The rapid pace of the 2008 White House hunt has sparked a separate hard-fought contest among candidates -- for endorsements from members of Congress. The Hill will maintain a running tally of the race for lawmaker support based on extensive research and daily contact with campaigns. The list reflects publicly committed backers of 2008 presidential hopefuls rather than members' private leanings or inclinations.
Democratic Candidates Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) (98) Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) Rep. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.) Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-N.Y.) Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) Rep. Marion Berry (D-Ark.) Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.) Del. Donna Christensen (D-V.I.) Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) Rep. Norman Dicks (D-Wash.) Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas) Rep. John Hall (D-N.Y.) Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.) Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-Ore.) Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) Rep. Dale Kildee (D-Mich.) Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) Rep. James Langevin (D-R.I.) Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.) Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass.) Rep. Michael McNulty (D-N.Y.) Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.) Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas) Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) Rep. Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.) Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) Rep. Jose Serrano (D-N.Y.) Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) Rep. Albio Sires (D-N.J.) Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.) Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-Ohio) Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-N.Y.) Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.) Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) (101) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.) Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.) Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif) Rep. Mike Capuano (D-Mass.) Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.) Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) Rep. Ben Chandler (D-Ky.) Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) Rep. Stephen Cohen (D-Tenn.) Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas) Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) Del. Eni Faleomavaega (D-A.S.) Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) Rep. Charlie Gonzales (D-Texas) Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill.) Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.) Rep. Baron Hill (D-Ind.) Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.) Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) Rep. Steve Kagen (D-Wis.) Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) Rep. David Loebsack (D-Iowa) Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.) Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) Rep. James Moran (D-Va.) Rep. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.) Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wis.) Rep. Donald Payne (D-N.J.) Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.) Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.) Rep. David Price (D-N.C.) Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) Rep. Albert Wynn (D-Md.) Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)
| | Republican Candidates Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) McCain clinched the nomination on March 4
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