Endorsements

Congresswoman Maxine Waters
Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald
Congresswoman Diane Watson
State Senator Kevin Murray
State Senator Edward Vincent
Assemblymember Karen Bass
Assemblymember Mervyn Dymally
Assemblymember Jerome Horton
Assemblymember Mark Ridley-Thomas
Yvonne Burke, Supervisor, Los Angeles County
Federal Glover, Supervisor, Contra Costa County
Rose Jacobs Gibson, Supervisor, San Mateo County
Sophie Maxwell, Supervisor, City and County of San Francisco
Irma Anderson, Mayor, City of Richmond
Max Anderson, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Wanda Brown, Treasurer, City of Inglewood
Louis Byrd, Councilmember, City of Lynwood
Irma Carson, Councilmember, City of Bakersfield
Roosevelt Dorn, Mayor, City of Inglewood
Ralph Franklin, Councilmember, City of Inglewood
Mike Gipson, Councilmember, City of Carson
Isadore Hall III, Councilmember, City of Compton
Lauren Hammond, Councilmember, City of Sacramento
Elihu Harris, Former Mayor, City of Oakland
Chris Holden, Councilmember, City of Pasadena
Leonard McNeil, Councilmember, City of San Pablo
Ron Oden, Mayor, City of Palm Springs
Bonnie Pannell, Councilmember, City of Sacramento
Lee Pierce, Councilmember, City of Santa Rosa
Pamela Pitts, Former Councilmember, City of Vallejo
Iris Pygatt, Treasurer, City of Lynwood
Larry Reid, Councilmember, City of Oakland
Cynthia Sterling, Councilmember, City of Fresno
Tony Thurman, Councilmember, City of Richmond
Donald White, Treasurer, County of Alameda
Forrest Williams, Councilmember, City of San Jose
Anthony Young, Councilmember, City of San Diego
Lawrence Carr, Director, Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD)
Carole Ward Allen, Vice President, Board of Directors, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)

Education

Robert Bynum, Board Member, Palmdale School District
Lorraine Cervantes, Clerk, Compton Community College
Roy Grimes, President, Board of Trustees, Sacramento Unified School District
Barbara James Dew, President, Board of Trustees, Victor Valley Union High School District
Richard Jennings, Second Vice President, Board of Trustees, Sacramento City Unified School District
Gavin Huntly-Fenner, Member, Board of Education, Irvine Unified School District
Carl Robinson, Board Member, Compton Community College Board of Trustees

African American Religious Leaders

Reverend Waymon Baker, New Pleasant Hill Baptist Church*
Pastor Berresford Bingham, Church of God and Christ*
Pastor Edgar J. Boyd, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church San Francisco*
Reverend John Deron Johnson, Phillips Temple CME*
Pastor John Evans, Church of God and Christ*
James W. Franklin, Executive Director, Sr. Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles*
Reverend Ted Frazier, Force of Pentecost Church*
Reverend Joseph Gardner, Pastor, Hayes Tabernacle*
Reverend Robert Holt, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church*
Pastor P. Daniels Jefferson, Rehoboth Church, Vallejo*
Reverend Eric Lee
Reverend Romie J. Lilly, Central Baptist Church of Inglewood*
Reverend Robert Mason, Macedonia Baptist Church*
Reverend Harold Mayberry, First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland*
Father Jay Matthews, Saint Benedict*
Reverend Dr. Roy S. Petitt, Miracle Center Apostolic Community Church*
Reverend Earl Pleasant, Greater New Bethel Baptist Church*
Reverend Reginald Pope, Bethel Missionary Baptist Church*
Pastor M.D. Slade, Good Samaritan Missionary Baptist Church*
Reverend Martha Taylor, Allen Temple Church*
Bishop Andrew C. Turner II, Covenant Worship Center of Inglewood*
Reverend Melvin V. Wade Sr., Mount Moriah Baptist Church*
Leslie R. White, President, African Methodist and Episcopal Ministerial Alliance*
Bishop Henry M Williamson, Sr., Presiding Prelate, 9th Episcopal District CME*
Pastor Austin Williams, President of Southern CA Clergy Economic Development*
Reverend Marian Young, Ward African Methodist Church*
Bishop Johnny J Young, Church of God Pentecostal*

African American Leaders and Activists

Kevin Biggers, Director, Region 17, California Democratic Party
Rick Callender, President, San Jose/Silicon Valley Chapter, NAACP*
James W. Franklin, Executive Director, Sr. Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles*
Jimmie Woods Gray, Former Chair, Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee
George Harris, Chair, Contra Costa County Democratic Central Committee
Alice Huffman, President, California NAACP*
Frank Jackson, West Section Director, California NAACP*
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Keyshawn Johnson, Professional Football Player
Bob Manley, Director, Region 14, California Democratic Party
Tina McKinnor, President, Lawndale Democratic Club*
Shirley Miles-Harris, President, Bakersfield Chapter, NAACP*
Ali Morris, Chair, Kern County Black Chamber of Commerce*
Toye Moses, President African American Democratic Club*
Darren Parker, Director, Region 11, California Democratic Party
Kandice Kapri Richardson, President, Yolo County Young Democrats
Johnnie Roberts, Jr., President, Ronald H. Brown Democratic Club*
Claude Rowe III, Committee Treasurer, 78th Assembly District, California Democratic Party
Mustapha Sesay, Chair, Assembly District 53, California Democratic Party
Aubry Stone, President and Chief Executive Officer, California Black Chamber of Commerce*
Veronica Stone, President, Solano County Black Chamber of Commerce
Doris Topsy-Elvord, President, Board of Harbor Commissioners
Dr. Cornel West, Professor, Princeton University
Vernon Whitmore, President, Black American Political Action Committee of Contra Costa

* Organization names are for identification purposes only.