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.

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

Resources

 * The Hill: 2008 Endorsements