Updated Wednesday, April 13, 2016
As each day moves forward, Clinton gains in popularity and support. Her official endorsement list – even before the first primary – included everyone from the Governor of New York to the former U.S. Attorney General to Jamie Lee Curtis to Planned Parenthood to major unions to the Boston Globe.
MOST RECENT ENDORSEMENTS:
- Salma Hayek, actress and member Of LatinosForHillary
- The New York Daily News
- Rep. Elijah Cummings, Democrat Representative from Maryland
- Tom Hayden, longtime political activist, switches endorsement from Bernie to Hillary Clinton
- Over 200 Maryland women – activists, Democratic officials & community leaders
- The American Nurses Association
Here’s a rundown of Hillary Clinton’s endorsements as of 13 April 2016.
ELECTED OFFICIALS
- Rep. Elijah Cummings, Democrat Representative from Maryland
- Over 200 Maryland women – activists, Democratic officials & community leaders
- Oregon Governor Kate Brown
- Over 40 lawmakers in the state of Washington
- Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego
- Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz
- The Hawai’i State Democratic Women’s Caucus and and nearly 100 Hawai’i Filipino-American leaders
- The Cleveland (OH) City Council (16 of 17 members)
- The Tampa Bay (FL) City Council
- The Florida Legislative Black Caucus along with scores of black elected officials in Florida. See full list of names here.
- Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards
- Nearly 50 Mayors in the state of Mississippi. (Full list here.)
- 467 endorsements from state Governors and members of the U.S. House and Senate – more than all candidates combined. See the full list here.
- This includes 39 of the 41 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus who announced an endorsement, and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.
- The Congressional Black Caucus also formally endorsed Hillary Clinton with Rep. Marcia Fudge, Rep. Gregory Meeks and Rep. John Lewis voicing their support in a press conference.
- New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
- Julian Castro, HUD Secretary
- Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation
- Thomas Perez, Secretary of Labor
- Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture
- Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York
- Maggie Hassan, Governor of New Hampshire
- Nashua NH Mayor-Elect Jim Donchess
- Portsmouth NH Mayor Bob Lister
- Portsmouth NH Mayor-Elect Jack Blalock
- Rochester NH Mayor TJ Jean
- Somersworth NH Mayor Dana Hilliard
- Rochester NH Mayor-Elect Caroline McCarley
- Madeleine Albright, 64th Secretary of State
- Carol Browner, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- Henry Cisneros, 10th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Alexis Herman, 23rd Secretary of Labor
- Walter Mondale, 42nd Vice President
- Leon Panetta, 23rd Secretary of Defense
- Donna Shalala, 18th Secretary of Health and Human Services
- AND MANY MANY MORE
A quick stop for lunch in Cedar Rapids with @CoryBooker yesterday. pic.twitter.com/XjWH665VPP
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 25, 2016
For an exhaustive list of the thousands of endorsements both in the U.S. and abroad, look here.
MEDIA
- New York Daily News
- The Idaho Statesman
- The Arizona Republic
- The Boston Globe
- Des Moines Register
- Portsmouth Herald & Foster’s Daily Democrat
- Blue Nation Review (BNR)
- Concord Monitor
- The New York Times
- Sioux City Journal
- Houston Chronicle
- Tampa Bay Times
- The Dallas Morning News
- Las Vegas Sun
- The Barre Montpelier Times Argus
- Minnesota Star Tribune
- The Detroit News
- The Detroit Free Press
- Omaha World-Herald
- The Orlando Sentinel
- The Chicago Sun-Times
- The Clarion-Ledger (Mississippi )
- The Miami Herald
- Akron Beacon-Journal (Ohio)
- Cleveland.com Editorial Board (Ohio)
PUBLIC FIGURES
- Tom Hayden, longtime political activist, switches endorsement from Bernie to Hillary Clinton
- Cyndi Lauper
- Producer Shonda Rimes and Shondaland
- Russell Simmons, Def Jam co-founder
- Gwen Carr, mother of the late Eric Garner
- Sybrina Fulton, mother of the late Trayvon Martin
- Lucia McBath, mother of the late Jordan Davis
- Eric Holder, former U.S. Attorney General
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly
- Gloria Steinem
- Joan Walsh, writer for The Nation
- Dolores Huerta, co-founder: United Farm Workers of America
- Kitty Dukakis, activist for the rights of the mentally ill
- Nadine Smith, CEO: Equality Florida
- Lonnie C. King, Jr., civil rights leader
- Chaz Bono, LGBT-rights activist
- Cher (unofficially)
UNIONS
- The American Nurses Association
- National Education Association
- National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU)
- The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
- National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU)
- Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)
- American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
ORGANIZATIONS
- Human Rights Campaign
- Planned Parenthood
- Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
- League of Conservation Voters
- Emily’s List
- NARAL
- Feminist Majority
- Latino Victory Fund
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