# Endorsements in the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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This is a list of endorsements for declared candidates for the Democratic primaries for the 2016 United States presidential election.

## Rocky De La Fuente (withdrawn)
### Activists

* Deez Nuts
* Brian Moore

## Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)
### Organizations

* Australian Young Labor, NSW Chapter

### U.S. Congress

* Gary Hart, Senator from Colorado (1975–1987)
* Joseph Tydings, Senator from Maryland (1965–1971)
* Eric Swalwell, Representative from California's 15th congressional district (2013–present)
* Michael D. Barnes, Representative from Maryland's 8th congressional district (1979–1987)
* Berkley Bedell, Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district (1975–1987)
* John Wiley Bryant, Representative from Texas's 5th congressional district (1983–1997)
* John Joseph Cavanaugh III, Representative from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district (1977–1981)

### U.S. state officials

* Jim Folsom Jr., 50th Governor of Alabama (1993–1995)
* Parris Glendening, 59th Governor of Maryland (1995–2003)
* Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland (1979–1987)
* Brian Schweitzer, 23rd Governor of Montana (2005–2013)
* Eliot Spitzer, 54th Governor of New York (2007–2008)
* Brian Frosh, 46th Attorney General of Maryland (2015–2023)
* Chris Gorman, 46th Attorney General of Kentucky (1992–1996)
* Daniel Hynes, 6th Illinois Comptroller (1999–2011)
* Jonathan Miller, 39th Kentucky State Treasurer (2000–2008)

### U.S. municipal officials

* Chris Abele, 6th Executive of Milwaukee County (2011–present)
* Rushern Baker, 7th Prince George's County, Maryland Executive (2010–2018)
* Joseph Curtatone, 35th Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts (2004–present)
* Kevin B. Kamenetz, 12th Baltimore County Executive (2010–2018)
* Isiah Leggett, 6th Montgomery County, Maryland Executive (2006–2018)
* Manny Diaz, 31st Mayor of Miami (2001–2009)
* C. Jack Ellis, 40th Mayor of Macon, Georgia (1999–2007)
* Mike Fahey, 49th Mayor of Omaha (2001–2009)
* Oscar Goodman, 21st Mayor of Las Vegas (1999–2011)
* Thomas J. Murphy Jr., 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (1994–2006)
* Kurt Schmoke, 46th Mayor of Baltimore (1987–1999)
* Robert W. Curran, Baltimore city councilor(1995–2016)
* Tom Hucker, Montgomery County, Maryland councilor (2014–present)
* Matt O'Malley, Boston city councilor (2010–present)
* Bill Green, Philadelphia city councilor (2008–2014)

### State legislators

* Rich Taylor, Iowa state senator
* Nelson Torres Yordán, Maryland state delegate (2013–2016)
* Charles Townsend, New Hampshire state representative
* Ronald N. Young, Maryland state senator (2011–present)
* Boyd Brown, South Carolina state representative (2008–2012)
* Peter Burling, New Hampshire state senator (2004–2008)
* Betsy Burtis, New Hampshire state representative
* Ginger Crocker, South Carolina state representative (1978–1984)
* Gerard F. Doherty, Massachusetts state representative (1957–1965)
* Ann Marie Doory, Maryland state delegate (1987–2010)
* Steve Lathrop, Nebraska state legislator (2007–2015)
* Maureen Mann, New Hampshire state representative (2008–2010)
* Charlotte Pritt, West Virginia state delegate (1980–1984), West Virginia state senator (1984–1996), Democratic nominee for Governor (1996)
* Andrew Martin, Nevada state assemblyman (2013–2015)
* Catherine Mulholland, New Hampshire state representative
* David Schapira, Arizona state senator (2011–2013)
* Paul Weissmann, Colorado Senate (2003–2011)
* Peter Murphy, Maryland state delegate (2007–2014)
* Carlos Bianchi Angleró, Puerto Rico state representative
* Bruce Bearinger, Iowa state representative
* Tod Bowman, Iowa state senator (2011–2019)
* Talmadge Branch, Maryland state delegate (1995–present)
* Benjamin Brooks, Maryland state delegate
* Ramón Luis Cruz, Puerto Rico state representative (2013–present)
* William Cunningham, Illinois state senator (2013–present)
* Michael Driscoll, Pennsylvania state representative
* Kathleen M. Dumais, Maryland state delegate (2003–present)
* Bill Ferguson, Maryland state senator (2011–present)
* Craig Ford, Alabama state representative (2001–present)
* William Frick, Maryland state delegate (2007–2019)
* Barbara A. Frush, Maryland state delegate (1995–2019)
* Tawanna P. Gaines, Maryland state delegate (2001–2019)
* Anne Healey, Maryland state delegate (1991–present)
* Frank Heffron, New Hampshire state representative
* César Hernández Alfonzo, Puerto Rico state representative (2013–2017)
* Patricia Higgins, New Hampshire state representative
* Bruce Hunter, Iowa state representative (2003–present)
* Dan Kelley, Iowa state representative (2011–2017)
* Kevin Kinney, Iowa state senator
* Karen Lewis Young, Maryland state delegate
* Mary Ann Lisanti, Maryland state delegate (2015–present)
* John Mann, New Hampshire state representative
* Charlie McConkey, Iowa state representative
* Nathaniel McFadden, Maryland state senator (1995–present)
* Jorge Suárez Cáceres, Puerto Rico state senator (2008–2013)
* Karen S. Montgomery, Maryland state senator (2011–2016)
* Sonia Pacheco, Puerto Rico state representative (2013–2017)
* Andrew Platt, Maryland state delegate
* Vincent Sheheen, South Carolina state senator) (2004–present)

### Notable individuals

* Yvette Lewis, Maryland DNC member
* Terry Lierman, former MD Dem. Party Chair
* LuAnn Pedrick, Iowa DNC member
* Dropkick Murphys, punk band
* Timothy Simons, actor
* Phil Noble, entrepreneur
* Ted Sarandos, Netflix executive
* Lyndon LaRouche, political activist and founder of the LaRouche movement

## Lawrence Lessig (withdrawn)

Note: Lessig suspended his campaign on November 2, 2015

### Internet, radio and television personalities

* Dylan Ratigan, former host of MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show

### Individuals

* J. J. Abrams, director
* David Brin, scientist and writer
* Ophelia Dahl, co-founder of Partners In Health
* Michael Eisen, biologist and co-founder of Public Library of Science (PLOS)
* Joi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab
* Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive
* Miguel de Icaza, founder of GNOME and Mono (software)
* James Kwak, professor and blogger
* Quinn Norton, journalist and photographer
* Jimmy Wales, internet entrepreneur, Wikipedia founder
* Ethan Zuckerman, internet activist and director of the MIT Center for Civic Media

### Leaders in Business

* Arnold Hiatt, former president of the Stride Rite footwear company
* Matt Mullenweg, developer of WordPress
* Ev Williams, co-founder of Twitter

### Celebrities

* Bryan Callen, actor and comedian
* Shepard Fairey, street artist and activist
* Matt Korklan, professional wrestler
* Krist Novoselic, Nirvana bassist and co-founder, FairVote board chair

## Jim Webb (withdrawn)
### Individuals

* Andrew Bacevich, political scientist
* Craig Crawford, writer and television political commentator
* David Saunders, political strategist and author
* Michael Savage, Conservative radio talk show host