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2020 U.S. election endorsements
This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who voiced their endorsement of
Cory Booker 's
campaign for the
Democratic Party's nomination for the
2020 U.S. presidential election .
Officials below the level of State Legislator and all other individuals and entities are listed only if they have a Wikipedia page or are otherwise
clearly notable .
Federal legislative officials
Bob Menendez
Donald Norcross
Andy Kim
Frank Pallone
Tom Malinowski
Bonnie Watson Coleman
U.S. Senators
Current
U.S. Representatives
Current
Donald Norcross ,
U.S. Representative from
NJ-01 since 2014
[3]
Jeff Van Drew , U.S. Representative from
NJ-02 since 2019
[3] (switched endorsement to President
Donald Trump )
[4]
Andy Kim , U.S. Representative from
NJ-03 since 2019
[3] (endorsed
Pete Buttigieg after Booker withdrew from the race)
[5]
Josh Gottheimer , U.S. Representative from
NJ-05 since 2017
[3] (endorsed
Mike Bloomberg after Booker withdrew from the race)
[6]
Frank Pallone , U.S. Representative from
NJ-06 since 1988; candidate for
U.S. Senate in
2013
[3]
Tom Malinowski , U.S. Representative from
NJ-07 since 2019
[3] (endorsed
Joe Biden after Booker withdrew from the race)
[7]
Albio Sires , U.S. Representative from
NJ-08 since 2006
[3]
Bill Pascrell , U.S. Representative from
NJ-09 since 1997
[3]
Donald Payne Jr. , U.S. Representative from
NJ-10 since 2012
[3] (endorsed Joe Biden after Booker withdrew from the race)
[8]
Mikie Sherrill , U.S. Representative from
NJ-11 since 2019
[3] (endorsed Mike Bloomberg after Booker withdrew from the race)
[9]
Bonnie Watson Coleman , U.S. Representative from
NJ-12 since 2015
[3]
State officials
Phil Murphy
Sheila Oliver
Benny Napoleon
Amy Nielsen
Martha Hennessey
Governors
Current
Lieutenant Governors
Current
State executive officials
Current
State legislators
Current
Lester Jackson ,
Georgia State Senator from District 2 since 2009
[13]
David Dreyer ,
Georgia State Representative from District 59 since 2017
[13]
Charlie McConkey ,
Iowa State Representative from District 15 since 2019
[14] (endorsed
Amy Klobuchar after Cory Booker withdrew from the race)
[15]
Heather Matson , Iowa State Representative from District 38 since 2019
[14] (endorsed Elizabeth Warren after Booker withdrew from the race)
[16]
Jennifer Konfrst , Iowa State Representative from District 43 since 2019
[14] (endorsed Elizabeth Warren after Booker withdrew from the race)
[16]
Kenan Judge , Iowa State Representative from District 44 since 2019
[14]
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell , Iowa State Representative from District 45 since 2005
[14] (endorsed
Elizabeth Warren after Booker withdrew from the race)
[17]
Mark Smith , Iowa State Representative from
District 71 since 2001 and former Minority Leader of the Iowa House of Representatives (2013–2019)
[18] (endorsed Joe Biden after Booker withdrew from the race)
[19]
Amy Nielsen , Iowa State Representative from
District 77 since 2017
[20] (endorsed Joe Biden after Booker withdrew from the race)
[21]
Monica Kurth , Iowa State Representative from District 89 since 2017 (endorsed Amy Klobuchar after Booker withdrew from the race)
[22]
Selena Torres ,
Nevada Assemblywoman from District 3 since 2018 (co-endorsed Castro, who dropped out first;
[23] Torres endorsed Joe Biden after Booker withdrew from the race)
[24]
David H. Watters ,
New Hampshire State Senator from District 4 since 2012; former
New Hampshire State Representative from Stafford's 4th District (2008–2012)
[25] (endorsed
Deval Patrick after Booker withdrew from the race)
[26]
Martha Hennessey , New Hampshire State Senator from District 5 since 2016
[27] (endorsed
Pete Buttigieg after Booker withdrew from the race)
[28]
Jon Morgan , New Hampshire State Senator for District 23 since 2018
[29]
Jacqueline Cali-Pitts , New Hampshire State Senator for Rockingham District 30 since 1998
[30] (endorsed Joe Biden after Booker withdrew from the race)
[31]
Anita Burroughs , New Hampshire State Representative from the Carroll 1 District since 2018
[25] (endorsed Joe Biden after Booker withdrew from the race)
[32]
Bruce Tatro, New Hampshire State Representative from the Cheshire District 15 since 2010
[25]
Roger Dontonville, New Hampshire State Representative from Grafton District 10 since 2016
[33]
Donald Bouchard, New Hampshire State Representative from Hillsborough District 11 since 2018
[34]
Peter Leishman, New Hampshire State Representative from various districts (1996–2002), from Hillsborough District 6 (2006–2008), Hillsborough District 3 (2008–2010) and Hillsborough District 24 since 2011
[25]
Patricia Klee , New Hampshire State Representative from Hillsborough District 30 since 2016
[34]
Latha Mangipudi , New Hampshire State Representative from Hillsborough District 35 since 2013 (endorsed Amy Klobuchar after Booker withdrew from the race)
[35]
Christy Bartlett, New Hampshire State Representative from Merrimack District 19 since 2012
[36]
Katherine Rogers, New Hampshire State Representative from the Merrimack 28 District since 2012
[25]
Kate Murray, New Hampshire State Representative from Rockingham District 24
[34]
Jeffrey Salloway, New Hampshire State Representative from the Strafford District 5 since 2016
[25] (endorsed Elizabeth Warren after Booker withdrew from the race)
[16]
Timothy Horrigan , New Hampshire State Representative from Strafford District 6 since 2010
[37]
Linn Opderbecke , New Hampshire State Representative from the Strafford District 15 since 2016 (endorsed Amy Klobuchar after Booker withdrew from the race)
[38]
Gerri Cannon , New Hampshire State Representative from the Strafford District 18 since 2018
[39]
Cecilia Rich , New Hampshire State Representative from the Strafford District 18 since 2018
[34] (endorsed
Bernie Sanders after Booker withdrew from the race)
[40]
Lee Walker Oxenham, New Hampshire State Representative from the Sullivan 1 District since 2014
[25] (endorsed Elizabeth Warren after Booker withdrew from the race)
[16]
John Knowles, former New Hampshire State Representative from Hillsborough District 27 (2006–2010)
[41]
Stephen M. Sweeney ,
New Jersey State Senator from
District 3 since 2002; President of the Senate since 2010
[3]
Fred H. Madden , New Jersey State Senator from
District 4 since 2004
[10]
James Beach , New Jersey State Senator from
District 6 since 2009
[10]
Nicholas Scutari , New Jersey State Senator from
District 22 since 2004
[10]
Craig Coughlin ,
New Jersey Assemblyman from
District 19 since 2010; Speaker of the Assembly since 2018
[3]
Leola Robinson-Simpson ,
South Carolina State Representative from District 25 since 2013
[42] (endorsed
Tom Steyer after Booker withdrew from the race)
[43]
John Richard C. King , South Carolina State Representative from District 49 since 2009
[44]
Davis Crowley ,
Wisconsin State Representative from
District 17 since 2016
[45]
Former
Local and municipal officials
Ras Baraka
Mayors
Current
Ras Baraka ,
Mayor of
Newark ,
New Jersey since 2014
[3]
Jim Bouley , Mayor of
Concord, New Hampshire since 2008
[46]
Courtney Clarke, Mayor of
Waukee, Iowa since 2020
[47]
Terrence Culbreath, Mayor of
Johnston, South Carolina since 2014
[48]
Gregory Ginyard, Mayor of
Jenkinsville, South Carolina
[49]
Julia Nelson, Mayor of
Manning, South Carolina since 2011
[48]
Terence Roberts , Mayor of
Anderson, South Carolina since 2006
[50] (endorsed
Pete Buttigieg after Booker withdrew from the race)
[51]
Bruce Teague , Mayor of
Iowa City, Iowa since 2020
[14] (endorsed Pete Buttigieg after Booker withdrew from the race)
[52]
Harold Thompson, Mayor of
Union, South Carolina
[48]
Former
Municipal legislators
Current
Mildred Crump,
Newark City Council president from 2006 to 2010 and from 2013
[11]
Carlos Gonzalez, Newark City Council member from 2006 to 2010 and from 2013
[11]
Pamela Goynes-Brown,
North Las Vegas, Nevada city council member from District 2 since 2011
[53]
John Sharpe James, Newark City Council member since 2013
[11]
Joe McCallum, Newark City Council member from 2014
[11]
LaMonica McIver, Newark City Council member from 2018
[11]
Eddie Osbourne, Newark City Council member from 2014
[11]
Luis A. Quintana , At-large
Newark ,
New Jersey
City Councilman 1994–2013 and since 2014; former
Mayor (2013–2014)
[10]
Anibal Ramos, Newark City Council member from 2006
[11]
Former
Party officials
Jerry Crawford
Current
Nikki Ford Barnes, DNC member
[54]
Clay N. Middleton, DNC member
[55]
Khary Penebaker , DNC member
[56] (endorsed
Michael Bloomberg after Booker with drew from the race)
[57]
Melinda Jones, member of the
Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee; former Chair of the
Wapello County, Iowa Democratic Party
[14]
Bryce Smith, Chairman of the
Dallas County, Iowa Democratic Party
[14]
Michelle Smith, Chairwoman of the
Jasper County, Iowa Democratic Party
[58]
Joe Andal,
Burlington County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair since 2010
[11]
Jerry Crawford , attorney, former chair of the
Polk County ,
Iowa Democratic Party, and Democratic campaign operative
[18]
Dave Brown, Chairman of the
Monmouth County, New Jersey Democratic Party since 2017
[11]
John Currie, Chairman of the
New Jersey Democratic Party
[11]
Steve Errickson, Chairman of the
Cumberland County, New Jersey Democratic Party since 2018
[11]
Steve Caltaiano,
Salem County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair since 2008
[11]
Amy DeGise,
Hudson County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair since 2018
[11]
Wyatt Earp,
Ocean County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair since 2005
[11]
LeRoy J. Jones Jr. , Chairman of the
Essex County ,
New Jersey Democratic Party
[10]
Kevin McCabe,
Middlesex County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair since 2013
[11]
Janice Mironov,
Mercer County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair since 2018
[11]
Chip Morrison,
Morris County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair since 2014
[11]
Tom Palmieri,
Warren County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair since 2013
[11]
Arlenes Quinones Perez, Chairwoman of the
Hunterdon County, New Jersey Democratic Party since 2006
[11]
Brendan Sciarra,
Cape May County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair since 2017
[11]
Marguerite Schaffer,
Somerset County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair since and DNC member from 2008 at the latest
[11]
[a]
Mike Suleiman,
Atlantic County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair since 2016
[11]
Former
Joan Amos, former
Lucas County, Iowa Democratic Party Chair
[49] (previously endorsed
John Delaney )
[59]
David Betsworth, former
Warren County, Iowa Democratic Party Chair
[14]
Julie Stewart, former
Dallas County, Iowa Democratic Party Chair
[49]
Paul Drager, former Chair of the
Somersworth, New Hampshire Democratic Party
[34]
Leslie Huhn, former
Sussex County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair (2015–2019)
[11]
Lou Stellato, former
Bergen County, New Jersey Democratic Party chair (2011–2019)
[11]
Christale Spain, former Executive Director of the
South Carolina Democratic Party (2016–?
[b] )
[c]
[55]
Individuals
Jon Bon Jovi
Notes
^ Date at which she became chair unclear
^ Either 2018 or 2019
^ Unclear, but term ended by February 2019
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"New Hampshire State Senator David Watters Endorses Governor Deval Patrick for President" . Deval Patrick 2020 presidential campaign . January 24, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
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