Endorsements by Joe Biden
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This page lists the candidates for office endorsed by President Joe Biden (D).
Endorsements include official statements, appearances at campaign rallies, and direct participation in campaign ads and materials. Endorsements issued prior to a special election where the candidate is also running in a regularly scheduled election on the same day are counted as endorsements in both races.
This page organizes Biden's endorsements by year:
- Endorsements in 2024: Biden's endorsements in 2024 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2023: Biden's endorsements in 2023 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2022: Biden's endorsements in 2022 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2021: Biden's endorsements in 2021 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2020: Biden's endorsements in 2020 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2019: Biden's endorsements in 2019 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2018: Biden's endorsements in 2018 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2017: Biden's endorsements in 2017 organized by office.
- Endorsements in 2016: Biden's endorsements in 2016 organized by office.
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| Endorsements by Joe Biden, 2018-2024 | |||||
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| Election year | Total endorsements | Primary endorsements | Primary success rate | General election endorsements | General election success rate |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | N/A |
| 2023 | 24 | 0 | N/A | 24 | 71% |
| 2022 | 10 | 3 | 67% | 9 | 89% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 2 | 50% |
| 2020 | 49 | 0 | N/A | 49 | 29% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 2 | 0% |
| 2018 | 129 | 10 | 100% | 129 | 64% |
| Note: This table does not include endorsements made in presidential elections. | |||||
| Endorsements overview (2016-2017) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Regular endorsements | Special elections | |||||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||||||
| Endorsements | 10 | 4 | |||||||||||
| General record | 9-1 (90%) | 4-0 (100%) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | |||||||||||||
| Endorsements | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||
| General record | 6-4 (60%) | N/A | |||||||||||
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Endorsements by year
2024
| Presidential endorsements by Joe Biden, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Kamala D. Harris (D) source | Open seat | President of the United States | Primary | Lost general |
| U.S. Senate endorsements by Joe Biden, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Florida | Primary | Lost general |
| U.S. House endorsements by Joe Biden, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Sheila Jackson Lee (D) source | Incumbent | U.S. House Texas District 18 | Primary | Not on the ballot general |
2023
2022
| U.S. Senate endorsements by Joe Biden, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Val Demings (D) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Florida | General | Lost general |
| John Fetterman (D) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania | General | Won general |
| U.S. House endorsements by Joe Biden, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Danny K. Davis (D) source | Incumbent | U.S. House Illinois District 7 | Primary, General | Won general |
| Shontel Brown (D) source | Incumbent | U.S. House Ohio District 11 | Primary, General | Won general |
| Kurt Schrader (D) source | Incumbent | U.S. House Oregon District 5 | Primary | Lost primary |
| State executive endorsements by Joe Biden, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Wes Moore (D) source | Open seat | Governor of Maryland | General | Won general |
| Gretchen Whitmer (D) source | Incumbent | Governor of Michigan | General | Won general |
| Tina Kotek (D) source | Open seat | Governor of Oregon | General | Won general |
| Josh Shapiro (D) source | Open seat | Governor of Pennsylvania | General | Won general |
| Local endorsements by Joe Biden, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Karen Bass (Nonpartisan) source | Open seat | Mayor of Los Angeles | General | Won general |
2021
| U.S. House endorsements by Joe Biden, 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Melanie Ann Stansbury (D) source | Open seat | U.S. House New Mexico District 1 (special) | General | Won general |
| State executive endorsements by Joe Biden, 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Gavin Newsom (D) source | Incumbent | Governor of California | Recall | Won general |
| Terry McAuliffe (D) source | Open seat | Governor of Virginia | General | Lost general |
2020
| U.S. Senate endorsements by Joe Biden, 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Jon Ossoff (D) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Georgia | General, General Runoff | Won general runoff |
| Raphael Warnock (D) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Georgia (special) | General, General Runoff | Won general runoff |
| Paulette Jordan (D) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Idaho | General | Lost general |
| Sara Gideon (D) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Maine | General | Lost general |
| Gary Peters (D) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Michigan | General | Won general |
| Tina Smith (D) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Minnesota | General | Won general |
| Mike Espy (D) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Mississippi | General | Lost general |
| Marquita Bradshaw (D) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Tennessee | General | Lost general |
| State legislative endorsements by Joe Biden, 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Kelly Breen (D) source | Open seat | Michigan House of Representatives District 38 | General | Won general |
| Brittney Rodas (D) source | Challenger | Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 105 | General | Lost general |
| Akilah Bacy (D) source | Open seat | Texas House of Representatives District 138 | General | Lost general |
| Jeff Whitfield (D) source | Open seat | Texas House of Representatives District 92 | General | Lost general |
| State executive endorsements by Joe Biden, 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Nicole Galloway (D) source | Challenger | Governor of Missouri | General | Lost general |
| Chris Peterson (D) source | Open seat | Governor of Utah | General | Lost general |
| Jay Inslee (D) source 1 source 2 | Incumbent | Governor of Washington | General | Won general |
| State court endorsements by Joe Biden, 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Jill Karofsky (Nonpartisan) source | Challenger | Wisconsin Supreme Court | General | Won general |
2019
| U.S. House endorsements by Joe Biden, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Dan McCready (D) source | Open seat | U.S. House North Carolina District 9 (special) | General | Lost general |
| State legislative endorsements by Joe Biden, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Elizabeth Markowitz (D) source | Open seat | Texas House of Representatives District 28 (special) | General Runoff | Lost general runoff |
2018
| U.S. Senate endorsements by Joe Biden, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Kyrsten Sinema (D) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Arizona | Primary, General | Won general |
| Dianne Feinstein (D) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate California | Primary, General | Won general |
| Tom Carper (D) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Delaware | Primary, General | Won general |
| Bill Nelson (D) | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Florida | General | Lost general |
| Joe Donnelly (D) | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Indiana | General | Lost general |
| Amy Klobuchar (D) | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Minnesota | General | Won general |
| Tina Smith (D) source | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Minnesota (special) | Primary, General | Won general |
| Claire McCaskill (D) | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Missouri | General | Lost general |
| Jon Tester (D) | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Montana | General | Won general |
| Jacky Rosen (D) source | Challenger | U.S. Senate Nevada | General | Won general |
| Heidi Heitkamp (D) | Incumbent | U.S. Senate North Dakota | General | Lost general |
| Sherrod Brown (D) | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Ohio | General | Won general |
| Phil Bredesen (D) source | Open seat | U.S. Senate Tennessee | General | Lost general |
| Tammy Baldwin (D) | Incumbent | U.S. Senate Wisconsin | General | Won general |
| State legislative endorsements by Joe Biden, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Tammy Story (D) | Challenger | Colorado State Senate District 16 | General | Won general |
| Jessie Danielson (D) | Open seat | Colorado State Senate District 20 | General | Won general |
| Brittany Pettersen (D) | Open seat | Colorado State Senate District 22 | General | Won general |
| Faith Winter (D) | Challenger | Colorado State Senate District 24 | General | Won general |
| Kerry Donovan (D) | Incumbent | Colorado State Senate District 5 | General | Won general |
| Dick Harpootlian (D) | Open seat | South Carolina State Senate District 20 (special) | General | Won general |
| Javier Fernandez (D) source | Open seat | Florida House of Representatives District 114 (special) | General | Won general |
| Margaret Good (D) source | Incumbent | Florida House of Representatives District 72 (special) | General | Won general |
| Scott Wallace (R) | Incumbent | New Hampshire House of Representatives Rockingham 12 | General | Won general |
| State executive endorsements by Joe Biden, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Ned Lamont (D) | Open seat | Governor of Connecticut | General | Won general |
| Andrew Gillum (D) | Open seat | Governor of Florida | General | Lost general |
| Stacey Abrams (D) | Open seat | Governor of Georgia | General | Lost general |
| J.B. Pritzker (D) | Challenger | Governor of Illinois | General | Won general |
| Fred Hubbell (D) | Challenger | Governor of Iowa | General | Lost general |
| Ben Jealous (D) source | Challenger | Governor of Maryland | General | Lost general |
| Gretchen Whitmer (D) | Open seat | Governor of Michigan | General | Won general |
| Steve Sisolak (D) | Open seat | Governor of Nevada | General | Won general |
| Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) source | Open seat | Governor of New Mexico | General | Won general |
| Richard Cordray (D) | Open seat | Governor of Ohio | General | Lost general |
| Kate Brown (D) | Incumbent | Governor of Oregon | General | Won general |
| Gina Raimondo (D) | Incumbent | Governor of Rhode Island | General | Won general |
| James Smith Jr. (D) source | Challenger | Governor of South Carolina | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Christine Hallquist (D) | Challenger | Governor of Vermont | General | Lost general |
| Tony Evers (D) | Challenger | Governor of Wisconsin | General | Won general |
| Susan Bysiewicz (D) | Open seat | Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut | General | Won general |
| Christopher King (D) | Open seat | Lieutenant Governor of Florida | General | Lost general |
| Juliana Stratton (D) | Challenger | Lieutenant Governor of Illinois | General | Won general |
| Rita Hart (D) | Challenger | Lieutenant Governor of Iowa | General | Lost general |
| Kate Marshall (D) | Open seat | Lieutenant Governor of Nevada | General | Won general |
| Mandela Barnes (D) | Challenger | Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin | General | Won general |
| January Contreras (D) source | Challenger | Attorney General of Arizona | Primary, General | Lost general |
| Phil Weiser (D) | Open seat | Attorney General of Colorado | General | Won general |
| Sean Shaw (D) | Open seat | Attorney General of Florida | General | Lost general |
| Dana Nessel (D) | Open seat | Attorney General of Michigan | General | Won general |
| Aaron Ford (D) source | Open seat | Attorney General of Nevada | General | Won general |
| Steven Dettelbach (D) source | Open seat | Attorney General of Ohio | General | Lost general |
| Josh Kaul (D) | Challenger | Attorney General of Wisconsin | General | Won general |
| Jena Griswold (D) source | Challenger | Colorado Secretary of State | Primary, General | Won general |
| Jocelyn Benson (D) | Open seat | Michigan Secretary of State | General | Won general |
| Nelson Araujo (D) | Challenger | Nevada Secretary of State | General | Lost general |
| Kathleen Clyde (D) | Open seat | Ohio Secretary of State | General | Lost general |
| Nikki Fried (D) | Open seat | Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services | General | Won general |
| Rosalyn Glenn (D) | Challenger | South Carolina Treasurer | General | Lost general |
| State court endorsements by Joe Biden, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Endorsement type | Outcome |
| Rebecca Dallet (Nonpartisan) | Open seat | Wisconsin Supreme Court | General | Won general |
2017
| U.S. Senate endorsements by Joe Biden, 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | State | Result |
| Doug Jones[1] | Open seat | Alabama (special) |  |
| Gubernatorial endorsements by Joe Biden, 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | State | Result |
| Phil Murphy[2] | Open seat | New Jersey |
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| Ralph Northam[3] | Open seat | Virginia |
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| State legislative endorsements by Joe Biden, 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Result |
| Annette Taddeo[4] | Open seat | Florida State Senate (special) |
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| Sara Cambensy[5] | Open seat | Michigan House of Representatives (special) |
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| Danica Roem[6] | Challenger | Virginia House of Delegates |
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| Elizabeth Guzman[6] | Challenger | Virginia House of Delegates |
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| Jennifer Foy[6] | Open seat | Virginia House of Delegates |
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| David Reid[6] | Open seat | Virginia House of Delegates |
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| John Bell[6] | Incumbent | Virginia House of Delegates |
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| Manka Dhingra[7] | Open seat | Washington State Senate (special) |
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| Local endorsements by Joe Biden, 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Result |
| Rick Kriseman[8] | Incumbent | St. Petersburg, Florida, mayor |
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| Joyce Craig[9] | Challenger | Manchester, New Hampshire, mayor |
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| Other endorsements by Joe Biden, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Position desired | Result |
| Tom Perez[10] | Chair of Democratic National Committee |
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| Geoff Moulton[11] | Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge | 
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2016
| U.S. Presidential endorsements by Joe Biden, 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | Office sought | Result |
| Hillary Clinton[12] | Open office | U.S. President |
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| U.S. Senate endorsements by Joe Biden, 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | State | Result |
| Katie McGinty[13] | Challenger | Pennsylvania |
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| Kamala Harris[14] | Open seat | California |
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| Patrick Murphy[15] | Challenger | Florida |
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| Tammy Duckworth[16] | Challenger | Illinois |
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| Michael Bennet[17] | Incumbent | Colorado |
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| Catherine Cortez Masto[17] | Open seat | Nevada |
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| Patty Murray[17] | Incumbent | Washington |
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| Ted Strickland[18] | Challenger | Ohio |
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| U.S. House endorsements by Joe Biden, 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Status | State | Result |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz[19] | Incumbent | Florida |
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Footnotes
- ↑ AL.com, "Joe Biden endorses Doug Jones in Alabama special election," August 10, 2017
- ↑ Politico, "Biden backs Phil Murphy, says N.J. governor's race 'most important' in nation," May 28, 2017
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Biden to hit the trail for Northam in Virginia," October 10, 2017
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Joe Biden endorses Annette Taddeo with robocall to Miami-Dade voters," September 21, 2017
- ↑ The Detroit News, "Biden boosts UP state House candidate," November 9, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 The Washington Post, "Biden endorses Danica Roem, four other Va. Democrats in House races," October 17, 2017
- ↑ Seattle Times, "Joe Biden endorses Manka Dhingra in Eastside’s Washington state Senate race," October 22, 2017
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "How big of a deal is St. Pete mayor’s race? Joe Biden just weighed in," October 27, 2017
- ↑ WMUR, "WMUR first: Former VP Biden backs Craig for Manchester mayor in new video," November 3, 2017
- ↑ Politico, "Biden endorses Perez in DNC chair race," February 1, 2017
- ↑ PoliticsPA, "10/20 PoliticsPA Playbook," October 20, 2017
- ↑ Politico, "Joe Biden endorses Hillary Clinton," June 9, 2016
- ↑ Philadelphia Inquirer, "Obama, Biden endorse McGinty in Pa. Senate primary," March 30, 2016
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Obama, Biden endorse Kamala Harris for U.S. Senate," July 30, 2016
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Barack Obama, Joe Biden endorse Patrick Murphy in Florida's U.S. Senate race; Republicans go on the attack," March 2, 2016
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Obama, Biden Endorse Tammy Duckworth For Senate," April 6, 2016
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Politico, "Joe Biden's 2016 campaign: The Senate," April 25, 2016
- ↑ WCPO, "V.P. Joe Biden visits Cincinnati for Ted Strickland fundraiser," March 22, 2016
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Biden back in Florida on Friday for Murphy, Wasserman Schultz," August 4, 2016
