# List of Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign endorsements

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.
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## U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents

* Fmr. President Bill Clinton
* Fmr. Vice-president Walter Mondale

## Senators

* Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
* Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
* Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
* Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Rules and Administration Committee
* Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
* Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
* 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)
* 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
* Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe of NATO General Wesley Clark
* 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
* Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy and a human rights activist
* Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an environmentalist and a member of the Kennedy family

## 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)
* Gov. Mike Easley (D-NC)
* Gov. David Paterson (D-NY)
* Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA)
* Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH)
* Fmr. Gov. Tom Vilsack (D-IA)
* Fmr. Gov. John Y. Brown, Jr. (D-KY)
* Fmr. Gov. Julian Carroll (D-KY)
* Fmr. Gov. Wendell Ford (D-KY),
* 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
* Anthony Shriver, founder of Best Buddies International and a member of the Kennedy family

## Mayors

* Allentown, PA Mayor Ed Pawlowski (D-PA)
* Boston, MA Mayor Thomas Menino (D-MA)
* Hinton, West Virginia Mayor Cleo Mathews (D-WV)
* Kalispell, Montana Mayor Pam Kennedy (MT)
* Los Angeles, CA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D-CA)
* Morgantown, West Virginia Mayor Ron Justice (D-WV)
* 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)

## State and local officials
### Kentucky

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

### Maryland

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

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

## Writers

* Poet Maya Angelou
* Writer Susan Estrich
* Writer Erica Jong
* Novelist Anne Rice
* Historian Sean Wilentz

## Labor unions

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

## Political groups

* Houston Area Stonewall Democrats
* National Organization for Women
* Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City

## Entertainers

* Actor Sean Astin
* Musician Tony Bennett
* Actress Lynda Carter
* Musician Cher
* Actor Chevy Chase
* Film producer Bruce Cohen
* Musician Willie Colón
* Musician Elvis Costello
* Actor Billy Crystal
* Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres
* Musician Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds
* Actress Sally Field
* Actress Whoopi Goldberg
* Actress Melanie Griffith
* Musician Merle Haggard
* Musician Sophie B. Hawkins
* Musician Sir Elton John
* Actress Eva Longoria
* Musician Madonna
* Musician and American Idol finalist Katharine McPhee
* Actor Jack Nicholson
* Film director Rob Reiner
* Actress and comedian Caroline Rhea
* Actress Victoria Rowell
* Musician Carly Simon
* Talk show host and Fmr. Cincinnati Mayor Jerry Springer (D-OH)
* Actress Mary Steenburgen
* Musician Barbra Streisand

## Adult entertainment

* Pornographic actress Jenna Jameson
* Gay pornographic actor Tiger Tyson
* Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner

## Individuals

* Paris Hilton, socialite and media personality
* Donald Trump, businessman and television personality
* Kari Ann Peniche, reality television personality
* Martha Stewart, businesswoman and media personality
* Tom Steyer, businessman and hedge fund manager

## Athletes

* Tennis player Billie Jean King
* Indy car driver Sarah Fisher
* Basketball legend Magic Johnson.
* Baseball legend Hank Aaron

## State officials

* Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)
* Fmr. Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D-MD)

## Foreign political leaders

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