U.S. presidential election, 2008/Congressional endorsements

This page lists endorsements by members of Congress for candidates in the 2008 presidential election. Roll Call also has a list, although it is not updated daily.

Main article: U.S. presidential election, 2008

Democratic candidates

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) (100)

• Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.)
• Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)
• Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
• Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
• Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.)
• Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)
• Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)
• Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)
• Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
• Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)
• Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)
• Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
• Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

• Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.)
• Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)
• Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)
• Rep. Marion Berry (D-Ark.)
• Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa)
• Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.)
• Rep. Chris Carney (D-Pa.)
• Del. Donna Christensen (D-V.I.)
• Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.)
• Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)
• Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)
• Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.)
• Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)
• Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.)
• Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.)
• Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas)
• Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)
• Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas)
• Rep. John Hall (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-Ore.)
• Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)
• Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
• Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.)
• Rep. Dale Kildee (D-Mich.)
• Rep. James Langevin (D-R.I.)
• Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.)
• Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.)
• Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass.)
• Rep. Michael McNulty (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.)
• Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.)
• Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.)
• Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas)
• Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)
• Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.)
• Rep. Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.)
• Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas)
• Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas)
• Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.)
• Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.)
• Rep. Tim Ryan(D-Ohio)
• Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.)
• Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.)
• Rep. Jose Serrano (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.)
• Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Albio Sires (D-N.J.)
• Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.)
• Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.)
• Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio)
• Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.)
• Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-Ohio)
• Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)
• Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
• Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)

Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) (150)

• Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii)
• Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.)
• Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)
• Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
• Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.)
• Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
• Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.)
• Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.)
• Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)
• Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.)
• Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)
• Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
• Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.)
• Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
• Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.)
• Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
• Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
• Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)
• Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.)
• Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)
• Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
• Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)
• Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)
• Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)
• Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Co.)
• Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.)
• Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

• Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
• Rep. Thomas Allen (D-Maine)
• Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.)
• Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.)
• Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.)
• Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Texas.)
• Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.)
• Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)
• Del. Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam)
• Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.)
• Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)
• Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)
• Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Mike Capuano (D-Mass.)
• Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.)
• Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.)
• Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fl.)
• Rep. Ben Chandler (D-Ky.)
• Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Mich.)
• Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.)
• Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.)
• Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
• Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.)
• Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.)
• Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.)
• Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)
• Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.)
• Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.)
• Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.)
• Rep. Susan Davis (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.)
• Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.)
• Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
• Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)
• Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.)
• Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.)
• Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas)
• Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
• Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.)
• Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.)
• Del. Eni Faleomavaega (D-A.S.)
• Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.)
• Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.)
• Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)
• Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas)
• Rep. Al Green (D-Texas)
• Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
• Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)
• Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill.)
• Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D)
• Rep. Baron Hill (D-Ind.)
• Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)
• Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.)
• Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
• Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.)
• Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.)
• Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)
• Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)
• Rep. Steve Kagen (D-Wis.)
• Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.)
• Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.)
• Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fl.)
• Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.)
• Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.)
• Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
• Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.)
• Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.)
• Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa)
• Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)
• Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)
• Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Michael Michaud (D-Maine)
• Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.)
• Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-Ariz.)
• Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.)
• Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kansas)
• Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.)
• Rep. James Moran (D-Va.)
• Rep. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
• Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.)
• Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.)
• Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.)
• Rep. John Olver (D-Mass.)
• Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-N.J.)
• Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Col.)
• Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.)
• Rep. David Price (D-N.C.)
• Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.)
• Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.)
• Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.)
• Rep. John Salazar (D-Col.
• Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.)
• Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.)
• Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
• Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.)
• Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.)
• Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.)
• Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.)
• Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.)
• Rep. Rick Stafford (D-Minn.)
• Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.)
• Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
• Rep. Mark Udall (D-Col.)
• Rep. Tom Udall (D-N.M.)
• Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
• Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-Ind.)
• Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.)
• Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.)
• Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
• Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)
• Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.)
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

No longer running

Sen. Joe Biden (Del.) (1)

• Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Del.)

Sen. Chris Dodd (Conn.) (10)

• Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)
• Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
• Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.)
• Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.)
• Rep. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
• Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)
• Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.)

Former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) (15)

• Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)
• Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.)
• Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.)
• Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas)
• Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
• Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-N.C.)
• Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.)
• Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.)
• Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.)
• Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.)
• Rep. David Price (D-N.C.)
• Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.)
• Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.)
• Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.)
• Rep. Al Wynn (D-Md.) (not officially)

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (7)

• Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)
• Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas)
• Rep. Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.)
• Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas)
• Rep. Tom Udall (D-N.M.)
• Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas)
• Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.)

Republican candidates

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (2)

• Rep. John Boozman (R-Ark.)
• Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska)

Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) (27)

• Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.)
• Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)
• Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
• Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)
• Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.)
• Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)
• Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)
• Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.)
• Sen. John Warner (R-Va.)
• Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.)
• Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)
• Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)
• Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.)
• Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)
• Rep. Ric Keller (R-Fla.)
• Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)
• Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.)
• Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio)
• Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.)
• Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.)
• Rep. Todd Platts (R-Pa.)
• Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)
• Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.)
• Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.)
• Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.)
• Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.)
• Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

Former Massachussetts Gov. Mitt Romney (30)

• Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.)
• Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah)
• Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho)
• Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)
• Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)

• Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.)
• Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-La.)
• Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Fla.)
• Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.)
• Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.)
• Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas)
• Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.)
• Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.)
• Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.)
• Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.)
• Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.)
• Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-Mich.)
• Rep. Ron Lewis (R-Ky.)
• Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.)
• Rep. Jim McCrery (R-La.)
• Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.)
• Rep. Thomas Petri (R-Wis.)
• Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.)
• Rep. Ralph Regula (R-Ohio)
• Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.)
• Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.)
• Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)
• Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)
• Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas)
• Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.)

No longer running

Sen. Sam Brownback (Kan.) (2)

• Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)
• Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.)

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (21)

• Sen. David Vitter (R-La.)

• Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)
• Rep. Mary Bono (R-Calif.)
• Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.)
• Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)
• Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.)
• Rep. Phil English (R-Pa.)
• Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.)
• Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.)
• Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.)
• Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.)
• Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.)
• Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.)
• Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)
• Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.)
• Rep. George Radanovich (R-Calif.)
• Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.)
• Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.)
• Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas)
• Rep. Jim Walsh (R-N.Y.)
• Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.)

Rep. Duncan Hunter (Calif.) (6)

• Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas)
• Rep. Terry Everett (R-Ala.)
• Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.)
• Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Texas)
• Rep. Jim Saxton (R-N.J.)
• Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.)

Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson (20)

• Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)
• Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)
• Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)
• Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.)

• Rep. Gresham Barrett (R-S.C.)
• Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
• Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.)
• Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.)
• Rep. David Davis (R-Tenn.)
• Rep. John Duncan (R-Tenn.)
• Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
• Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Ill.)
• Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.)
• Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.)
• Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.)
• Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.)
• Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.)
• Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.)
• Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.)
• Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

Articles and resources

Resources

• The Hill: 2008 Endorsements