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List of Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign endorsements

Officials below the level of State Legislator and all other individuals and entities are listed only if they are the subject of a Wikipedia article or are otherwise clearly notable.

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Inactive

February 19, 2019

April 8, 2020[1]

Burlington, Vermont[2] Washington, D.C.[3]

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This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who have voiced their endorsement of Bernie Sanders' campaign for the Democratic Party's nomination for the 2020 U.S. presidential election before he dropped out of the race on April 8, 2020.

U.S. senator from Vermont (1975–2023), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee (2017–2023), President pro tempore of the United States Senate (2012–2015), Chair (2007–2015, 2001–2003) and Ranking Member (2015–2017, 2003–2007, 1997–2001) of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chair (1987–1995) and Ranking Member (1995–1997) of the Senate Agriculture Committee[4][5]

Patrick Leahy

Attorney General of Vermont (2017–2022)[5]

T. J. Donovan

Attorney General of Minnesota (2019–present), U.S. Representative from MN-5 (2007–2019), Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (2011–2017), Deputy DNC Chair (2017–2018)[5]

Keith Ellison

Vermont Auditor of Accounts (2013–present)[5]

Doug Hoffer

Treasurer of Vermont (2011–present)[5]

Beth Pearce

Member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire from District 2 (2017–present), candidate for Governor of New Hampshire in 2020[18]

Andru Volinsky

Lieutenant Governor of Vermont (2017–present), candidate for Governor of Vermont in 2020 (VPP)[5]

David Zuckerman

Member of the California State Board of Equalization (2019–present)[19]

Tony Vazquez

Mayor of Berkeley, CA (2016–present)[104]

Jesse Arreguín

Mayor of New York City, NY (2014–present) and 2020 presidential candidate[105]

Bill de Blasio

Mayor of San Juan, PR (2013–present), 2020 national co-chair[11]

Carmen Yulín Cruz

Mayor of Perth Amboy, NJ (2008–present)[106]

Wilda Diaz

Mayor of Jackson, MS (2017–present)[107]

Chokwe Antar Lumumba

Mayor of Clarkston, GA (2014–present), 2020 candidate for Senate, Democratic National Committee member[108]

Ted Terry

DC, union leader and CWA president[5][143]

Larry Cohen

MI, chair and founder, DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council,[144][145] Vice Chair of Washtenaw County Commission[5][146]

Michelle Deatrick

Megan E. Green, DNC member from Missouri

[5]

Ray McKinnon, DNC member from North Carolina

[5]

Susie A. Shannon, DNC member from California

[5]

Jeri D. Shepherd, DNC member from Colorado

[147]

DNC member from Virginia, human rights attorney, Senior Policy Counsel at the Center for Victims of Torture[5]

Yasmine P. Taeb

Terry L. Tucker, DNC member from Colorado

[147]

Curtis Wylde, DNC member from Missouri

[5]

DC, founder and President of Arab American Institute[5]

James Zogby

President of Nicaragua (1985–1990, 2007–present) (FSLN)[152]

Daniel Ortega

activist and executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy[174]

Ana Maria Archila

healthcare activist and attorney[175] (previously endorsed Elizabeth Warren)[175]

Ady Barkan

activist, actor, teacher, and Democratic candidate for New York State Senate's 25th District[176]

Jabari Brisport

ironworker, activist, and Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative from WI-01 in 2018[128]

Randy Bryce

political activist, nurse, pastor, and future U.S. Representative from MO-1 (2021–present)[177]

Cori Bush

candidate for Queens County District Attorney in 2019 and criminal justice reform activist[178]

Tiffany Cabán

political leader and executive director at Democracy for America[180]

Charles R. Chamberlain

community organiser, journalist, hip-hop activist, and Green Party of the United States vice-presidential nominee in 2008[181]

Rosa Clemente

activist and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement.[182] (co-endorsement with Elizabeth Warren)

Patrisse Cullors

gun control activist and March for Our Lives co-founder[183]

Ryan Deitsch

former executive director of NNU and CNA/NNOC[184]

RoseAnn DeMoro

political commentator and author[185]

Barbara Ehrenreich

legal scholar, human rights attorney, activist, and writer

Noura Erakat

political activist, author, and documentary film producer[186]

Jodie Evans

executive director of People's Action[187]

George Goehl

environmental activist and co-founder and co-executive director of U.S. Youth Climate Strike (daughter of Ilhan Omar)[188][189]

Isra Hirsi

activist, political theorist, and movement builder[186]

Leah Hunt-Hendrix

2018 nominee for Governor of Maryland, president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (2008–2013)[190]

Ben Jealous

gun control activist and March for Our Lives co-founder (previously endorsed Andrew Yang)[191]

Cameron Kasky

union leader and former UAW President[192]

Bob King

writer and civil rights activist[193]

Shaun King

author and activist[194]

Naomi Klein

political activist[195]

Nomiki Konst

labor activist[196]

José La Luz

trans woman activist and community leader for transgender rights, Stonewall riots veteran, and former executive director of the Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project[197]

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

American environmentalist, economist, writer, executive director of Honor The Earth, and Green Party of the United States vice-presidential nominee in 1996 and 2000[63]

Winona LaDuke

climate activist[188]

Jamie Margolin

union organizer, scholar, author, and political commentator[186]

Jane F. McAlevey

activist, musician, and National Director of the Working Families Party[198]

Maurice Mitchell

political activist and campaign manager of Mike Gravel 2020 presidential campaign[199]

David Oks

activist and national co-chair of the 2017 Women's March[186]

Carmen Perez

environmental activist and founder and executive director of Sunrise Movement[200]

Varshini Prakash

political activist and Democratic candidate for Virginia's 28th Senate district in 2019 and Virginia's 1st congressional district in 2020[201]

Qasim Rashid

political activist and former executive director of Arab American Association of New York[202]

Linda Sarsour

human rights attorney and former president of the National Lawyers Guild[203]

Azadeh N. Shahshahani

lecturer, author, scholar, lesbian feminist, and socialist[189]

Barbara Smith

founder of GNU Project and Free Software Foundation[204]

Richard Stallman

social and environmental activist and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from West Virginia (2018, 2020)[177]

Paula Jean Swearengin

gun control activist and March for Our Lives co-founder[183]

Delaney Tarr

former President of National Writers Union[205]

Jonathan Tasini

political activist and chief of staff of Mike Gravel 2020 presidential campaign[6]

Henry Williams

spiritual leader, author, political activist, and 2020 presidential candidate[206]

Marianne Williamson

immigrant and criminal justice activist and youth counselor[207]

Eddy Zheng

APWU – , representing 200,000[b][424][425]

American Postal Workers Union

NNU – , representing 150,000[426][427]

National Nurses United

NUHW – , representing 15,000[428] (co-endorsement with Elizabeth Warren)

National Union of Healthcare Workers

UE – , representing 35,900[429][430]

United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America

: White Earth Band of Ojibwe[506]

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe

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General newspapers and magazines

Endorsements in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries

News media endorsements in the 2020 United States presidential primaries

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Noteworthy Sanders endorsements

from C-SPAN

Endorsement of Sanders by Ocasio-Cortez, October 19, 2019