2016 Primary Endorsements megathread.

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Wanted to make a quick list of the major Democratic elected officials who have not endorsed Clinton (apart from Rep. Keith Ellison (MN), Rep. Raúl Grijalva (AZ), Rep. Alan Grayson (FL), Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH), and Rep. Peter Welch (VT) who have endorsed Sanders).

Senators (4)
Elizabeth Warren (MA)
Jeff Merkley (OR)
Jon Tester (MT)
Bob Menendez (NJ)

Governors (5)
David Ige (HI)
Earl Ray Tomblin (WV)
Kate Brown (OR)
Jerry Brown (CA)
Steve Bullock (MT)

Representatives (23)
Sanford Bishop (GA)
Collin Peterson (MN)
Beto O'Rourke (TX)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) - DNC Chair
Dan Lipinski (IL)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ)
Tulsi Gabbard (HI) - DNC Vice Chair
Mark Pocan (WI)
Ron Kind (WI)
Brendan Boyle (PA)
Robert Brady (PA)
Michael Doyle (PA)
Pete Visclosky (IN)
Peter DeFazio (OR)
Nancy Pelosi (CA) - Minority Leader
Barbara Lee (CA)
Jim Costa (CA)
Sam Farr (CA)
Norma Torres (CA)
Alan Lowenthal (CA)
Juan Vargas (CA)
Albio Sires (NJ)
Donald Norcross (NJ)

(last updated 3/12/16)

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Wanted to make a quick list of the major Democratic elected officials who have not endorsed Clinton (apart from the two, Rep. Keith Ellison (MN) and Rep. Raúl Grijalva (AZ), who have endorsed Sanders)

Eric Swalwell (from CA) supports O'Malley.

Good catch!  Thanks.

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Meh, Schultz may not have put out a press release overtly saying "I endorse Clinton", but unless you've been living under a rock for the last 10 months, it's pretty clear she supports Clinton.

Yeah, it's pretty obvious.  Her and a lot of other DNC higher ups are differing degrees of officially neutral, at least for appearances' sake.  See also DNC Treasurer Andrew Tobias, who did extensive, extensive fundraising for Ready For Hillary (not to mention the debt-ridden aftermath of her 2008 bid), but has been officially neutral since Hillary entered the race.

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A couple new endorsements over the weekend for Clinton:  Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Rep. Al Green of Texas.

Sanders also picked up two superdelegate endorsements in the Appalachians: Jake Quinn (from Asheville, NC) and WV Democratic Vice Chair Chris Regan.  This brings Sanders' total up to 13, versus Clinton's 396.

UPDATE: Rep. Chaka Fattah (PA), currently under indictment, for Clinton.

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Scott Brown for Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/02/scott-brown-to-endorse-trump/

You could see this one coming from a mile away, guess he held this one back until after Iowa.

This makes me feel weird about voting for him (and donating to his campaign!) in 2012.

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Is Angus King a superdelegate?

I'd assume; Sanders is a superdelegate.

King is not; Sanders officially switched party registration last year, while King has not.

One I'm unsure about is DC Shadow Senator Michael Brown, who is perhaps an "independent Democrat" but is listed by the DC Democratic party as one of their own.

I actually posted nearly the exact same list a few pages back, though I completely forgot about Jon Bel Edwards.

I believe Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY) and Rep. Alan Grayson (FL) have endorsed Hillary, as well.

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Rep. Alma Adams (NC) and Del. Stacey Plaskett (VI) for Clinton.

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Missed this one in the leadup to Iowa:

All 4 DNC members from Wyoming endorsed Clinton.

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Rep. Bobby Rush (IL) for Clinton.

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Does MS have extensive early voting?

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Rep. Collin Peterson (MN) says he'd vote for Sanders at the Convention, in line with his constituents' wishes.

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Missed this one in the leadup to Wisconsin...

Rep. Ron Kind (WI) for Clinton.

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The endorsement was also made before the primary; apparently it didn't have much of an impact.

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Rep. Rick Nolan (MN) switches from Clinton to Sanders.

(Well, he was apparently never actually Clinton, but the Clinton camp thought he was.)

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#YUGE endorsement for Clinton!

Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland Endorses Clinton.

I seriously thought he had done this already.

I already had him in the Clinton column, too.

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Rep. Dan Lipinski (IL) for Sanders.

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Some early Oregon newspaper endorsements for Kasich and Clinton:

Bend Bulletin Editorial: Vote for John Kasich in GOP / Hillary Clinton Democratic in Oregon primary
http://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/endorsements/4230165-151/editorial-vote-for-john-kasich-in-gop-primary#
http://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/4227573-151/editorial-vote-clinton-in-the-democratic-primary


The Register Guard (Eugene): Oregon primary: Kasich, Clinton
http://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/4227573-151/editorial-vote-clinton-in-the-democratic-primary

Oregon is entirely proportional with essentially no threshold, so tactical voting shouldn't be a huge factor here.