National Endorsements

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Endorsements help provide credibility to a candidacy.  What matters is not the number of endorsers, although that can be a good indicator of a candidate's strength, but the influence the endorser has and how much, if any, effort he or she puts into supporting the candidate.

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alpha by state - column 1 is Governors, 2 is Senators, 3 is Congressmen; other statewide elected officials listed below

BIDEN								+
Gov. Ned Lamont (CT) Gov. John Carney (DE) Gov. Andrew Cuomo (NY)	07/02/19 04/25/19 04/23/19	>	Sen. Doug Jones (AL) Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA) Sen. Chris Coons (DE) Sen. Tom Carper (DE) Sen. Bob Casey (PA) Feinstein reported by the Washington Examiner on May 8, 2019 (>), official announcement on Oct. 8, 2019	04/25/19 05/08/19 04/25/19 04/25/19 04/25/19		Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-7) Rep. John Garamendi (CA-3) Rep. Ami Bera (CA-7) Rep. Tony Cardenas (CA-29) Rep. L. Roybal-Allard (CA-40) Rep. Lou Correa (CA-46) Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE) Rep. Al Lawson (FL-5) Rep. Charlie Crist (FL-13) Rep. Alcee Hastings (FL-20)* Rep. Frederica Wilson (FL-24)* Rep. Sanford Bishop (GA-2) Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) Rep. Abby Finkenauer (IA-1) Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-3) Rep. Cedric Richmond (LA-2) Rep. Seth Moulton (MA-6) Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA-8) Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5) Rep. Dina Titus (NV-3) Rep. Tom Malinowski (NJ-7)* Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10)* Rep. Thomas Suozzi (NY-3) Rep. Sean P. Maloney (NY-18)* Rep. G.K. Butterfield (NC-1) Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12) Rep. Tim Ryan (OH-13) Rep. Kurt Schrader (OR-5) Rep. Dwight Evans (PA-2) Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA-3) Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (PA-6) Rep. Matt Cartwright (PA-8) Rep. Conor Lamb (PA-17) Rep. Vicente González (TX-15)* Rep. E.Bernice Johnson (TX-30) Rep. Colin Allred (TX-32)* Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) Rep. Filemon Vela (TX-34) Rep. Elailne Luria (VA-1) Rep. Don McEachin (VA-4)	01/17/20 11/30/19 12/03/19 12/23/19 12/13.19 08/22/19 04/25/19 05/30/19 09/19/19 01/21/20 01/21/20 01/21/20 01/29/20 01/02/20 01/25/20 04/25/19 01/27/20 04/23/19 09/19/19 11/25/19 01/14/20 01/21/20 04/25/19 01/13/20 09/19/19 01/28/20 11/13/19 11/19/19 04/25/19 04/25/19 01/05/20 04/25/19 01/05/20 09/15/19 07/22/19 01/13/20 11/07/19 05/15/19 01/05/20 05/06/19

More Statewide Officials - DE: Attorney General Kathy Jennings 04/25/19.  IA: Attorney General Tom Miller 01/13/20.  RI: Lt. Gov. Dan McKee 12/11/19

BLOOMBERG								+
						Rep. Harley Rouda (CA-48) Rep. Stephanie Murphy (FL-7)* Rep. Bobby Rush (IL-1)* Rep. Max Rose (NY-11) Ben McAdams (UT-4)	01/17/20 01/16/20 01/21/20 01/13/20 01/31/20

BOOKER
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (NJ)	02/01/19		Sen. Bob Menendez (NJ)	02/01/19		Rep. Donald Norcross (NJ-1) Rep. Jeff Van Drew (NJ-2) Rep. Andy Kim (NJ-3) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ-6) Rep. Tom Malinowski (NJ-7) Rep. Albo Sires (NJ-8) Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-9) Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10) Rep. Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12)	02/01/19

More Statewide Officials - NJ: Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver 02/21/19

BULLOCK

Sen. Jon Tester (MT)

06/09/19

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More Statewide Officials - IA: Attorney General Tom Miller 05/16/19

BUTTIGIEG								+
						Rep. Pete Visclosky (IN-1) Rep. Dave Loebsack (IA-2) Rep. Anthony Brown (MD-4) Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-2) Rep. Kathleen Rice (NY-4)* Rep. Don Beyer (VA-8)	11/25/19 01/12/20 01/09/20 01/15/20 11/26/19 04/24/19

CASTRO
						Texas Rep. Vicente González (TX-15) Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX-20) Rep. Colin Allred (TX-32)	03/11/19 from beg. 02/19/19	+

DELANEY
						Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51) Rep. David Trone (MD-6)	02/27/19 ?	>

GILLIBRAND
						Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-12)	03/17/19	>

HARRIS
Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom (CA)	02/15/19					Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-7)* Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13) Rep. Jim Costa (CA-16) Rep. Katie Hill (CA-25)  resigned Rep. Julia Brownley (CA-26) Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-33) Rep. Nanette Barrigan (CA-44) Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT-5) Rep. Alcee Hastings (FL-20) Rep. Frederica Wilson (FL-24) Rep. Bobby Rush (IL-1) Rep. Danny Davis (IL-7) Rep. Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) Rep. Lacy Clay (MO-1) Rep. Marcia Fudge (OH-11) Rep. Al Green (TX-9)	09/12/19 02/14/19 06/17/19 01/29/19 02/28/19 01/28/19 01/29/19 07/03/19 06/21/19 07/01/19 07/01/19 07/29/19 08/01/19 06/25/19 08/15/19 06/20/19	+ > > > + + + + + + + + +

More Statewide Officials - CA: Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, Secretary of State Alex Padilla, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, Sup. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara 02/26/19.  DC: Attorney General Karl Racine 03/07/19

INSLEE
						Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-2)	03/01/19	>

More Statewide Officials - WA: Attorney General Bob Ferguson 03/01/19 >

KLOBUCHAR								+
Gov. Tim Walz (MN)	02/10/19		Sen. Tina Smith (MN)	02/10/19		Rep. Angie Craig (MN-2) Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-3) Rep. Bettty McCollum (MN-4) Rep. Collin Peterson (MN-7)	02/10/19 02/10/19 10/10/19 10/10/19	> >

More Statewide Officials - MN: Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan 02/10/19 State Auditor Julie Blaha 02/19

O'ROURKE
						Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) Rep. Stephanie Murphy (FL-7) Rep. Kathleen Rice (NY-4) Rep. Sean P. Maloney(NY-18) Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX-16)	06/25/19 03/14/19 03/14/19 03/14/19 03/14/19	+

 

SANDERS
			Sen. Pat Leahy (VT)	02/19/19		Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-5) Rep. A. Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) Rep. Peter Welch (VT) Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-2)	02/21/19 10/27/19 10/15/19 10/19/19 02/19/19 01/19/20 01/16/20	+ + + + + +

More Statewide Officials - MN: Attorney General Keith Ellison 06/28/19 >
VT: Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman 02/19/19 >   Attorney General T.J. Donovan, State Treasurer Beth Pearce, State Auditor Doug Hoffer 07/23/19 (+)


 

SWALWELL
						Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-7)	04/15/19	+

WARREN								+
			Sen. Ed Markey (MA)	02/09/19		Rep. Raúl Grijalva (AZ-3) Rep. Katie Porter (CA-45) Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-9) Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-8) Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-2) Rep. Lori Trahan (MA-3) Rep. Joe Kennedy III (MA-4) Rep. Katherine Clark (MA-5) Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-7) Rep. Andy Levin (MI-9) Rep. Deb Haaland (NM-1) Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX-20)*	07/30/19 10/26/19 11/30/19 01/22/20 02/19 02/09/19 02/09/19 07/30/19 11/06/19 07/30/19 07/30/19 01/15/20

*Per spokesman, McGovern endorsement "on the radio show Congressional Corner with Alan Chartock on WAMC. That just happened to be the first time he was asked about it."
More Statewide Officials - IL: State Treasurer Mike Frerichs.  IA: State Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald.




 
Democratic Governors (23)   ...5 of the 23 Dem. Governors have endorsed active candidates: 3 for Biden and home state: MN and NJ.

Gavin Newsom (CA) HARRIS Jared Polis (CO) Ned Lamont (CT) BIDEN John Carney (DE) BIDEN David Ige (HI) J.B. Pritzker (IL)

Laura Kelly (KS) John Bel Edwards (LA) Janet Mills (ME) Gretchen Whitmer (MI) Tim Walz (MN) KLOBUCHAR Steve Bullock (MT) fmr candidate

Steve Sisolak (NV) Phil Murphy (NJ) BOOKER Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM) Andrew Cuomo (NY) BIDEN Roy Cooper (NC) Kate Brown (OR)

Tom Wolf (PA) Gina Raimondo (RI) Ralph Northam (VA) Jay Inslee (WA) fmr candidate Tony Evers (WI) And territories: Lolo Matalasi Moliga (AS) Lou Leon Guerrero (GU) Ricardo Rosselló (PR) Albert Bryan (USVI)

Democratic U.S. Senators (45) plus Independents (2) = 47
5 Senators are active candidates - Bennet, Booker, Klobuchar, Sanders, Warren.
9 other Senators have endorsed active candidates - BIDEN (5): Jones, Feinstein, Carper Coons, Casey.  Other 4 home state candidate: MA, MN, NJ, VT.

Doug Jones (AL) BIDEN Krysten Sinema (AZ) Dianne Feinstein (CA) BIDEN Kamala Harris (CA) fmr candidate Michael Bennet (CO) candidate Richard Blumenthal (CT) Chris Murphy (CT) Tom Carper (DE) BIDEN Chris Coons (DE) BIDEN Brian Schatz (HI) Mazie Hirono (HI)

Dick Durbin (IL) Tammy Duckworth (IL) Angus King (ME)  I Ben Cardin (MD) Chris Van Hollen (MD) Elizabeth Warren (MA) candidate Ed Markey (MA) WARREN Debbie Stabenow (MI) Gary Peters (MI) Amy Klobuchar (MN) candidate Tina Smith (MN) KLOBUCHAR Jon Tester (MT) BULLOCK

Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Jacky Rosen (NV) Jeanne Shaheen (NH) Maggie Hassan (NH) Bob Menendez (NJ) BOOKER Cory Booker (NJ) candidate Tom Udall (NM) Martin Heinrich (NM) Chuck Schumer (NY) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) fmr candidate Sherrod Brown (OH) Ron Wyden (OR) Jeff Merkley (OR)

Bob Casey (PA) BIDEN Jack Reed (RI) Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) Pat Leahy (VT) SANDERS Bernie Sanders (VT) I candidate Mark Warner (VA) Tim Kaine (VA) Patty Murray (WA) Maria Cantwell (WA) Joe Manchin (WV) Tammy Baldwin (WI)

Democratic U.S. House Members (232)* 
235 fell to 234 after U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD) died on Oct. 17, 233 after U.S. Rep. Katie Hill (CA) resigned on Oct. 27, and 232 after U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (NJ) switched to the Republicans on Dec. 19. 
As of Jan. 31, 2020, 75 of the 232  Democratic members have endorsed candidates who are still active (includes Gabbard self-endorse).  There have been over 100 endorsements by members and a former member, including self endorsers, but that includes nine canddates who are no longer in the race, notably Harris (who had 17 but lost 1) and Booker  (who had 11 but lost 1).  Biden leads with 39 followed by Warren with 12.  

Biden (40)	Bloomberg  (5)	Booker (10)	Buttigieg (6)	Castro (2)
Terri Sewell (AL-7) John Garamendi (CA-3) Ami Bera (CA-7) Tony Cardenas (CA-29) L.Roybal-Allard (CA-40) Lou Correa (CA-46) Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE) Al Lawson (FL-5) Charlie Crist (FL-13) Alcee Hastings (FL-20) Frederica Wilson (FL-24) Sanford Bishop (GA-2) Brad Schneider (IL-10) Abby Finkenauer (IA-1) Cindy Axne (IA-3) Cedric Richmond (LA-2) Seth Moulton (MA-6) Stephen Lynch (MA-8) Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5) Dina Titus (NV-3) Tom Malinowski (NJ-7) Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10) Thomas Suozzi (NY-3) Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) G.K. Butterfield (NC-1) Alma Adams (NC-12) Kurt Schrader (OR-5) Tim Ryan (OH-13) Brendan Boyle (PA-2) Dwight Evans (PA-3) Chrissy Houlahan (PA-6) Matt Cartwright (PA-8) Conor Lamb (PA-17) Vicente González (TX-15)* E.Bernice Johnson (TX-30) Colin Allred (TX-32)* Marc Veasey (TX-33) Filemon Vela (TX-34) Elaine Luria (VA-2) Don McEachin (VA-4) *González switched from Castro to Biden.	Harley Rouda (CA-48) Stephanie Murphy (FL-7) Bobby Rush (IL-1) Max Rose (NY-11) Ben McAdams (UT-4)	Donald Norcross (NJ-1) Jeff Van Drew (NJ-2) Andy Kim (NJ-3) Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) Frank Pallone (NJ-6) Tom Malinowski (NJ-7) Albo Sires (NJ-8) Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-9) Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10) Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) B. Watson Coleman (NJ-12) *Van Drew switched to Republican on Dec. 19	Pete Visclosky (IN-1) Dave Loebsack (IA-2) Anthony Brown (MD-4) Annie Kuster (NH-2) Kathleen Rice (NY-4) Don Beyer (VA-8)	Vicente González (TX-15) Joaquin Castro (TX-20) Colin Allred (TX-32) *González switched to Biden on Sept. 15.

ALABAMA (1 of 7) 7. Terri Sewell BIDEN ALASKA (0 of 1) ARIZONA (5 of 9) 1. Tom O'Halleran 2. Ann Kirkpatrick 3. Raúl Grijalva WARREN 7. Ruben Gallego* SWALWELL > HARRIS 9. Greg Stanton *Gallego initially backed Swalwell ARKANSAS (0 of 4) CALIFORNIA (46 of 53) 1v 2. Jared Huffman 3. John Garamendi BIDEN 5. Mike Thompson 6. Doris Matsui 7. Ami Bera BIDEN 9. Jerry McNerney 10. Josh Harder 11. Mark DeSaulnier 12. Nancy Pelosi 13. Barbara Lee HARRIS 14. Jackie Speier 15. Eric Swalwell fmr. candidate 16. Jim Costa HARRIS 17. Ro Khanna SANDERS 18. Anna Eshoo 19. Zoe Lofgren 20. Jimmy Panetta 21. TJ Cox 24. Salud Carbajal O'ROURKE > HARRIS 25. Katie Hill HARRIS (r. Oct. 27) 26. Julia Brownley HARRIS 27. Judy Chu 28. Adam Schiff 29. Tony Cárdenas BIDEN 30. Brad Sherman 31. Pete Aguilar 32. Grace Napolitano 33. Ted Lieu HARRIS 34. Jimmy Gomez 35. Norma Torres 36. Raul Ruiz 37. Karen Bass 38. Linda Sánchez 39. Gil Cisneros 40. Lucille Roybal-Allard BIDEN 41. Mark Takano 43. Maxine Waters 44. Nanette Barragán HARRIS 45. Katie Porter WARREN 46. Lou Correa BIDEN 47. Alan Lowenthal 48. Harley Rouda BLOOMBERG 49. Mike Levin 51. Juan Vargas DELANEY 52. Scott Peters 53. Susan Davis COLORADO (4 of 7) 1. Diana DeGette 2. Joe Neguse 6. Jason Crow 7. Ed Perlmutter CONNECTICUT (5 of 5) 1. John B. Larson 2. Joe Courtney 3. Rosa DeLauro 4. Jim Himes 5. Jahana Hayes HARRIS DELAWARE (1 of 1) Lisa Blunt Rochester BIDEN

FLORIDA (13 of 27) 5. Al Lawson BIDEN 7. Stephanie Murphy O'ROURKE > BLOOMBERG 9. Darren Soto 10. Val Demings 13. Charlie Crist BIDEN 14. Kathy Castor 20. Alcee Hastings HARRIS > BIDEN 21. Lois Frankel 22. Ted Deutch 23. Debbie Wasserman Schultz 24. Frederica Wilson HARRIS > BIDEN 26. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell 27. Donna Shalala GEORGIA (5 of 14) 2. Sanford Bishop BIDEN 4. Hank Johnson 5. John Lewis 6. Lucy McBath 13. David Scott HAWAII (2 of 2) 1. Ed Case 2. Tulsi Gabbard candidate IDAHO (0 of 2) ILLINOIS (13 of 18) 1. Bobby Rush HARRIS > BLOOMBERG 2. Robin Kelly 3. Dan Lipinski 4. Jesús G. "Chuy" García 5. Mike Quigley 6. Sean Casten 7. Danny K. Davis HARRIS 8. Raja Krishnamoorthi 9. Jan. Schakowsky WARREN 10. Brad Schneider BIDEN 11. Bill Foster 14. Lauren Underwood 17. Cheri Bustos INDIANA (2 of 9) 1. Pete Visclosky BUTTIGIEG 7. André Carson IOWA (3 of 4) 1. Abby Finkenauer BIDEN 2. Dave Loebsack BUTTIGIEG 3. Cindy Axne BIDEN KANSAS (1 of 4) 3. Sharice Davids KENTUCKY (1 of 6) 3. John Yarmuth LOUISIANA (1 of 6) 2. Cedric Richmond MAINE (2 of 2) 1. Chellie Pingree 2. Jared Golden MARYLAND (7 of 8) 1v 2. Dutch Ruppersberger 3. John Sarbanes 4. Anthony G. Brown 5. Steny Hoyer 6. David Trone DELANEY 7. Elijah Cummings (d. Oct. 17) 8. Jamie Raskin WARREN MASSACHUSETTS (9 of 9) 1. Richard Neal 2. Jim McGovern WARREN 3. Lori Trahan WARREN 4. Joe Kennedy WARREN 5. Katherine Clark WARREN 6. Seth Moulton fmr candidate > BIDEN 7. Ayanne Pressley WARREN 8. Stephen F. Lynch BIDEN 9. Bill Keating

MICHIGAN (7 of 14) 5. Dan Kildee 8. Elissa Slotkin 9. Andy Levin WARREN 11. Haley Stevens 12.. Debbie Dingell 13. Rashida Tlaib SANDERS 14. Brenda Lawrence HARRIS MINNESOTA (5 of 8) 2. Angie Craig KLOBUCHAR 3. Dean Phillips KLOBUCHAR 4. Betty McCollum KLOBUCHAR 5. Ilhan Omar SANDERS 7. Collin Peterson KLOBUCHAR MISSISSIPPI (1 of 4) 2. Bennie Thompson MISSOURI (2 of 8) 1. Lacy Clay HARRIS 5. Emanuel Cleaver BIDEN MONTANA (0 of 1) NEBRASKA (0 of 3) NEVADA (3 of 4) 1. Dina Titus BIDEN 3. Susie Lee 4. Steven Horsford NEW HAMPSHIRE (2 of 2) 1. Chris Pappas 2. Ann McLane Kuster BUTTIGIEG NEW JERSEY (10 of 12) 1. Donald Norcross BOOKER 2. Jeff Van Drew BOOKER > to R 3. Andy Kim BOOKER 5. Josh Gottheimer BOOKER 6. Frank Pallone BOOKER 7. Tom Malinowski BOOKER > BIDEN 8. Albo Sires BOOKER 9. Bill Pascrell BOOKER 10. Donald Payne Jr. BOOKER > BIDEN 11. Mikie Sherril BOOKER 12. B. Watson Coleman BOOKER NEW MEXICO (3 of 3) 1. Deb Haaland WARREN 2. Xochitl Torres Small 3. Ben Luján NEW YORK (21 of 27) 3. Thomas Suozzi BIDEN 4. Kathleen Rice O'ROURKE > BUTTIGIEG 5. Gregory Meeks 6. Grace Meng 7. Nydia Velázquez 8. Hakeem Jeffries 9. Yvette Clarke 10. Jerrold Nadler 11. Max Rose BLOOMBERG 12. Carolyn Maloney GILLIBRAND 13. Adriano Espaillat 14. A. Ocasio-Cortez SANDERS 15. José Serrano 16. Eliot Engel 17. Nita Lowey 18. S. Patrick Maloney O'ROURKE > BIDEN 19. Antonio Delgado 20. Paul Tonko 22. Anthony Brindisi 25. Joseph Morelle 26. Brian Higgins NORTH CAROLINA (3 of 11) 2v 1. G. K. Butterfield BIDEN 4. David Price 12. Alma Adams BIDEN NORTH DAKOTA (0 of 1) OHIO (4 of 16) 3. Joyce Beatty 9. Marcy Kaptur 11. Marcia Fudge HARRIS 13. Tim Ryan candidate>BIDEN

OKLAHOMA (1 of 5) 5. Kendra Horn OREGON (4 of 5) 1. Suzanne Bonamici 3. Earl Blumenauer 4. Peter DeFazio 5. Kurt Schrader BIDEN PENNSYLVANIA (9 of 17) 1v 2. Brendan Boyle BIDEN 3. Dwight Evans BIDEN 4. Madeleine Dean 5. Mary Gay Scanlon 6. Chrissy Houlahan BIDEN 7. Susan Wild 8. Matt Cartwright BIDEN 17. Conor Lamb BIDEN 18. Michael F. Doyle RHODE ISLAND (2 of 2) 1. David Cicilline 2. Jim Langevin SOUTH CAROLINA (2 of 7) 1. Joe Cunningham 6. Jim Clyburn SOUTH DAKOTA (0 of 1) TENNESSEE (2 of 9) 5. Jim Cooper 9. Steve Cohen TEXAS (13 of 36) 7. LIzzie Pannill Fletcher 9. Al Green HARRIS 15. Vicente González CASTRO switched to BIDEN 16. Veronica Escobar O'ROURKE 18. Sheila Jackson Lee 20. Joaquin Castro CASTRO > WARREN 28. Henry Cuellar 29. Sylvia Garcia 30. Eddie Bernice Johnson BIDEN 32. Colin Allred CASTRO > BIDEN 33. Marc Veasey BIDEN 34. Filemon Vela Jr. BIDEN 35. Lloyd Doggett UTAH (1 of 4) 4. Ben McAdams BLOOMBERG VERMONT (1 of 1) Peter Welch SANDERS VIRGINIA (7 of 11) 2. Elaine Luria BIDEN 3. Bobby Scott 4. Donald McEachin BIDEN 7. Abigail Spanberger 8. Don Beyer BUTTIGIEG 10. Jennifer Wexton 11. Gerry Connolly WASHINGTON (7 of 10) 1. Suzan DelBene 2. Rick Larsen INSLEE 6. Derek Kilmer 7. Pramila Jayapal SANDERS 8. Kim Schrier 9. Adam Smith 10. Dennis Heck WEST VIRGINIA (0 of 3) WISCONSIN (3 of 8) 2. Mark Pocan SANDERS 3. Ron Kind 4. Gwen Moore WYOMING (0 of 1) DELEGATES DC Eleanor Holmes Norton GU Michael San Nicolas CNMI Gregorio Sabian USVI Stacey Plaskett HARRIS

Building Credibility
(ema 08/01/19)  The 2016 Republican presidential primary showed the clear limits of endorsements.  Former Gov. Jeb Bush led in endorsements while Donald Trump did not receive his first congressional endorsement until Feb. 2016 [U.S. Rep. Chris Collins (NY)].  Despite this, endorsements, or a lack there of, can be an indicator of support for a candidate. 

In the early stages of the 2020 campaign, most of the endorsements were from candidates' home states. Such announcements are often made coinciding with a candidate's announcement. Impressively Sen. Booker was able to lock down all the top NJ endorsements. Former Vice President Biden received backing of the top DE officials; all told he had endorsements from 11 members of Congress on his first day in the race. Sen. Harris garned support of CA statewide elected officials, if not members of the state's congressional delegation. Sen. Gillibrand showed a distinct lack of support from NY elected officials. Former Sec. Castro's announcement of endorsements by Texas elected officials on the same day as former Rep. O'Rourke announced was intended to remind observers of "the other" Texan in the race, but some observers saw it in poor form. Generally, candidates want to get endorsements early as they are trying to show support, but another endorsement strategy is to trickle them out over time. The Harris campaign has favored this approach. Harris has shown strength among members of the Congressional Black Caucus, garnering endorsements of nine members of the CBC as of Aug. 1. Ultimately what matters is not the number of endorsements, but the endorser's influence and reputation and the energy and enthusiasm behind the endorsement—do they introduce the candidate at events, make calls, sign emails...

When is an Endorsement an Endorsement?
Sometimes endorsements are not clear.  For example in 2015, Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) offered high praise of Huckabee while introducing him at his announcement.  The Hope Star noted that Hutchinson "offered his encouragement but no formal endorsement."  By Sept. 28 Hutchinson was included as an endorser.  Candice Miller was in the spin room for Christie at the Aug. 6 debate but went for Fiorina on Sept. 23.

See:
Brian Schwartz.  "NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to open his formidable fundraising network to Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign."  CNBC, April 25, 2019.
Arlette Saenz and Jeff Zeleny.  "Joe Biden readies major endorsements and message of strength ahead of likely 2020 run."  CNN, March 18, 2019.