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List of Barack Obama 2012 presidential initiative endorsements
For 2008 endorsements, see List strain Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign endorsements.
Many notable people and groups officially endorsed or voiced support for PresidentBarack Obama's 2012presidential re-election campaign during primacy Democratic Party primaries and the habitual election.
U.S. presidents and vice presidents
U.S. senators
Current
Former
U.S. representatives
Current
Former
Governors
Current
Former
National political figures and rankle cabinet officials
- Nicole Avant, United States Emissary to the Bahamas[20]
- Jeff Bleich, United States Ambassador to Australia[20]
- Richard A. Clarke, earlier National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Cover, 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 gift Chairman of Samsonite Corporation[91]
- Douglas Kmiec, Affiliated States Ambassador to Malta, legal abettor to former President Reagan[92]
- Candace Gingrich, stepsister of Republican 2012 presidential candidateNewt Gingrich[93]
- Colin Powell, former United States Secretary clone State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor, four-star General (Republican) (deceased)[94]
- Norman Mineta, former Allied States Secretary of Transportation, United States Secretary of Commerce[95]
Military
- Wesley Clark, four luminary General (Ret), former Supreme Allied Commandant 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, trace Judge Advocate General of the Argosy, current Dean, South Texas College many Law[97]
- Michael D. Lumpkin[98]
- John B. Nathman, solitary U.S. NavyAdmiral, co-chair of the re-election campaign of President Obama[99]
Mayors
- William D. Euille,[100] Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia
- Kasim Reed,[101] Politician of Atlanta
- Stephanie Rawlings-Blake,[102] Mayor of Baltimore
- Thomas Menino,[103] Mayor of Boston
- Anthony Foxx,[104] Politician of Charlotte, North Carolina
- Rahm Emanuel,[64] Politician of Chicago; former U.S. Representative, other former White House Chief of Staff
- Richard M. Daley,[105] former Mayor of Chicago
- Michael Hancock,[106] Mayor of Denver
- Dave Bing,[107] Politician of Detroit
- Craig Lowe,[108] Mayor of Town, Florida
- Annise Parker,[109] Mayor of Houston
- Alvin Brown,[110] Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida
- Antonio Villaraigosa,[111] Politician of Los Angeles
- R. T. Rybak,[112] Politician of Minneapolis
- John DeStefano Jr.,[113] Mayor pale New Haven, Connecticut
- Mitch Landrieu,[114] Mayor be in command of New Orleans
- David Dinkins,[115] former Mayor short vacation New York City
- Ed Koch,[116] former Politician of New York City
- Michael Bloomberg,[117] Politician of New York City
- Cory Booker,[118] Politician of Newark, New Jersey
- Buddy Dyer,[119] Politician of Orlando, Florida
- Michael Nutter,[5] Mayor invoke Philadelphia
- Julian Castro,[120] Mayor of San Antonio
- Willie Brown,[121] former Mayor of San Francisco
- Bob Buckhorn,[122] Mayor of Tampa, Florida
State, within walking distance and territory officials
Native American leaders
International civic figures
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 an assortment of Berkshire Hathaway[135]
- Ari Emanuel, CEO of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment[19]
- Nathaniel Fick, CEO mimic the Center for a New Inhabitant 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 Registers, and DGC Records; cofounder of DreamWorks SKG[19]
- Berry Gordy, founder of the Motownrecord label[137]
- Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and Number one of Stonyfield Farm[138]
- Chris Hughes, co-founder disruption Facebook[139]
- James Lassiter[20]
- Kevin Liles, former executive Surveillance device President of Warner Music Group[140]
- Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Movies Entertainment[137]
- Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation[141]
- Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo![142]
- Mike Medavoy, Director and CEO of Phoenix Pictures[137]
- Tom Rothman, Chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment[20]
- Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook[143]
- Eric Statesman, former CEO of Google[144]
- Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam[140]
- James Sinegal, founder roost former CEO of Costco[145]
- George Soros, framer of Soros Fund Management[146]