List of Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign endorsements

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Many notable people and groups formally endorsed or voiced support for President Barack Obama's 2012 presidential re-election campaign during the Democratic Party primaries and the general election.

U.S. presidents and vice presidents

President Jimmy Carter^[1]
President Bill Clinton^[2]

U.S. senators

Current

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO)^[3]
Sen. Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL)^[4]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)^[5]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)^[6]
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), chairman of the Senate Rules Committee^[7]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)^[8]
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)^[9]

Former

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN), Fmr. Governor of Indiana^[10]
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), former Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics^[11]
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)^[12]
Sen. Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Fmr. Governor of New Jersey^[13]^[14]
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI)^[15]
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)^[16]
Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), Fmr. Governor of Florida^[17]
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)^[18]
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)^[19]
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)^[20]
Sen. George Mitchell (D-ME)^[21]
Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD)^[22]
former Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)^[23]
Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)^[24]

U.S. representatives

Current

Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA)^[25]
Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA)^[26]
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)^[27]
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)^[28]
Rep. Bob Brady (D-PA)^[12]
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)^[29]
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)^[30]
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)^[31]
Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)^[32]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)^[33]
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)^[34]
Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA)^[35]
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)^[36]
Rep. Mark Critz (D-PA)^[37]
Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL)^[38]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)^[39]
Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)^[40]
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)^[41]
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)^[42]
Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez (D-TX)^[43]
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)^[44]
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)^[12]
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT)^[45]
Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA)^[46]
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL)
Rep. John B. Larson (D-CT)^[47]
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)^[48]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)^[49]
Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA)^[50]
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA)^[51]
Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA)^[52]
Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA)^[53]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)^[54]
Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA)^[55]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)^[56]
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)^[57]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee^[12]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)^[58]
Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL)^[59]
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)^[60]
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA)^[61]
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)^[62]
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)^[63]

Former

Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Mayor of Chicago, fmr. White House Chief of Staff in the Obama administration^[64]
Rep. Harris W. Fawell (R-IL)^[65]
Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN)^[24]
Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ)^[66]
Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA)^[67]

Governors

Current

Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)^[68]
Gov. Steve Beshear (D-KY)^[69]
Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA)^[70]
Gov. Lincoln Chafee (I-RI), former U.S. senator (R-RI)^[71]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)^[72]
Gov. Mark Dayton (D-MN)^[73]
Gov. Chris Gregoire (D-WA)^[73]
Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-CO)^[74]
Gov. John Kitzhaber (D-OR)^[75]
Gov. John Lynch (D-NH)^[76]
Gov. Dan Malloy (D-CT)^[73]
Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-MD)^[73]
Gov. Jack Markell (D-DE)^[77]
Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA)^[78]
Gov. Beverly Perdue (D-NC)^[79]
Gov. Pat Quinn (D-IL)^[80]
Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT)^[81]
Gov. Peter Shumlin (D-VT)^[82]

Former

Gov. and Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)^[10]
Gov. Phil Bredesen (D-TN)^[83]
Gov. Charlie Crist (I-FL); Republican while in office^[84]
Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT); Fmr. Chairman of the DNC and 2004 presidential candidate^[85]
Gov. and Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), 2004 presidential candidate^[17]
Gov. Jim Hunt (D-NC)^[86]
Gov. and Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA)^[87]
Gov. Angus King (I-ME)^[88]

National political figures and former cabinet officials

Nicole Avant, former United States Ambassador to the Bahamas^[14]
Jeff Bleich, former United States Ambassador to Australia^[14]
Richard A. Clarke, former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism for the United States^[89]
Charles Fried former Solicitor General under Ronald Reagan^[90]
Steven J. Green, former United States Ambassador to Singapore, former CEO and Chairman of Samsonite Corporation^[91]
Douglas Kmiec, former United States Ambassador to Malta, legal aide to former president Reagan^[92]
Candace Gingrich, half-sister of Republican 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich^[93]
Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor, four-star General (Republican) (deceased)^[94]
Norman Mineta, former United States Secretary of Transportation, United States Secretary of Commerce^[95]

Military

Wesley Clark, four star General (Ret), former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, 2004 presidential candidate^[96]
Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy^[96]
Paul Eaton, Major General (Ret)^[96]
Donald J. Guter, retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, former Judge Advocate General of the Navy, current dean, South Texas College of Law^[97]
Michael D. Lumpkin^[98]
John B. Nathman, retired U.S. Navy Admiral, co-chair of the re-election campaign of President Obama^[99]

Mayors

William D. Euille,^[100] former Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia
Kasim Reed,^[101] former Mayor of Atlanta
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake,^[102] former Mayor of Baltimore
Thomas Menino,^[103] former Mayor of Boston
Anthony Foxx,^[104] former Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina
Rahm Emanuel,^[64] former Mayor of Chicago; former U.S. Representative, and former White House Chief of Staff
Richard M. Daley,^[105] former mayor of Chicago
Michael Hancock,^[106] former Mayor of Denver
Dave Bing,^[107] former Mayor of Detroit
Craig Lowe,^[108] former Mayor of Gainesville, Florida
Annise Parker,^[109] former Mayor of Houston
Alvin Brown,^[110] former Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida
Antonio Villaraigosa,^[111] former Mayor of Los Angeles
R. T. Rybak,^[112] former Mayor of Minneapolis
John DeStefano Jr.,^[113] former Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut
Mitch Landrieu,^[114] former Mayor of New Orleans
David Dinkins,^[115] former mayor of New York City
Ed Koch,^[116] former mayor of New York City
Michael Bloomberg,^[117] former Mayor of New York City
Cory Booker,^[118] former Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Buddy Dyer,^[119] Mayor of Orlando, Florida
Michael Nutter,^[12] former Mayor of Philadelphia
Julian Castro,^[120] former Mayor of San Antonio
Willie Brown,^[121] former mayor of San Francisco
Bob Buckhorn,^[122] former Mayor of Tampa, Florida

State, local, and territory officials

former Lt. Gov. Joseph Garcia (D-CO)^[123]
former Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (D-MD)^[124]
former Atty Gen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)^[125]
former State Rep. Mark Meadows (D-MI)^[126]
former State Rep. Heather Mizeur (D-MD)^[127]
former Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA)^[128]
former State Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward (R-NY)^[129]
former. Ohio First Lady Frances Strickland^[130]
Steve Westly, former California State Controller (D-CA)^[14]

Native American leaders

Bill John Baker, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma^[131] (D-OK)

International political figures

British Labour Party MP Diane Abbott, 2010 candidate for the Labour Party leadership^[132] and first black female MP.
Former president of France Nicolas Sarkozy^[133]

Publications

See: Newspaper endorsements in the 2012 United States presidential election

Business people

Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of salesforce.com^[13]
Jeffrey Brotman, Founder of Costco^[134]
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway^[135]
Ari Emanuel, CEO of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment^[13]
Nathaniel Fick, CEO of the Center for a New American Security, author of One Bullet Away, a New York Times best seller^[98]
Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and CEO^[136]
David Geffen, founder of Asylum Records, Geffen Records, and DGC Records; cofounder of DreamWorks SKG^[13]
Berry Gordy, founder of the Motown record label^[137]
Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm^[138]
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook^[139]
James Lassiter^[14]
Kevin Liles, former executive Vice President of Warner Music Group^[140]
Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment^[137]
Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation^[141]
Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!^[142]
Mike Medavoy, Chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures^[137]
Tom Rothman, Chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment^[14]
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook^[143]
Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google^[144]
Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam^[140]
James Sinegal, founder and former CEO of Costco^[145]
George Soros, founder of Soros Fund Management^[146]

Chefs

Fashion designers

Labor unions

Social and political activists

Organizations

Entertainment

Actors and actresses

Comedians

Directors

Internet, radio and television personalities

Musicians

Bands

Adult entertainers

Screenwriters and producers

Writers

Athletes

Boxing

Baseball (MLB)

Basketball (NBA)

Football (NFL)

Soccer (association football)

Skateboarding

Rob Dyrdek^[489]

Professional wrestling

CM Punk^[490]

Nobel Prize laureates

Economics

Science

Alexei Abrikosov, Physics, 2003^[494]
Peter Agre, Chemistry, 2003^[494]
Sidney Altman, Chemistry, 1989^[494]
Philip Anderson, Physics, 1977^[494]
David Baltimore, Medicine 1975^[494]
Paul Berg, Chemistry, 1980^[494]
J. Michael Bishop, Medicine, 1989^[494]
Elizabeth Blackburn, Medicine, 2009^[494]
Günter Blobel, Medicine, 1999^[494]
Nicolaas Bloembergen, Physics, 1981^[494]
Linda Buck, Medicine, 2004^[494]
Mario Capecchi, Medicine, 2007^[494]
Martin Chalfie, Chemistry, 2008^[494]
Leon Cooper, Physics, 1972^[494]
James Cronin, Physics, 1980^[494]
Robert Curl, Chemistry, 1996^[494]
Johann Deisenhofer, Chemistry, 1988^[494]
Edmond Fischer, Medicine, 1992^[494]
Val Fitch, Physics, 1980^[494]
Jerome Friedman, Physics, 1990^[494]
Murray Gell-Mann, Physics, 1969^[494]
Walter Gilbert, Chemistry, 1980^[494]
Donald Glaser, Physics, 1960^[494]
Sheldon Glashow, Physics, 1979^[494]
Roy Glauber, Physics, 2005^[494]
Joseph L. Goldstein, Medicine, 1985^[494]
Paul Greengard, Medicine, 2000^[494]
Carol Greider, Medicine, 2009^[494]
David Gross, Physics, 2004^[494]
Robert Grubbs, Chemistry, 2005^[494]
Roger Guillemin, Medicine, 1977^[494]
John Hall, Physics, 2005^[494]
Leland Hartwell, Medicine, 2001^[494]
Alan Heeger, Chemistry, 2000^[494]
Dudley Herschbach, Chemistry, 1986^[494]
Roald Hoffmann, Chemistry, 1981^[494]
H. Robert Horvitz, Medicine, 2002^[494]
David Hubel, Medicine, 1981^[494]
Eric Kandel, Medicine, 2000^[494]
Brian Kobilka, Chemistry, 2012^[494]
Roger Kornberg, Chemistry, 2006^[494]
Leon Lederman, Physics, 1988^[494]
Robert Lefkowitz, Chemistry, 2012^[494]
John Mather, Physics, 2006^[494]
Craig Mello, Medicine, 2006^[494]
Mario Molina, Chemistry, 1995^[494]
Douglas Osheroff, Physics, 1996^[494]
Arno Penzias, Physics, 1978^[494]
Martin Perl, Physics, 1995^[494]
David Politzer, Physics, 2004^[494]
Stanley Prusiner, Medicine, 1997^[494]
Burton Richter, Physics, 1976^[494]
Richard Schrock, Chemistry, 2005^[494]
Hamilton Smith, Medicine, 1978^[494]
Oliver Smithies, Medicine, 2007^[494]
George Smoot, Physics, 2006^[494]
Thomas Steitz, Chemistry, 2009^[494]
Jack Szostak, Medicine, 2009^[494]
Charles Townes, Physics, 1964^[494]
Roger Tsien, Chemistry, 2008^[494]
Daniel Tsui, Physics, 1998^[494]
James Watson, Medicine, 1962^[494]
Carl Wieman, Physics, 2001^[494]
Eric Wieschaus, Medicine, 1995^[494]
Frank Wilczek, Physics, 2004^[494]
Robert Wilson, Physics, 1978^[494]

See also

References

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