List of Hillary Clinton presidential campaign endorsements, 2008

Hillary Clinton
Democratic Party candidate for President of the United States
Election date 2008
Personal details
Political party	Democratic Party
Website	www.hillaryclinton.com

This is a list of prominent individuals and organizations who formally endorsed or voiced support for Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

Primary campaign endorsements

U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents

• Fmr. President Bill Clinton
• Fmr. Vice-President Walter Mondale

Senators

• Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
• Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
• Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Rules and Administration Committee
• Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
• Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
• Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
• Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
• Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
• Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
• Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
• Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
• Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
• Fmr. Sen. John Breaux (D-LA)
• Fmr. Sen. John Glenn (D-OH), former NASA astronaut, 1984 Presidential candidate
• Fmr. Sen. Dee Huddleston (D-KY) ^[1]
• Fmr. Sen. Robert Burren Morgan (D-NC)
• Fmr. Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-RI)
• Fmr. Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-NJ)

U.S. Representatives

• Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
• Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA)
• Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR)
• Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)
• Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
• Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY)
• Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
• Rep. John Hall (D-NY)
• Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
• Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)
• Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)
• Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA)
• Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)
• Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
• Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY)
• Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
• Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
• Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY)
• Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
• Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL)
• Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)
• Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
• Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)
• Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
• Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY)
• Rep. Marion Barry (D-AR)
• Rep. Mike Arcuri (D-NY)
• Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
• Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)
• Rep. Chris Carney (D-PA)
• Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC)
• Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)
• Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ)
• Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
• Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA)
• Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
• Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
• Fmr. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Jim Wright (D-TX)
• Fmr. Rep. James Barcia (D-MI)
• Fmr. Rep. Edward Beard (D-RI)
• Fmr. Rep. Ken Bentsen (D-TX)
• Fmr. Rep. Jack Brooks (D-TX)
• Fmr. Rep. Kika de la Garza (D-TX)
• Fmr. Rep. Mervyn Dymally (D-CA)
• Fmr. Rep. Vic Fazio (D-CA)
• Fmr. Rep. and 1984 Vice Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY)
• Fmr. Rep. Floyd Flake (D-NY)
• Fmr. Rep. Jack Hightower (D-TX)
• Fmr. Rep. James H. Maloney (D-CT)
• Fmr. Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D-PA)
• Fmr. Rep. William Patman (D-TX)
• Fmr. Rep. Marty Russo (D-IL)
• Fmr. Rep. Ronnie Shows (D-MS)
• Fmr. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Tom Foley (D-WA)

Military

• Fmr. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Hugh Shelton ^[2]
• Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe of NATO General Wesley Clark ^[3]
• Fmr. Commander, International Security Assistance Force, General John R. Allen

National political figures

• Fmr. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros
• Fmr. Democratic National Committee Chair Debra DeLee
• Fmr. Democratic National Committee Chair Steve Grossman
• Fmr. Democratic National Committee Chair Donald Fowler
• Fmr. Democratic National Committee Chair Terry McAuliffe
• Fmr. White House Chief of Staff Mack McLarty
• Fmr. White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta
• Fmr. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala
• Fmr. Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater
• Fmr. Democratic National Committee Chair Robert Strauss
• Fmr. United States Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young
• Kathleen Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy ^[4][5]
• Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy and a human rights activist^[4][5]
• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an environmentalist and a member of the Kennedy family^[5][6]

Governors

• Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D-OR)
• Gov. John Baldacci (D-ME)
• Gov. Mike Beebe (D-AR)
• Gov. Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
• Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-MI)
• Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-MD) ^[7][8]
• Gov. Mike Easley (D-NC)
• Gov. David Paterson (D-NY)
• Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA) ^[9]
• Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH)
• Fmr. Gov. Tom Vilsack (D-IA) ^[10][11]
• Fmr. Gov. John Y. Brown, Jr. (D-KY) ^[12]
• Fmr. Gov. Julian Carroll (D-KY)
• Fmr. Gov. Wendell Ford (D-KY),^[12]
• Fmr. Gov. Paul E. Patton (D-KY)
• Fmr. Gov. and Fmr. Rep. Carlos Romero Barceló (PR)
• Fmr. Gov. Pedro Rossello (PR)
• Fmr. Gov. Hulett Smith (D-WV)
• Fmr. Gov. John Waihee (D-HI)
• Fmr. Gov. Brendan Byrne (D-NJ)

Family members of major political figures

• Fmr. Kentucky First Lady Phyllis George ^[13]
• Anthony Shriver, founder of Best Buddies International and a member of the Kennedy family^[14]

Mayors

• Allentown, PA Mayor Ed Pawlowski (D-PA)
• Boston, MA Mayor Thomas Menino (D-MA)
• Hinton, West Virginia Mayor Cleo Mathews (D-WV) ^[15]
• Kalispell, Montana Mayor Pam Kennedy (MT) ^[16]
• Los Angeles, CA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D-CA)
• Morgantown, West Virginia Mayor Ron Justice (D-WV) ^[15]
• Oakland, CA Mayor Ron Dellums(D-CA)
• Philadelphia, PA Mayor Michael Nutter (D-PA)
• Pittsburgh, PA Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (D-PA)
• St. Louis, MO Mayor Francis G. Slay (D-MO)
• San Francisco, CA Mayor Gavin Newsom (D-CA)
• Williamstown, West Virginia Mayor Jean Ford (WV) ^[15]

State and local officials

Kentucky

• Kentucky House Majority Leader Rocky Adkins ^[1]
• Kentucky State Senator Denise Harper Angel (D-KY) ^[13]
• State Rep. Joni Jenkins (D-KY) ^[13]
• State Rep. Leslie Combs (D-KY)^[13]
• State Rep. Dottie J. Sims (D-KY)^[13]
• State Rep. Mary Lou Marzian (D-KY) ^[13]
• Kentucky House Speaker Jody Richards ^[1]
• State Rep. Robin L. Webb (D-KY) ^[13]

Maryland

• Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Pro Tempore Adrienne A. Jones (D-MD)^[17]
• Maryland House of Delegates member Susan C. Lee (D-MD)^[17]
• Maryland House of Delegates Deputy Majority Whip Shirley Nathan-Pulliam (D-MD)^[17]
• Maryland House of Delegates Deputy Speaker pro Tempore Carolyn J. B. Howard (D-MD)^[17]
• Maryland House of Delegates Deputy Majority Leader Shane E. Pendergrass (D-MD)^[17]

Ohio

• Parma City Council President Sean P. Brennan

Oklahoma

• Secretary of State of Oklahoma Susan Savage (D-OK)
• State Rep. Al McAffrey (D-OK)
• State Rep. Scott Bighorse (D-OK)
• Fmr. President Pro Tem of Oklahoma Senate and Fmr. Mayor of Tulsa Rodger Randle (D-OK)
• Fmr. Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Larry Adair (D-OK)
• Fmr. Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Steve Lewis (D-OK)

West Virginia

• West Virginia House of Delegates member Bonnie Brown (D-WV) ^[18]
• House of Delegates member Richard Browning (D-WV)^[18]
• State Senate Majority Leader H. Truman Chafin (D-WV)^[18]
• House of Delegates member Barbara Evans Fleisachuer (D-WV)^[18]
• House of Delegates member Barbara Hatfield (D-WV)^[18]
• House of Delegates member Linda Longstreth (D-WV)^[18]
• House of Delegates member Steve Kominar (D-WV)^[18]
• House of Delegates member Tim Miley (D-WV)^[18]
• State Senator Michael Oliverio (D-WV)^[18]
• House of Delegates member Dan Poling (D-WV)^[18]
• House of Delegates member Roman Prezioso (D-WV)^[18]
• Fmr. Speaker Pro Tempore of the West Virginia House of Delegates Phyllis Rutledge (D-WV)^[18]
• House of Delegates member Bob Tabb (D-WV) ^[18]

Newspapers

Writers

• Poet Maya Angelou^[19]
• Writer Susan Estrich
• Writer Erica Jong^[20]
• Novelist Anne Rice^[20]

Labor unions

December 2007 poster showing the endorsement of Clinton by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

• New York's Civil Service Employees Association, Local 1000 AFSCME

Political groups

• National Organization for Women ^[21]

Entertainers

• Actor Sean Astin^[22]
• Actor Chevy Chase^[23]
• Actor Billy Crystal^[24]
• Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres^[25]
• Actor Michael Douglas^[26]
• Actress Melanie Griffith^[27]
• Musician Sir Elton John^[28]
• Actor Jack Nicholson^[29]
• Actress Eva Longoria^[27]
• Actress Candice Bergen^[23]
• Actress Lynda Carter^[20]
• Actress Eileen Davidson
• Actress America Ferrera^[30]
• Actress Tina Fey^[31]
• Actress Sally Field^[32]
• Actress Whoopi Goldberg^[33]
• Actress Christine Lahti^[23]
• Actress and comedian Caroline Rhea^[34]
• Actress Victoria Rowell^[35]
• Actress Amber Tamblyn^[30]
• Actress Elizabeth Taylor^[36]
• Actress Reese Witherspoon^[37]
• Film director Rob Reiner^[38]
• Film director Steven Spielberg^[39]
• Film producer Bruce Cohen ^[34]
• Model Marla Maples^[23]
• Musician Elvis Costello^[24]
• Musician Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds^[34]
• Talk show host and Fmr. Cincinnati Mayor Jerry Springer (D-OH)^[23]
• Musician Merle Haggard^[20]
• Musician Sophie B. Hawkins^[40]
• Musician Janet Jackson^[20]
• Musician Madonna^[20]
• Musician Barry Manilow^[23]
• Musician Christina Aguilera^[23]
• Musician and American Idol finalist Katharine McPhee^[34]
• Musician Barbra Streisand^[41]
• Musician Carly Simon^[42]
• Musician Tony Bennett^[42]
• Musician Willie Colón^[43]
• Musician Cher^[44][45]

Adult entertainment

• Pornographic actress Jenna Jameson^[46]
• Gay pornographic actor Tiger Tyson^[47]
• Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner^[23]

Well-known individuals

• Socialite Paris Hilton^[20]
• Businessman and television personality Donald Trump^[48]
• Reality television personality Kari Ann Peniche^[20]
• Businesswoman and television host Martha Stewart^[49]

Athletes

• Tennis player Billie Jean King^[50]
• Indy car driver Sarah Fisher ^[51]
• Basketball legend Magic Johnson.^[52]

Other individuals

State officials

• Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)
• Fmr. Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D-MD)^[4][5]

Foreign political leaders

• Mona Sahlin, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Sweden.

See also

• Congressional endorsements for the 2008 United States presidential election
• Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential primaries, 2008
• List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008
• List of John McCain presidential campaign endorsements
• List of Hillary Clinton presidential campaign endorsements, 2016

References

1. HillaryClinton.com - Media Release
2. The Daily Southerner, Tarboro, NC - After five years, an opportunity for an honorable conclusion
3. Wesley Clark
4. Kennedy Family Split On Endorsements
5. Kennedys for Clinton
6. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorses Clinton
9. Reliable Politics: PA Governor Ed Rendell Endorses Clinton
12. HillaryClinton.com - blogHillary
13. HillaryClinton.com - Media Release
14. Clinton Campaign Talking Points
15. HillaryClinton.com - Media Release
16. HillaryClinton.com - Media Release
17. "Maryland Democrats Complete Convention Delegation". 2008-05-03. Archived from the original on 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
18. Clinton Campaign Announces West Virginia for Hillary Leadership Councilhillaryclinton.com, May 5, 2008
19. Maya Angelou's poem in praise of Hillary
20. Hillary Rodham Clinton 2008 Supporters and Opponents - Just Hillary.com - The Hillary Clinton News Site
21. "NOW Political Action Committee Proudly Endorses Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for President of the United States in 2008" (Press release). National Organization for Women. 2007-03-28. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
22. Statesman.com - Hobbit Samwise Gamgee endorses Clinton
23. TheHill.com - Hugh Hefner gives $2,300 to Clinton's '08 campaign
24. Crystal, Costello laud Hillary's 60th birthday
25. Associated Press - Ellen Visits Clinton Fundraiser Archived March 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
26. Michael Douglas News | Douglas backing Hillary Clinton
27. HillaryClinton.com - Melanie Griffith And Eva Longoria Parker Endorse Hillary, Set To Appear At Texas Town Hall
28. HillaryClinton.com - Sir Elton John To Perform at Clinton Fundraiser on April 9th
29. HillaryClinton.com - View Post
30. America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn Back Hillary Clinton
31. Tina Fey On SNL: "Bitch Is The New Black"
32. sally field supports hillary clinton for President of the USA!
33. YouTube - Whoopi switches to Hillary
34. "Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Katharine McPhee and Caroline Rhea to Join Hillary at Launch of Club 44" (Press release). Hillary Clinton for President. 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
35. NPR: Celebrities Elevating Candidates' Profiles
36. GayCityUSA Daily: Elizabeth Taylor Supports Hillary Clinton's Run For President
37. Reese backs Hillary Clinton
38. Johnson, Ted (2007-09-26). "Rob Reiner endorses Hillary Clinton". Variety.
39. "Steven Spielberg Endorses Hillary Clinton for President", Foxnews.com, June 13, 2007.
40. Happy New Year!
41. "Barbra Streisand backs Clinton's White House bid". Reuters. 2007-11-27.
42. "50 Cent, Dave Matthews, Perez Hilton, Others Endorse Candidates For Super Tuesday" (Press release). MTV. 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
43. Willie Colón Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
44. YouTube - Cher - Entertainment Tonight 2008
45. YouTube - Cher on Nightline - 2008
46. "Jenna Jameson - Portrait of a Mainstream Sex Icon". PR.com. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
47. Rod 2.0 News: Hillary Clinton Ad, Lutherans, Adrian Fenty, Tiger Tyson
48. Shabad, Rebecca. "Trump in 2008: Hillary Clinton would make a "great" president." CBS News. 29 December 2015. 10 october 2016.
49. "Martha Stewart Donations". Fundrace2008. Huffington Post. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
50. HillaryClinton.com - Media Release
51. F1SA - IRL : Sarah Fisher endorses Senator Clinton for President
52. Pitney, Nico (2008-01-22). "Abdul-Jabbar To Magic: Obama's No "Rookie"". Huffington Post.

External links

• Endorsements list, in date order, from the Clinton campaign website