Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 03:25 PM Dec 2015

Members of Congress who have endorsed a Democratic candidate for President

Here's a list of all the members of Congress who have endorsed a candidate for the Democratic nomination.

I thought this might interest people in this forum.



-----------------------------------

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/239559-2016-lawmaker-endorsements-for-president

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) (2)
Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.)
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.)

Former Gov. Martin O'Malley (Md.) (1)
Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.)

Hillary Clinton (169)
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.)
Sen. Michael Bennet (Colo.)
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.)
Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.)
Sen. Barbara Boxer (Calif.)
Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (Wash.)
Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.)
Sen. Tom Carper (Del.)
Sen. Chris Coons (Del.) — Coons was backing Vice President Biden before he declined to run.
Sen. Joe Donnelly (Ind.)
Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.)
Sen. Al Franken (Minn.)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)
Sen. Martin Heinrich (N.M.)
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.)
Sen. Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)
Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.)
Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.)
Sen. Ed Markey (Mass.)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (Mo.)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (Md.)
Sen. Chris Murphy (Conn.)
Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.)
Sen. Bill Nelson (Fla.)
Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.)
Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.)
Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (Mich.)
Sen. Tom Udall (N.M.)
Sen. Mark Warner (Va.)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)

Rep. Karen Bass (Calif.)
Rep. Joyce Beatty (Ohio)
Rep. Xavier Becerra (Calif.)
Rep. Ami Bera (Calif.)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas)
Rep. Don Beyer (Va.)
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (Ore.)
Rep. Corrine Brown (Fla.)
Rep. Julia Brownley (Calif.)
Rep. Cheri Bustos (Ill.)
Rep. Lois Capps (Calif.)
Rep. Tony Cardenas (Calif.)
Rep. John Carney (Del.)
Rep. André Carson (Ind.)
Rep. Kathy Castor (Fla.)
Rep. Joaquín Castro (Texas)
Rep. Judy Chu (Calif.)
Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (N.Y.)
Rep. David Cicilline (R.I.)
Rep. Lacy Clay (Mo.)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (Mo.)
Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.)
Rep. Gerry Connolly (Va.)
Rep. John Conyers (Mich.)
Rep. Jim Cooper (Tenn.)
Rep. Joe Courtney (Conn.)
Rep. Joseph Crowley (N.Y.)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (Texas)
Rep. Danny Davis (Ill.)
Rep. Diana DeGette (Colo.)
Rep. John Delaney (Md.)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Conn.)
Rep. Suzan DelBene (Wash.)
Rep. Ted Deutch (Fla.)
Rep. Debbie Dingell (Mich.)
Rep. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.)
Rep. Donna Edwards (Md.)
Rep. Eliot Engel (N.Y.)
Rep. Elizabeth Esty (Conn.)
Rep. Bill Foster (Ill.)
Rep. Lois Frankel (Fla.)
Rep. Marcia Fudge (Ohio)
Rep. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.)
Rep. John Garamendi (Calif.)
Rep. Gene Green (Texas)
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (Ill.)
Rep. Janice Hahn (Calif.)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (Fla.)
Rep. Denny Heck (Wash.)
Rep. Brian Higgins (N.Y.)
Rep. Jim Himes (Conn.)
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (Texas)
Rep. Mike Honda (Calif.)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (Md.)
Rep. Jared Huffman (Calif.)
Rep. Steve Israel (N.Y.)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas)
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.)
Rep. Hank Johnson (Ga.)
Rep. Bill Keating (Mass.)
Rep. Robin Kelly (Ill.)
Rep. Joe Kennedy III (Mass.)
Rep. Dan Kildee (Mich.)
Rep. Derek Kilmer (Wash.)
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (Ariz.)
Rep. Jim Langevin (R.I.)
Rep. Rick Larsen (Wash.)
Rep. John B. Larson (Conn.)
Rep. Brenda Lawrence (Mich.)
Rep. Sandy Levin (Mich.)
Rep. John Lewis (Ga.)
Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.)
Rep. Dave Loebsack (Iowa)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Calif.)
Rep. Nita Lowey (N.Y.)
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (N.M.)
Rep. Stephen Lynch (Mass.)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.)
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.)
Rep. Doris Matsui (Calif.)
Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.)
Rep. Jim McGovern (Mass.)
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (N.H.)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.)
Rep. Grace Meng (N.Y.)
Rep. Gwen Moore (Wis.)
Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.)
Rep. Patrick Murphy (Fla.)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (Calif.)
Rep. Richard Neal (Mass.)
Rep. Rick Nolan (Minn.)
Rep. Bill Pascrell (N.J.)
Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (N.J.)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (Colo.)
Rep. Scott Peters (Calif.)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (Maine)
Rep. Jared Polis (Colo.)
Rep. Charles Rangel (N.Y.)
Rep. Kathleen Rice (N.Y.)
Rep. Cedric Richmond (La.)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.)
Rep. Dutch Ruppersburger (Md.)
Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio)
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (Calif.)
Rep. John Sarbanes (Md.)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Ill.)
Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.)
Rep. Kurt Schrader (Ore.)
Rep. Bobby Scott (Va.)
Rep. David Scott (Ga.)
Rep. José Serrano (N.Y.)
Rep. Terri Sewell (Ala.)
Rep. Brad Sherman (Calif.)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (N.Y.)
Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.)
Rep. Mark Takai (Hawaii)
Rep. Mark Takano (Calif.)
Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.)
Rep. Mike Thompson (Calif.)
Rep. Dina Titus (Nev.)
Rep. Paul Tonko (N.Y.)
Rep. Niki Tsongas (Mass.)
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.)
Rep. Marc Veasey (Texas)
Rep. Filemon Vela (Texas)
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (N.Y.)
Rep. Tim Walz (Minn.)
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (N.J.)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (Fla.)
Rep. John Yarmuth (Ky.)

12 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Members of Congress who have endorsed a Democratic candidate for President (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Dec 2015 OP
Are you upset about the George Lopez endorsement? HerbChestnut Dec 2015 #1
George Lopez endorsed someone? Cali_Democrat Dec 2015 #2
Sure, Cali. HerbChestnut Dec 2015 #3
Wow....that's the best you've got? VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #4
I'm actually quite flattered Cali_Democrat Dec 2015 #5
A Democrat would.... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #6
As deflections go from the OP.. yours is weak. Cha Dec 2015 #12
So are you saying the Hillary Congressional list is also INdemo Dec 2015 #7
Look at the names on the list of people endorsing Hillary. Cali_Democrat Dec 2015 #8
Hillary will be entering the general election with a unified party. Alfresco Dec 2015 #9
Nothing shocking here angrychair Dec 2015 #10
That's an impressive list! NurseJackie Dec 2015 #11
 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
5. I'm actually quite flattered
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 03:34 PM
Dec 2015

People apparently think so highly of me that they think I'm all-knowing and knowledgeable about every aspect of the Democratic race.


INdemo

(6,994 posts)
7. So are you saying the Hillary Congressional list is also
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 03:43 PM
Dec 2015

a list that have Heavy Campaign treasure chests filled by Wall St.?

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
8. Look at the names on the list of people endorsing Hillary.
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 03:48 PM
Dec 2015

Quite a few members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are there.

You know who they are, right?

angrychair

(8,733 posts)
10. Nothing shocking here
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 05:04 PM
Dec 2015

Any of these people that were in office in 2007 would have been on a list for her too...until they were not.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
11. That's an impressive list!
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 05:09 PM
Dec 2015

I'll bet other candidates wish their list of endorsements was even half as nice.

Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»2016 Postmortem»Members of Congress who h...