2024 Endorsements
- AFSCME Council 31 (American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees)
- Alliance for Retired Americans
- Amalgamated Transit Union
- American Federation of Government Employees
- American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
- American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
- Asian American Action Fund
- Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
- CAPA21
- Democratic Majority for Israel
- End Citizens United
- Equality California
- Equality PAC
- Everytown for Gun Safety
- Feminist Majority Political Action Committee
- Giffords
- Human Rights Campaign
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
- International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
- International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)
- International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers
- J Street PAC
- Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA)
- League of Conservation Voters
- Let America Vote
- MoveOn.org Political Action
- NRDC Action Fund (Natural Resources Defense Council)
- National Association of Government Employees
- National Association of Social Workers
- National Education Association (NEA)
- National Organization for Women (NOW)
- Newtown Action Alliance
- NextGen America
- North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor
- Ohio Education Association
- Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
- Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
- Population Connection Action Fund
- Reproductive Freedom for All
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU) - California
- Sierra Club
- Sierra Club - Maryland
- Silver State Equality
- UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers)
- UNITE HERE
- United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
- United Farm Workers of America
- Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA)
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Agriculture and Food
Animals and Wildlife
Arts, Entertainment, and History
Business and Consumers
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Criminal Justice
Death Penalty
Defense
Drugs
Education
Elections
Employment and Affirmative Action
Energy
Environment
Executive Branch
Family
Federal, State and Local Relations
Foreign Affairs
Gambling and Gaming
Government Operations
Guns
Health and Health Care
Housing and Property
Immigration
Indigenous Peoples
Judicial Branch
Labor Unions
Legislative Branch
Military Personnel
National Security
Reproduction
Science
Senior Citizens
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Stem Cell Research
Technology and Communication
Trade
Transportation
Unemployed and Low-Income
Veterans
Women
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