The upcoming presidential election is heating up! While you decide who you’re voting for, here’s a short list of people and groups who have vocalized their support of democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. This list is not comprehensive.
Government Officials
- Madeleine Albright, former secretary of state (D)
- Eric Holder, former attorney general (D)
- Lisa Jackson, former administrator of Environmental Protection Agency (D)
- Walter Mondale, former Vice President (D)
- Andrew Young, former ambassador to the United Nations (D)
- John Lewis, member of the House of Representatives and former activist during the Civil Rights movement (D)
- Kassim Reed, mayor of Atlanta (D)
- Shirley Franklin, former mayor of Atlanta (D)
- Jay Nixon, current governor of Missouri (D)
- Corey Booker, junior senator from New Jersey (D)
- Maize Hirono, junior senator from Hawaii (D)
- Harry Reid, senate minority leader and senior senator from Nevada (D)
- Chuck Schumer, senior senator from New York (D)
- Daniel Akaka, former senator from Hawaii (D)
- Alma Adams, congresswoman from North Carolina (D)
- Karen Bass, congresswoman from California (D)
- Joyce Beatty, congresswoman from Ohio (D)
- Xavier Becerra, congressman from California (D)
- Ami Bera, congressman from California (D)
- Corrine Brown, congresswoman from Florida (D)
- G.K. Butterfield, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus and congressman from North Carolina (D)
- André Carson, congressman from Indiana (D)
- Jerry Brown, current governor of California (D)
Non-American Politicians
- Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Labour Party)
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Manuel Valls, current Prime Minster of France (Socialist Party)
Notable Individuals
- Chaz Bono, transgender son of Sonny & Cher and LGBTQIA+ activist
- Benjamin Crump, civil rights attorney for the families of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown
- Hazel Dukes, former president of NAACP’s New York chapter
- Rahm Emanuel, current Mayor of Chicago
- Fred Gray, former attorney for Rosa Parks
- Chad Griffin, president of Human Rights Campaign
- Bernice King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and former president of the SCLC
- Bill Murphy, civil rights attorney
- Terry O’Neill, current president of National Organization for Women
- Cecille Richards, president of Planned Parenthood
- Gloria Steinem, journalist and notable feminist from the 1970s
- Chirlane McCray, writer and member of the Combahee River Collective
- Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox
- Ari Emanuel, talent agent and brother of Rahm Emanuel, current Chicago Mayor
- Cathy Hughes, founder of Radio One and TV One
- Sybrina Fulton, activist and mother of Trayvon Martin
