Obama announces first wave of 2020 endorsements

[sandensea]

Source: The Hill

Former President Obama announced his first batch of 2020 endorsements on Monday, giving support to Democrats looking to defend or flip seats in multiple tight races.

“I’m proud to endorse this diverse and hopeful collection of thoughtful, empathetic, and highly qualified Democrats. Together, these candidates will help us redeem our country’s promise by sticking up for working class people, restoring fairness and opportunity to our system, and fighting for the good of all Americans — not just those at the top,” Obama said in an announcement published on Medium.



Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/510264-obama-announces-first-wave-of-2020-endorsements

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Link to tweet

[George II]

1. Twitter is ablaze (particularly from one "wing" of the Democratic Party) because of some names....

....that are missing.

They skipped RIGHT over the part about "first wave"!

This is the way he's done it in the past, for the most part endorsing those in most vulnerable or close races first. There will be more coming in the next weeks or month.

[sandensea]

2. Exactly. The man knows what he's doing.

[George II]

3. Most notably is that they're bashing Obama for leaving Schumer off the list!!!

[Stuart G]

5. I agree with you...Joe Biden is.. NOT.. on the list either...

... ....

[lapucelle]

20. ...

Link to tweet

[NurseJackie]

27. Ugh.

Twitter is ablaze (particularly from one "wing" of the Democratic Party) because of some names....

Ugh. Of course. I'd expect nothing different. Hashtag sad.

[ancianita]

4. Here is the more readable list on medium.com. Let's get this wave rolling!

https://medium.com/@BarackObama/first-wave-of-2020-endorsements-43b2b0c667f6

ARKANSAS
Joyce Elliott, U.S. House, AR-02

CALIFORNIA
Josh Harder, U.S. House, CA-10
TJ Cox, U.S. House, CA-21
Christy Smith, U.S. House, CA-25
Gil Cisneros, U.S. House, CA-39
Katie Porter, U.S. House, CA-45
Harley Rouda, U.S. House, CA-48
Mike Levin, U.S. House, CA-49
Ammar Campa-Najjar, U.S. House, CA-50
Ann Ravel, State Senate, SD-15

COLORADO
John Hickenlooper, U.S. Senate
Jason Crow, U.S. House, CO-06

ILLINOIS
Marie Newman, U.S. House, IL-03
Sean Casten, U.S. House, IL-06
Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, U.S. House, IL-13
Lauren Underwood, U.S. House, IL-14

INDIANA
Christina Hale, U.S. House, IN-05

IOWA
Theresa Greenfield, U.S. Senate
Abby Finkenauer, U.S. House, IA-01
Rita Hart, U.S. House, IA-02
Cindy Axne, U.S. House, IA-03

MAINE
Sara Gideon, U.S. Senate

NEBRASKA
Kara Eastman, U.S. House, NE-02

NEVADA
Susie Lee, U.S. House, NV-03
Steven Horsford, U.S. House, NV-04

NEW JERSEY
Amy Kennedy, U.S. House, NJ-02
Andy Kim, U.S. House, NJ-03
Josh Gottheimer, U.S. House, NJ-05
Tom Malinowski, U.S. House, NJ-07
Mikie Sherrill, U.S. House, NJ-11

NEW YORK
Jackie Gordon, U.S. House, NY-02
Max Rose, U.S. House, NY-11
Jamaal Bowman, U.S. House, NY-16
Mondaire Jones, U.S. House, NY-17
Antonio Delgado, U.S. House, NY-19
Dana Balter, U.S. House, NY-24

NORTH CAROLINA
Roy Cooper, Governor
Yvonne Lewis Holley, Lieutenant Governor
Ronnie Chatterji, Treasurer
Jessica Holmes, Commissioner of Labor
Cal Cunningham, U.S. Senate
Pat Timmons-Goodson, U.S. House, NC-08
Brian Farkas, State House, HD-09
Adam Ericson, State House, HD-20
Terence Everitt, State House, HD-35
Sydney Batch, State House, HD-37
Kimberly Hardy, State House, HD-43
Frances Jackson, State House, HD-45
Ricky Hurtado, State House, HD-63
Dan Besse, State House, HD-74
Christy Clark, State House, HD-98
Brandon Lofton, State House, HD-104
Donna Lake, State Senate, SD-07
Harper Peterson, State Senate, SD-09
Allen Wellons, State Senate, SD-11
Kirk deViere, State Senate, SD-19
Terri LeGrand, State Senate, SD-31

OHIO
Kate Schroder, U.S. House, OH-01
Desiree Tims, U.S. House, OH-10
Phil Robinson, State House, HD-06
Monique Smith, State House, HD-16
Jessica Miranda, State House, HD-28
Emilia Sykes, State House, HD-34
Amy Cox, State House, HD-43
Chris Stanley, State House, HD-59

PENNSYLVANIA
Josh Shapiro, Attorney General
Nina Ahmad, Auditor General
Joe Torsella, Treasurer
Christina Finello, U.S. House, PA-01
Susan Wild, U.S. House, PA-07
Matt Cartwright, U.S. House, PA-08
Eugene DePasquale, U.S. House, PA-10
Marlene Katz, State House, HD-29
Lissa Geiger Shulman, State House, HD-30
Brittney Rodas, State House, HD-105
Jonathan Kassa, State House, HD-151
Nancy Guenst, State House, HD-152
Anton Andrew, State House, HD-160
Deb Ciamacca, State House, HD-168
Claudette Williams, State House, HD-176
Ann Marie Mitchell, State House, HD-178
John Kane, State Senate, SD-09
Janet Diaz, State Senate, SD-13
George Scott, State Senate, SD-15
Pam Iovino, State Senate, SD-37
Julie Slomski, State Senate, SD-49

SOUTH CAROLINA
Jaime Harrison, U.S. Senate
Joe Cunningham, U.S. House, SC-01

TEXAS
Sima Ladjevardian, U.S. House, TX-02
Lizzie Fletcher, U.S. House, TX-07
Adrienne Bell, U.S. House, TX-14
Wendy Davis, U.S. House, TX-21
Sri Preston Kulkarni, U.S. House, TX-22
Gina Ortiz Jones, U.S. House, TX-23
Candace Valenzuela, U.S. House, TX-24
Colin Allred, U.S. House, TX-32
Erin Zwiener, State House, HD-45
James Talarico, State House, HD-52
Keke Williams, State House, HD-54
Angela Brewer, State House, HD-64
Sharon Hirsch, State House, HD-66
Jeff Whitfield, State House, HD-92
Joe Drago, State House, HD-96
Elizabeth Beck, State House, HD-97
Jessica González, State House, HD-104
Terry Meza, State House, HD-105
Joanna Cattanach, State House, HD-108
Brandy Chambers, State House, HD-112
Rhetta Andrews Bowers, State House, HD-113
Celina Montoya, State House, HD-121
Natali Hurtado, State House, HD-126
Gina Calanni, State House, HD-132
Ann Johnson, State House, HD-134
Jon Rosenthal, State House, HD-135
Akilah Bacy, State House, HD-138

VIRGINIA
Elaine Luria, U.S. House, VA-02
Cameron Webb, U.S. House, VA-05
Abigail Spanberger, U.S. House, VA-07

[Cha]

9. Thank you for that.. much more readalble!

[ancianita]

10. ...

[sheshe2]

6. Love his quote.

“I’m proud to endorse this diverse and hopeful collection of thoughtful, empathetic, and highly qualified Democrats. Together, these candidates will help us redeem our country’s promise by sticking up for working class people, restoring fairness and opportunity to our system, and fighting for the good of all Americans — not just those at the top,” -Obama

Keep them coming!

[George II]

16. Great statement. Let's not disappoint him.

[sheshe2]

17. I have no intention of doing so, George.

I hope everyone else follows suit.

[lapucelle]

21. My President...

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

22. Love the comparison!!!!

No words can express how much I miss that man.

[msongs]

7. one would expecte a top party official to endorse party candidates eh? nt

[George II]

15. Yes, and there will be more. The funny (uninformed) thing is that Justice Democrats...

...are on Twitter complaining that Obama didn't bother to endorse Chuck Schumer!!

Excuse us, Schumer isn't running until 2022.

[sheshe2]

18. Now that is hilarious.

They run around endorsing candidates of their choosing, Dem Socialist's to primary sitting Democrats and they don't even know when candidates are actually able to run for office. Sad , they don't seem to be politically aware. They just have an agenda.

[Cha]

8. Mahalo!

[sandensea]

12. Thank you, and likewise!

May Obama's picks win - and surprise even him by the sheer numbers elected.

[murielm99]

11. K&R

[oasis]

13. Love our TEAM. Now let's get busy.

[betsuni]

14. K&R

[lapucelle]

19. I'm glad to see Max Rose got an endorsement. He flipped that seat blue in red, red, Staten Island.

Thanks for this post.

[George II]

23. I can't remember the last time Staten Island had a Democratic Representative. And from what I see...

....he's doing a great job and LOVES it!

[lapucelle]

24. I grew up there, George.

I remember when Guy Molinari was walking his daughter up the aisle, he stopped to shake Bob Dole's hand.

[George II]

25. His good hand...(sorry, that was mean!)

[Jamaal510]

26. K&R

[ehrnst]

28. K&R