Barack Obama For President’s Endorsements
As of January 17, 2008
Public and Elected Officials
1. Thomas Daschle, Fmr. Dem. House Majority Leader
2. Adrien Fenty, Mayor of Washington DC
3. Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Governor
4. Dick Durbin, US Senator of Illinois
5. Richard Daley, Mayor of Chicago
6. Ted Sorenson, JFK Advisor/ Speech Writer
7. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Fmr. Pres. Carter’s NSA
8. Tim Keane, Governor of Virginia
9. Phil Leventis, SC State Senator
11.Kay Patterson, SC State Senator
12.Arthur Davis, Alabama US Congressman
13.Bill Beck, Mayor of Durham, NC
14.Frank Cownie, Mayor of Des Moines, IA
15.Harris Woffard, Fmr. PA Senator
16.Glenn Reese, SC State Senator
17.Carol Shea-Porter, US Congresswoman NH
18.Barbara Lee, California Representative
19.Betty MacCollum, NM Congressman
20.Dave Loebsack, IA Congressman
21.Jim Hodges, Fmr Governor of South Carolina
22.Douglas Wilder, Mayor of Richmond VA
23.Paul Hodes, US Representative of NH
24.Steve Rothman, Representative of New Jersey
25.Gwen Moore, Representative of Wisconsin
26.Willie Hines, Chairmain/ Council of State-Wisconsin
27.Jim Doyle, Governor of Illinois
28.Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, NJ
29.Jeremiah Healy, Mayor of Jesrey City, NJ
30.Ned Lamont, US Senator, Connecticut
(Fmr candidate Chris Dodd’s aide)
31.Dave Bieter, Mayor of Boise, Idaho
32.Mike Burket, Idaho Rep.
33.Edgar Malepeai, Idaho Rep.
34.Nicole Lefavour, Idaho Rep.
35.Les Bock, Idaho Rep.
36. James Ruchti, Idaho Rep.
36.Wendy Jacquet, Idaho House Minority Leader
37.Gary Hart, Colorado Senator ( Twice Pres. Candidate)
38.Ethel Kennedy, Senator Bob Kennedy’s Widow
39.Jesse Jackson Jr. Rep. Illinois
40.Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. -Civil Rights Leader, Rainbow Coalition
41.Bobby Rush, Illinois State Rep.
42.Emil Jones, Illinois State Rep.
43.Michael Fitzgerald, IA State Treasurer
44.Tom Miller, Iowa Attorney General
45.Tim Johnson, South Dakota Senator
46.Bill Perkins, NY State Senator
50. Ben Nelson, Nevada Senator
51. Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizona
(seen as potential VP in any Dem. Admin.)
52. Bill Bradley, US Senator, NJ
53. Hank Johnson, Georgia Congressman
54. Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin
55. Patrick Murphy, PA Congressman
56. John Kerry, Mass US Senator, 2004 Pres. Candidate
57. Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts
58. Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Atlanta
59. Kasim Reed, Georgia State Senator
60. Claire McCaskill, US Senator from Missouri
61. John Conyers, US Congressman, D Michigan
62. Patrick Leahy, US Senator, D Vermont
63. Tony Knowles, Fmr Governor of Alaska
Celebrities, Public Figures
1. Andrew Sullivan, Commentator
2. Oprah Winfrey, TV Show
3. George Clooney, Actor
4. Will Smith, Actor
5. Halle Berry
6. Scarlett Johanson
7. Zach Brafff
8. Chris Rock, Comedian/Actor
9. Usher, musician
10. Larry David
11. Cornel West, Professor Princeton Univ.
12. Kal Penn
13. James Whitmore
14. Ken Burns, NH Filmaker
15. Hill harper, CSI’s tv series Actor
Civil Rights / Religious and Community Leaders
1. Rev. Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Leader
2. Dr. C T Vivian, Civil rights Leader
3. Dr. Michael Battle, interdominational Theol. Sem.
4. Rev. Dr. Lawrence Carter Sr, MLK Int’l Chapel, Morehouse college
5. Rev. Gerarld Durley, Progressive Baptist Church
6. Dr. Robert Franklin Jr, Emory Univ.
7. Rev. Dr. Cynthia Hale, Ray of Hope C. Church
8. Rev. Dr. Mathew Johnson, Christ. Fellowship Bapt. C.
9. Rev. Lester McCorn, Faith AME Zion Church
10. Rev. George Moore, St Philip AME Church
11. Rev. Anthony Motley, Lindsay Street Bapt. C.
12. Rev. Keneth Samuels, Victory Bapt. Church
13. Rev. E Dewey Smith Jr, Greater travelers Rest. BC
14. Dr. T. Dewitt Smith Jr, Progressive Ntl Bapt. Conv.
Newspapers and Workers Unions
1. MinesotaBrown, Newspaper
2. Portsmouth Herald, NH
3. Boston Globe, Mass
4. Marshalltown-Republican Newspaper, Des Moines
5. Nevada Culinary Union ( 30,000 local affiliates)
6. Nevada SEIU; part of 450,000 nationwide members coalition of unions called “Unite-Here”
7. Las Vegas- Review Journal (Nevada’s largest paper)
8. Nashua Telegraph, NH
9. Valley News, NH
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