# Endorsements in the 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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This is a list of endorsements for declared candidates in the Democratic primaries for the 1988 United States presidential election.
This list only includes endorsements by notable individuals and organizations which have been reported in reliable independent sources. Endorsement by individuals does not imply endorsement by their organization.

## Convention Candidates
### Michael Dukakis
#### U.S. Senate

* Ted Kennedy, member of the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts (1962–2009)
* John Kerry, member of the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts (1985–2013)

#### U.S. House of Representatives

* Gary Ackerman, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1983–2013)
* Chester G. Atkins, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district (1985–1993)
* Edward Boland, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district (1953–1989)
* Tom Bevill, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 4th congressional district (1973–1997)
* Brian J. Donnelly, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district (1979–1993)
* Dennis E. Eckart, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio (1981–1993)
* Barney Frank, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district (1981–2013)
* Joseph P. Kennedy II, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 8th congressional district (1987–1999)
* Ed Markey, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts (1976–2013)
* Bob Matsui, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1979–2005)
* Nicholas Mavroules, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th congressional district (1979–1993)
* Norman Mineta, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1975–1995)
* Joe Moakley, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district (1973–2001)
* Gerry Studds, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts (1973–1997)

#### Statewide officials

* Jan Cook, State Auditor of Alabama (1983-1991)

#### Celebrities

* Karen Allen, actress
* Woody Allen, filmmaker
* Teri Austin, actress
* Lauren Bacall, actress
* Doug Barr, actor
* Jeff Berg, actor
* Ruben Blades, musician
* Peter Boyle, actor
* Cher, singer
* John Davis, producer
* Michael Douglas, actor
* Richard Dreyfuss, actor
* Griffin Dunne, actor
* Mia Farrow, actress
* Sally Field, actress
* Carrie Fisher, actress
* Jane Fonda, actress
* Art Garfunkel, singer
* Richard Gere, actor
* Harry Hamlin, actor
* Arthur Hiller, director
* Don Johnson, actor
* Joanna Kerns, actress
* John Lithgow, actor
* Rob Lowe, actor
* Leonard Nimoy, actor
* Ken Olin, actor
* Elizabeth Perkins, actress
* Sydney Pollack, director
* Alan Rachins, actor
* Tony Randall, actor
* John Ratzenberger, actor
* Judge Reinhold, actor
* Telly Savalas, actor
* Cybill Shepherd, actress
* Carly Simon, singer
* Paul Simon, singer
* Sissy Spacek, actress
* Maureen Stapleton, actress
* Oliver Stone, director
* Meryl Streep, actress
* James Taylor, singer
* Christopher Walken, actor
* Raquel Welch, actress
* Patricia Wettig, actress
* Bruce Willis, actor
* Shelley Winters, actress
* Moon Unit Zappa, actress

#### Individuals

* Barry Diller, businessman
* Tom Hayden, activist

### Jesse Jackson
#### U.S. House of Representatives

* Bill Clay, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 1st congressional district (1969–2001)
* Cardiss Collins, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 7th congressional district (1973–1997)
* John Conyers, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan (1965–2017)
* Ron Dellums, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1971–1998)
* Mervyn Dymally, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 31st congressional district (1981–1993)
* Augustus Hawkins, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1963–1991)
* Floyd Flake, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 6th congressional district (1987–1997)
* Harold Ford Sr., member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee (1975–1997)
* Charles Hayes, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 1st congressional district (1983–1993)
* Mickey Leland, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 18th congressional district (1979–1989)
* Kweisi Mfume, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 7th congressional district (1987–1996)
* Major Owens, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1983–2017)
* Charles Rangel, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1971–2017)
* Gus Savage, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 2nd congressional district (1981–1993)
* Louis Stokes, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio (1969–1999)
* Edolphus Towns, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1983–2013)

#### State officials

* Orval Faubus, segregationist and former governor of Arkansas

#### Mayors and Local Executives

* Richard Arrington Jr., Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama (1979-1999)
* Marion Barry, Mayor of the District of Columbia (1979–1991; 1995–1999)
* David Dinkins, Borough president of Manhattan (1986–1989)
* Bernie Sanders, Mayor of Burlington, Vermont (1981-1989)
* Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1983-1987)

#### Individuals

* Casey Kasem, disc jockey
* Paul Wellstone, activist and nominee for Minnesota State Auditor in 1982

#### Celebrities

* Byron Allen, film producer
* Debbie Allen, actress
* Susan Anspach, actress
* Robert Blake, actor
* Ned Beatty, actor
* Eileen Brennan, actress
* Gary Busey, actor
* Bill Cosby, actor and comedian
* Robert Foxworth, actor
* Anthony Franciosa, actor
* Louis Gossett Jr., actor
* Valerie Harper, actor
* John Heard, actor
* Gregory Hines, actor
* Margot Kidder, actress
* Diane Ladd, actress
* Spike Lee, director
* Cleavon Little, actor
* Elizabeth Montgomery, actress
* Oz Scott, director
* Martin Sheen, actor
* Cicely Tyson, actress
* Dennis Weaver, actor

#### Musicians

* Carl Anderson, singer
* Jackson Browne, singer
* Irene Cara, singer
* Natalie Cole, singer
* Rita Coolidge, singer
* David Crosby, singer
* Sammy Davis Jr., singer
* Roberta Flack, singer
* Aretha Franklin, singer
* Dick Griffey, producer
* Herbie Hancock, pianist
* Phyllis Hyman, singer
* Al Jarreau, singer
* Quincy Jones, producer
* Gladys Knight, singer
* Kris Kristofferson, singer
* Melba Moore, singer and actress
* Willie Nelson, singer
* Bonnie Raitt, singer and guitarist
* Lou Rawls, singer
* Helen Reddy, singer
* Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer
* Pete Seeger, singer
* Bob Seger, singer
* Mary Wilson, singer
* Stevie Wonder, singer

#### Newspapers and publications

* The Nation

## Withdrawn Candidates
### Al Gore
#### U.S. Senate

* Howell Heflin, member of the U.S. Senate from Alabama (1979–1997)
* Harry Reid, member of the U.S. Senate from Nevada (1987–2017)
* Terry Sanford, member of the U.S. Senate from North Carolina (1986–1993)
* Jim Sasser, member of the U.S. Senate from Tennessee (1977–1995)

#### U.S. House of Representatives

* James M. Clarke, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 11th congressional district (1987–1991)
* Bob Clement, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 5th congressional district (1988-2003)
* Jim Cooper, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee (1983-1995)
* Norm Dicks, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 6th congressional district (1977-2013)
* Thomas Downey, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 2nd congressional district (1975-1993)
* Bart Gordon, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 6th congressional district (1985-2011)
* Ed Jones, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee (1969-1989)
* Tom Lantos, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1981–2008)
* Marilyn Lloyd, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 3rd congressional district (1975-1995)
* Tom McMillen, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th congressional district (1987-1993)

#### Statewide officials

* Jim Folsom Jr., Lieutenant Governor of Alabama (1987-1993)

#### State legislative leaders

* James S. Clark, Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives (1987-1999)

### Paul Simon
#### U.S. Senate

* Alan J. Dixon, member of the U.S. Senate from Illinois (1981–1993)

#### U.S. House of Representatives

* Barbara Boxer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 6th congressional district (1983–1993)
* Dick Durbin, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 20th congressional district (1983–1997)
* Lane Evans, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 17th congressional district (1983–2007)
* Kenneth J. Gray, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois (1985–1989)
* Jim Jontz, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 5th congressional district (1987–1993)
* Marcy Kaptur, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th congressional district (1983–Present)
* Richard H. Lehman, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1983–1995)
* Frank McCloskey, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 8th congressional district (1985–1995)
* Matthew F. McHugh, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1975–1993)
* Bruce Morrison, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 3rd congressional district (1983–1991)
* Pete Stark, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1973–2013)
* Ted Weiss, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1977–1992)
* Sidney R. Yates, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 9th congressional district (1965–1999)

### Dick Gephardt
#### U.S. House of Representatives

* Michael A. Andrews, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 25th congressional district (1983–1995)
* Beryl Anthony Jr., member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th congressional district (1979–1993)
* Anthony Beilenson, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1977–1997)
* Douglas H. Bosco, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st congressional district (1983–1991)
* Rick Boucher, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th congressional district (1983–2011)
* John Bryant, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th congressional district (1983–1997)
* Albert Bustamante, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 23rd congressional district (1985–1993)
* Jim Chapman, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 1st congressional district (1985–1997)
* Tony Coelho, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 15th congressional district (1979–1989)
* Butler Derrick, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 3rd congressional district (1975–1995)
* John Dingell, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan (1955–2015)
* Byron Dorgan, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Dakota's at-large congressional district (1981–1992)
* Glenn English, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 6th congressional district (1975–1994)
* Ben Erdreich, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 6th congressional district (1983–1993)
* Dante Fascell, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida (1955–1993)
* Vic Fazio, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 15th congressional district (1979–1999)
* Ed Feighan, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 19th congressional district (1983–1993)
* Ronnie Flippo, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 5th congressional district (1977–1991)
* Tom Foley, Majority Leader from Washington's 5th congressional district (1965–1995)
* Martin Frost, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 24th congressional district (1979–2005)
* Dan Glickman, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 4th congressional district (1977–1995)
* James W. Grant, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 2nd congressional district (1987–1991)
* Jimmy Hayes, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 7th congressional district (1987–1997)
* Carroll Hubbard, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 1st congressional district (1975–1993)
* Jerry Huckaby, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 5th congressional district (1977–1993)
* Ed Jenkins, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 9th congressional district (1977–1993)
* Marvin Leath, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 11th congressional district (1979–1991)
* Sander Levin, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan (1983–2019)
* Bill Lipinski, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois (1983–2005)
* Buddy MacKay, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 6th congressional district (1983–1989)
* Thomas Manton, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1985–1999)
* Dave McCurdy, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 4th congressional district (1981–1995)
* Dan Mica, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida (1979–1989)
* Jim Moody, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 5th congressional district (1983–1993)
* John Murtha, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district (1974–2010)
* Bill Nelson, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida (1979–1991)
* Jim Oberstar, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 8th congressional district (1975–2011)
* Solomon Ortiz, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 27th congressional district (1983–2011)
* Leon Panetta, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 15th congressional district (1977–1993)
* Claude Pepper, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida (1963–1989)
* J. J. Pickle, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 10th congressional district (1963–1995)
* Dan Rostenkowski, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois (1959–1995)
* Ike Skelton, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 4th congressional district (1977–2011)
* Jim Slattery, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 2nd congressional district (1983–1995)
* Lawrence J. Smith, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 16th congressional district (1983–1993)
* John Spratt, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 5th congressional district (1983–2011)
* Mike Synar, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district (1979–1995)
* Robin Tallon, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th congressional district (1983–1993)
* Lindsay Thomas, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 1st congressional district (1983–1993)
* Robert Torricelli, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 9th congressional district (1983–1997)
* Harold Volkmer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 9th congressional district (1977–1997)
* Doug Walgren, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district (1977–1991)
* Alan Wheat, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 5th congressional district (1983–1995)
* Charlie Wilson, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 2nd congressional district (1973–1996)
* Bob Wise, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia (1983–2001)
* Ron Wyden, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 3rd congressional district (1981–1996)

### Bruce Babbitt
#### U.S. House of Representatives

* Mo Udall, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 2nd congressional district (1961–1991)