, largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States [333]
Occupy Wall Street, protest movement against social and income inequality[334]
Progressive Democrats of America, progressive political organization and political action committee[335]
Ready For Warren, coalition of progressive activists originally supporting a draft effort for Senator Elizabeth Warren (will change name to Ready To Fight)[336]
Socialist Alternative, socialist political party and member of Committee for a Workers' International[337]
Tri-Valley Democratic Club (Tri-Valley, California)[338]
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, labor union[339]
Vermont National Education Association[331][340]
Vermont Progressive Party[242]
Vermont and South Carolina divisions of the AFL-CIO[341][342]

[beam me up scottie]

1. And bmus!

Big Rec was here.

[daleanime]

2. And me....

[Puzzledtraveller]

3. Puzzled Traveler.

[neverforget]

4. and me!

[SamKnause]

5. and me

[DesertFlower]

6. and of course, me.

[slipslidingaway]

8. LOL and many young people ...

my son told me yesterday that he read a good article about how the time was right for Sanders to run for millennials as they are open to ideas he believes in and are 'basically tired' of the two party system. They are ready for a change!

My daughter, who just turned thirty and is a new internal medicine doctor, said she identifies most with Sanders. These kids are not tied to any letter of the alphabet, be it "R" or a "D"

That is a great thing, they are looking at issues.

The times they are a changing ... we can only hope.

[cascadiance]

7. Farron Cousins who is also heavily on Ring of Fire should probably be added here too...

He in some ways speaks up more for Bernie than other hosts on Ring of Fire each day.

Also:

Deez Nuts - 15 year old presidential candidate
Danny Devito

And it looks like the rank and file of IAM union prefers Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton that their leadership recently announced an endorsement for:

http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/18321/bernie_sanders_machinists1

[SoapBox]

9. Great OP!

Add me too.

Go Go Bernie!

[MissDeeds]

10. Awesome

Thank you!!!

K&R

[Live and Learn]

11. Nice list. Hope to see it continue growing. nt

[mikehiggins]

12. Bu..Bu..Bu..But none of them are Congress Critters

Okay, the Congress DOES have the lowest approval rating of any Congress ever BUT each individual Congress Critter is an outstanding paragon of virtue, hardly to be considered little more than a whore.

I'd be unhappier if they DID flock to Bernie. Their endorsement is meaningless.

[DesertFlower]

13. not a congressman, but robert kennedy

endorsed him. its still early.

[leftofcool]

21. Not quite. They are super delegates and have voting power at the convention.

But, if Bernie doesn't need them, okay.

[BainsBane]

14. Where did you get this information?

Are there press releases?

[DesertFlower]

16. i googled bernie sanders endorsements

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_for_the_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016

it starts with hillary's endorsements -- then goes to bernie.

[BainsBane]

17. Thanks. nt

[leftofcool]

20. Some of Hillary's have come out in press releases and some not.

Most of the time, the major endorsements like Senators, Reps and Governors usually go out in the press, others less important are written information/letters/etc... going to the candidate' office or staff to print out. At least that is how I understand it.

[Fearless]

15. And that's just a start!

[AtomicKitten]

18. Not sure endorsements are as important this cycle.

But I like seeing how people weigh in. It's valuable information that can be enlightening.

[left-of-center2012]

19. IMHO it comes down to this

Do we want a candidate/President who is bought and paid for by SUPERpacs and Wall Street,
or do we want Bernie?

[Buns_of_Fire]

22. John Fugelsang and Jim Hightower? Good.

No cheaper-by-the-dozen congresscritters? Better.

[George II]

23. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry's - does Sanders realize....

...that his best buddies sold out to the European conglomerate Unilever?

[libdem4life]

27. No...should he? This is still a capitalist country. Now they can do

something else awesome. "There's always something." Gilda Radner.

[George II]

29. So Sanders' friends are "capitalists" while everyone else are "corporatists". I understand.

[libdem4life]

31. Don't play word games. And no, doesn't seem you do understand.

Ben and Jerry's was a B Corp...a form of a corporate organization...with higher ethics, to be sure. And they were/are capitalists. So they sold and Made a Profit That's both capitalism and corporatism.

[George II]

34. The fact remains that Sanders' admitted close friends (part of the 1% by the way!) sold....

....out to the British/Dutch conglomerate Unilever and now the profits are going off-shore.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. Impressive list. K&R

[Catherina]

25. Kicked, Rec'd and bookmarked n/t

[CountAllVotes]

26. What what a fine list!

Glad to see RFK, Jr. I am also really glad to notice that Catholics are going for Bernie too, like my BIL that I mention in my post earlier.

& a STRONG recommend!!

[MADem]

28. I don't think anyone on that list is a super-delegate.

Super-delegates each have a vote towards the nomination.

Candidates without any super-delegates are likely to encounter difficulty at the convention. No shooting the messenger.

[olddots]

30. this list contains no posers and grand standers

thats amazing . ok maybe Ventura but he is harmless .

[wendylaroux]

32. I indorse him!! Just another nobody

along with alot of other nobodies out there.

I did not get to sit at the cool table in hs either.

[sabrina 1]

33. That is an impressive list of endorsements!

[Sancho]

35. Hmmm...basically this list proves Bernie would be ineffective??

It's the first time I've seen it, but surely after all his years in Congress Bernie should have some endorsements from people he works with as colleagues?

Wow, that's an eye-opener.

Even though I disagree with some of Bernie's positions, and I knew he had a relatively low rating in government, I now realize other's must think he doesn't "play nice".
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400357#sponsor=300022&current_status[]=28

[Scuba]

36. And Scuba.