Main article: Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016
Former state governors
Jesse Ventura, former governor of Minnesota, member of the Independence Party of Minnesota[238]
State executive officials
Current
Doug Hoffer, Vermont Auditor of Accounts[239]
Former
Dudley Dudley, former New Hampshire Executive Council member, 1984 Democratic nominee for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, Democratic political activist[240]
Caroline French, former New Hampshire Executive Council member, Democratic activist from New Hampshire[105][241]
State and local legislators
Current
Tim Ashe, Vermont State Senator[242]
Mollie Burke, Vermont State Representative[243]
Karen Clark, Minnesota State Representative[244]
Robin Chestnut-Tangerman, Vermont State Representative[243]
Amanda Curtis, Montana State Representative[245]
Susan Davis, Vermont State Representative[243]
Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, candidate for mayor of Chicago, serves on Cook County Board of Commissioners[246]
Diana Gonzalez, Vermont State Representative[243]
Sandy Haas, Vermont State Representative[243]
Emily Hague, at-large Keene, New Hampshire City Councillor[247]
Troy Jackson, Maine Senator, former Maine Senate majority leader, Democratic National Committee member[248]
Pramila Jayapal, Washington State Senator[249]
Juan Mendez, Arizona State Representative[250]
Luis Moscoso, Washington State Representative[249]
Christopher Pearson, Vermont State Representative[251]
Anthony Pollina, Vermont State Senator[243]
Russell Ruderman, Hawaii State Senator[252]
Kshama Sawant, socialist activist, part-time economics professor, and member of the Seattle City Council.[253]
Amy Sheldon, Vermont State Representative[243]
David Zuckerman, Vermont State Senator[243]
Former
Daryl Beall, former Iowa State Senator[254]
Burt Cohen, former New Hampshire State Senator[105]
Tom Hayden, activist, author and former California State Senator[255]
Mayors and other municipal leaders
Daryl Justin Finizio, mayor of New London, Connecticut[256]
Rod Sullivan, Johnson County, Iowa supervisor[257]
International political figures
Colin Fox, former MSP and co-spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party[258]
Jonas Sjöstedt, member of the Swedish Parliament and leader of the Left Party[259]
Internet, radio, and television personalities
Dan Carlin, political commentator, amateur historian, and podcaster[260]
John Fugelsang, comedian, political commentator, host of Tell Me Everything on SiriusXM Insight[261]
Thom Hartmann, radio host, author, former psychotherapist, entrepreneur, and progressive political commentator[262]
Jim Hightower, columnist, political activist, and former commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture[263]
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., radio host, environmental activist, author, and attorney. Son of Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, and nephew of John F. Kennedy.[264]
Mike Malloy, liberal radio broadcaster[262]
Bill Moyers, journalist, political commentator, and former White House Press Secretary[265]
Tyler Oakley, YouTube, television, and podcast personality, humorist, author and advocate[266]
David Pakman, host of The David Pakman Show syndicated on radio, television, and online[267]
Mike Papantonio, attorney and radio talk show host (Ring of Fire)[268]
Sam Seder, radio & TV talk show host for Ring of Fire Radio and Majority.fm, fill-in host for MSNBC and Current's Countdown[264]
Bill Press, talk radio host, liberal political commentator and author, former chairman of the California Democratic Party[262]
Ed Schultz, political commentator, author, and television and radio host[269]
Cenk Uygur, internet host, former MSNBC contributor, and progressive political commentator[270]
Lizz Winstead, comedian, blogger, radio and television personality [271]
Celebrities
Roseanne Barr, actress, comedian, television producer, director, writer, liberal politician[272]
Lewis Black, comedian, author, playwright, social critic, and actor[273]
Madeline Brewer, actress[274]
Dan Campbell, lead singer of The Wonder Years[275]
Julian Casablancas, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, lead singer of The Strokes[276]
David Crosby, singer-songwriter and musician[277]
Erik Dellums, actor, voice actor, and narrator[278]
Stanley Dural, Jr., better known as Buckwheat Zydeco, musician[279]
Mia Farrow, actress, activist, and former fashion model[280]
Frances Fisher, actress[281]
Flea, bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers[282]
Deidre Hall, actress and activist[255]
Mimi Kennedy, actress, author, activist[255]
Rachelle Lefevre, Canadian actress, activist [283]
Justin Long, actor[284]
Brandon McCartney, better known as Lil B, rapper, record producer, author and motivational speaker.[285]
Tom Morello, guitarist and activist[286]
Nicole Nelson, singer from The Voice[287]
Patton Oswalt, comedian, writer, and actor[288]
Amanda Palmer, Singer-songwriter, musician, performance artist[289]
Thomas Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo, DJ, music producer, rapper and songwriter[290]
Michael Render, better known as Killer Mike, hip-hop recording artist, activist, and half of Run the Jewels[291][292][293]
Henry Rollins, musician, writer, journalist, publisher, actor, television and radio host, spoken word artist, comedian, and activist.[294]
Mark Ruffalo, actor, director, producer and screenwriter[295]
Matthew Ryan (musician), singer, songwriter[296]
Susan Sarandon, actress and activist[297]
Sarah Silverman, stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actress[298]
Cole Sprouse, actor [299]
Tennessee Thomas, musician, model and actress[300][301][302][303]
Wil Wheaton, actor, writer and blogger.[304]
Lucinda Williams, singer-songwriter[305]
Neil Young, singer-songwriter and musician[306]
Individuals
Julia Barnes, former executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party[307]
Noam Chomsky, linguist, philosopher, activist[308]
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry's[309][310]
Larry Cohen, former president of the Communications Workers of America and founder of American Rights at Work[311][312]
Jodie Evans, co-founder of CODEPINK[313]
Glenn Greenwald, American lawyer, journalist, author, and co-editor of The Intercept[314]
Jeffrey Guterman, American psychotherapist, educator, and author[315]
Zaid Jilani, blogger and campaigner[316]
Daniel Kellison, television and film producer[317]
Bill McKibben, environmentalist, author, journalist, founder of climate change group 350.org[318]
David McReynolds, former Socialist Party USA presidential nominee (1980 & 2000), pacifist activist, former chair of the War Resisters League (1986–88)[319]
John Nichols, progressive journalist and author[320]
Annabel Park, documentary filmmaker, political activist and community volunteer[321]
Stanley Sheinbaum, American peace and human rights activist[322]
Richard Stallman, software freedom activist and computer programmer, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation[323]
Bhaskar Sunkara, founder of Jacobin magazine[321]
Matt Taibbi, author and journalist[324]
Cornel West, philosopher, activist, and author [325]
Marianne Williamson, spiritual teacher, author, lecturer, founder of Project Angel Food[326]
Newspapers and other media
Addison County Independent[327]
Ring of Fire, American talk radio program hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder.[328]
Organizations
Democratic Socialists of America, democratic socialist organization and a member of Socialist International[329]
Friends of the Earth (US), non-governmental environmental organization [330]
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2222 in Massachusetts[331]
IBEW Local 159 in Madison, Wisconsin, an electrical workers union[331]
Lithographers Local One-L (Teamsters affiliate)[331]
The Middle Class Action Project, an organization that promotes Democratic policy [332]
National Nurses United, largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States [333]
Occupy Wall Street, protest movement against social and income inequality[334]
Progressive Democrats of America, progressive political organization and political action committee[335]
Ready For Warren, coalition of progressive activists originally supporting a draft effort for Senator Elizabeth Warren (will change name to Ready To Fight)[336]
Socialist Alternative, socialist political party and member of Committee for a Workers' International[337]
Tri-Valley Democratic Club (Tri-Valley, California)[338]
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, labor union[339]
Vermont National Education Association[331][340]
Vermont Progressive Party[242]
Vermont and South Carolina divisions of the AFL-CIO[341][342]
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