List of Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign endorsements
Many notable people and groups formally endorsed or voiced support for President Barack Obama 's 2012 presidential re-election campaign during the Democratic Party primaries and the general election .
U.S. presidents and vice presidents
U.S. senators
Current
U.S. representatives
Current
Governors
Current
Nicole Avant , United States Ambassador to the Bahamas [ 20]
Jeff Bleich , United States Ambassador to Australia [ 20]
Richard A. Clarke , former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism for the United States[ 89]
Charles Fried former Solicitor General under Ronald Reagan [ 90]
Steven J. Green , former United States Ambassador to Singapore , former CEO and Chairman of Samsonite Corporation [ 91]
Douglas Kmiec , United States Ambassador to Malta , legal aide to former President Reagan [ 92]
Candace Gingrich , half-sister of Republican 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich [ 93]
Colin Powell , former United States Secretary of State , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , National Security Advisor , four-star General (Republican ) (deceased)[ 94]
Norman Mineta , former United States Secretary of Transportation , United States Secretary of Commerce [ 95]
Military
Wesley Clark , four star General (Ret), former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO , 2004 presidential candidate [ 96]
Richard Danzig , former Secretary of the Navy [ 96]
Paul Eaton , Major General (Ret)[ 96]
Donald J. Guter, retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral , former Judge Advocate General of the Navy , current Dean, South Texas College of Law [ 97]
Michael D. Lumpkin [ 98]
John B. Nathman , retired U.S. Navy Admiral , co-chair of the re-election campaign of President Obama[ 99]
Mayors
William D. Euille ,[ 100] Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia
Kasim Reed ,[ 101] Mayor of Atlanta
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake ,[ 102] Mayor of Baltimore
Thomas Menino ,[ 103] Mayor of Boston
Anthony Foxx ,[ 104] Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina
Rahm Emanuel ,[ 64] Mayor of Chicago ; former U.S. Representative , and former White House Chief of Staff
Richard M. Daley ,[ 105] former Mayor of Chicago
Michael Hancock ,[ 106] Mayor of Denver
Dave Bing ,[ 107] Mayor of Detroit
Craig Lowe ,[ 108] Mayor of Gainesville, Florida
Annise Parker ,[ 109] Mayor of Houston
Alvin Brown ,[ 110] Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida
Antonio Villaraigosa ,[ 111] Mayor of Los Angeles
R. T. Rybak ,[ 112] Mayor of Minneapolis
John DeStefano Jr. ,[ 113] Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut
Mitch Landrieu ,[ 114] Mayor of New Orleans
David Dinkins ,[ 115] former Mayor of New York City
Ed Koch ,[ 116] former Mayor of New York City
Michael Bloomberg ,[ 117] Mayor of New York City
Cory Booker ,[ 118] Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Buddy Dyer ,[ 119] Mayor of Orlando, Florida
Michael Nutter ,[ 5] Mayor of Philadelphia
Julian Castro ,[ 120] Mayor of San Antonio
Willie Brown ,[ 121] former Mayor of San Francisco
Bob Buckhorn ,[ 122] Mayor of Tampa, Florida
State, local and territory officials
Native American leaders
Publications
See: Newspaper endorsements in the 2012 United States presidential election
Business people
Marc Benioff , Chairman and CEO of salesforce.com [ 19]
Jeffrey Brotman , Founder of Costco [ 134]
Warren Buffett , CEO of Berkshire Hathaway[ 135]
Ari Emanuel , CEO of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment [ 19]
Nathaniel Fick , CEO of the Center for a New American Security , author of One Bullet Away , a New York Times best seller[ 98]
Bill Gates , Microsoft founder and CEO [ 136]
David Geffen , founder of Asylum Records , Geffen Records , and DGC Records ; cofounder of DreamWorks SKG [ 19]
Berry Gordy , founder of the Motown record label [ 137]
Gary Hirshberg , Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm [ 138]
Chris Hughes , co-founder of Facebook [ 139]
James Lassiter [ 20]
Kevin Liles , former executive Vice President of Warner Music Group [ 140]
Michael Lynton , Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment [ 137]
Jeffrey Katzenberg , CEO of DreamWorks Animation [ 141]
Marissa Mayer , CEO of Yahoo! [ 142]
Mike Medavoy , Chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures [ 137]
Tom Rothman , Chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment [ 20]
Sheryl Sandberg , COO of Facebook [ 143]
Eric Schmidt , former CEO of Google [ 144]
Russell Simmons , co-founder of Def Jam [ 140]
James Sinegal , founder and former CEO of Costco [ 145]
George Soros , founder of Soros Fund Management [ 146]
Chefs
Fashion designers
Labor unions
Social and political activists
Organizations
Entertainment
Actors and actresses
Directors
Internet, radio and television personalities
Musicians
Bands
Adult entertainers
Screenwriters and producers
Writers
Athletes
Boxing
Baseball (MLB)
Basketball (NBA)
Skateboarding
Professional wrestling
Nobel Prize laureates
Economics
Science
Alexei Abrikosov , Physics, 2003[ 489]
Peter Agre , Chemistry, 2003[ 489]
Sidney Altman , Chemistry, 1989[ 489]
Philip Anderson , Physics, 1977[ 489]
David Baltimore , Medicine 1975[ 489]
Paul Berg , Chemistry, 1980[ 489]
J. Michael Bishop , Medicine, 1989[ 489]
Elizabeth Blackburn , Medicine, 2009[ 489]
Günter Blobel , Medicine, 1999[ 489]
Nicolaas Bloembergen , Physics, 1981[ 489]
Linda Buck , Medicine, 2004[ 489]
Mario Capecchi , Medicine, 2007[ 489]
Martin Chalfie , Chemistry, 2008[ 489]
Leon Cooper , Physics, 1972[ 489]
James Cronin , Physics, 1980[ 489]
Robert Curl , Chemistry, 1996[ 489]
Johann Deisenhofer , Chemistry, 1988[ 489]
Edmond Fischer , Medicine, 1992[ 489]
Val Fitch , Physics, 1980[ 489]
Jerome Friedman , Physics, 1990[ 489]
Murray Gell-Mann , Physics, 1969[ 489]
Walter Gilbert , Chemistry, 1980[ 489]
Donald Glaser , Physics, 1960[ 489]
Sheldon Glashow , Physics, 1979[ 489]
Roy Glauber , Physics, 2005[ 489]
Joseph L. Goldstein , Medicine, 1985[ 489]
Paul Greengard , Medicine, 2000[ 489]
Carol Greider , Medicine, 2009[ 489]
David Gross , Physics, 2004[ 489]
Robert Grubbs , Chemistry, 2005[ 489]
Roger Guillemin , Medicine, 1977[ 489]
John Hall , Physics, 2005[ 489]
Leland Hartwell , Medicine, 2001[ 489]
Alan Heeger , Chemistry, 2000[ 489]
Dudley Herschbach , Chemistry, 1986[ 489]
Roald Hoffmann , Chemistry, 1981[ 489]
H. Robert Horvitz , Medicine, 2002[ 489]
David Hubel , Medicine, 1981[ 489]
Eric Kandel , Medicine, 2000[ 489]
Brian Kobilka , Chemistry, 2012[ 489]
Roger Kornberg , Chemistry, 2006[ 489]
Leon Lederman , Physics, 1988[ 489]
Robert Lefkowitz , Chemistry, 2012[ 489]
John Mather , Physics, 2006[ 489]
Craig Mello , Medicine, 2006[ 489]
Mario Molina , Chemistry, 1995[ 489]
Douglas Osheroff , Physics, 1996[ 489]
Arno Penzias , Physics, 1978[ 489]
Martin Perl , Physics, 1995[ 489]
David Politzer , Physics, 2004[ 489]
Stanley Prusiner , Medicine, 1997[ 489]
Burton Richter , Physics, 1976[ 489]
Richard Schrock , Chemistry, 2005[ 489]
Hamilton Smith , Medicine, 1978[ 489]
Oliver Smithies , Medicine, 2007[ 489]
George Smoot , Physics, 2006[ 489]
Thomas Steitz , Chemistry, 2009[ 489]
Jack Szostak , Medicine, 2009[ 489]
Charles Townes , Physics, 1964[ 489]
Roger Tsien , Chemistry, 2008[ 489]
Daniel Tsui , Physics, 1998[ 489]
James Watson , Medicine, 1962[ 489]
Carl Wieman , Physics, 2001[ 489]
Eric Wieschaus , Medicine, 1995[ 489]
Frank Wilczek , Physics, 2004[ 489]
Robert Wilson , Physics, 1978[ 489]
See also
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