page_title: List of Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign endorsements
section_title: Activists and public figures
hierarchical_section_title: List of Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign endorsements / Activists and public figures
caption_attribution_description: English: Longtime civil rights leaders Dolores Huerta and Andrew Young discuss their social justice efforts at The Summit on Race in America at the LBJ Presidential Library on Monday, April 8, 2019. Huerta, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, co-founded the United Farm Workers of America with Cesar Chavez in the 1960s and has spent decades advocating for laborers, women, and children.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who have voiced their endorsement of Joe Biden's campaign for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
context_section_description: Bob Avakian, chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (Revolutionary Communist Party)
  William Barber II, Protestant minister and political activist
  Ady Barkan, activist and attorney (previously endorsed Elizabeth Warren)
  Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States (2009–2017), Biden's wife, and educator
  Max Boot, author, consultant, military historian, and columnist for The Washington Post (Republican before 2016, now independent)
  Gretchen Carlson, journalist and former Fox News commentator
  Gwen Carr, activist, public speaker, author, and mother of police brutality victim Eric Garner
  Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States (1977–1981) and First Lady of Georgia (1971–1975)
  James Carville, Democratic political consultant
  Niki Christoff, economic policy advisor and campaign operative (Republican)
  Charlotte Clymer, LGBTQ+ activist and writer for The Washington Post (previously endorsed Elizabeth Warren)
  Jeff Cohen, journalist and co-founder of RootsAction.org
  Claudia Conway, liberal activist and daughter of Kellyanne Conway and George Conway
  George Conway, attorney and co-founder of The Lincoln Project (Republican before 2018, now independent)
  Christian Cooper, LGBTQ+ activist, comic book writer, and birder
  Benjamin Crump, civil rights lawyer
  S. E. Cupp, television host and conservative political commentator (Republican)
  Alphonso David, LGBTQ+ activist president of Human Rights Campaign (2019–present)
  Douglas Emhoff, entertainment lawyer and husband of Kamala Harris
  Philonise Floyd, brother of police brutality victim George Floyd
  Abraham Foxman, lawyer, Holocaust survivor, and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (1987–2015)
  Roxane Gay, writer, professor, and editor
  Emma Gonzalez, gun control activist and co-founder of Never Again MSD
  Chad Griffin, founder of American Foundation for Equal Rights, President of Human Rights Campaign (2012–2019)
  Fred Guttenberg, gun control activist and father of Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg
  Jill Hazelbaker, communications director for the 2008 McCain presidential campaign (Republican)
  Mary Kay Henry, labor leader, international president of SEIU
  Tom Horner, 2010 candidate for Governor of Minnesota (Independence)
  Dolores Huerta, labor leader and civil rights activist, co-founder of United Farm Workers (previously endorsed Kamala Harris)
  Derrick Johnson, lawyer and current CEO of the NAACP (2017–present)
  Van Jones, CNN political commentator, author and lawyer
  Molly Jong-Fast, author, liberal political commentator, and editor-at-large at The Daily Beast
  Cameron Kasky, activist, gun control activist, and co-founder of Never Again MSD (previously endorsed Andrew Yang)
  Ibram X. Kendi, author, historian, activist, and professor
  Victoria Reggie Kennedy, attorney and widow of former Senator Ted Kennedy
  Khizr Khan, father of deceased United States Army Captain Humayun Khan
  James Lawson, activist in the Civil Rights Movement, pastor and professor
  Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay for equal work activist and lead plaintiff in the landmark employment discrimination Supreme Court case, Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
  Robert W. Lee IV, activist, former pastor, descendent of Robert E. Lee
  Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, former board chair of the Log Cabin Republicans (Republican)
  Cindy McCain, businesswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian and widow of United States Senator, Vietnam war veteran and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain (Republican)
  Evan McMullin, activist, former CIA agent, 2016 independent candidate for President (Former Republican, Independent since 2016)
  Michael Mulgrew, President of the United Federation of Teachers (2009–present)
  Mike Murphy, political consultant and strategist (Republican)
  Ana Navarro, political commentator and strategist (Republican)
  Michelle Obama, activist, First Lady of the United States (2009–2017)
  Jim Obergefell, lead plaintiff in landmark civil rights Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges
  Jen O'Malley Dillon, political strateg
caption: Dolores Huerta
exif: {}