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List of Dean Dozens

First

• Mary Ann Andreas: 80th State Assembly District, California
• Ken Campbell: Oconee County representative, South Carolina State House
• Maria Chappelle-Nadal: 72nd State House District, Missouri State House
• Scott Clark, Mark Manoil and Nina Trasoff: Arizona Corporation Commission
• Kim Hynes: Connecticut State Representative
• Richard Morrison: U.S. Representative from Texas
• Barack Obama: U.S. State Senator and U.S. Senate Candidate from Illinois (Won)
• Rob MacKenna: Unsuccessful candidate for Supervisor of Elections in Hillsborough County, Florida
• Monica Palacios-Boyce: Massachusetts State Representative
• Lori Saldaña: California State Assembly
• Jeff Smith: U.S. Representative from Missouri
• Donna Red Wing: District 25, Colorado State House

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Second

• Kalyn Free: U.S. Represenative from Oklahoma (Lost in primary)
• Tom Potter: Mayor of Portland, Oregon
• Alisha Thomas Morgan: Georgia General Assembly
• Samara "Sam" Barend: U.S. Representative from New York
• Peter Corroon: mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah
• Vicki Walker: Missouri State House
• David Van Os: Texas Supreme Court
• Patrick McCormick: County Council for DeKalb County, Illinois
• Jonathan Bing New York State Assembly
• Christine Cegelis: U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Don McDaniel: Georgia General Assembly
• Nelson Thompson: Board of Chosen Freeholders for Cumberland County, New Jersey

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Others

Other endorsed candidates include:

• Paul Babbitt, candidate for U.S. representative from Arizona
• Jerry McNerney and Jim Brandt, candidates for U.S. representative from California
• Stan Matsunaka, candidate for U.S. representative from Colorado
• Jon Jennings and Melina Fox, candidates for U.S. representative from Indiana
• Adam Smith, candidate for U.S. representative from Kentucky
• Nancy Farmer, candidate for U.S. senator from Missouri
• Brian Schweitzer, candidate for governor of Montana
• John Lynch, candidate for governor of New Hampshire
• Amy Vasquez, Anne Wolfe, Herb Conaway, and Steve Brozak, candidates for U.S. representative from New Jersey
• Richard Romero, candidate for U.S. representative from New Mexico
• Patsy Keever, candidate for U.S. representative from North Carolina
• Greg Harris and Jeff Seemann, candidates for U.S. representative from Ohio
• Joe Hoeffel, candidate for U.S. senator from Pennsylvania
• Allyson Schwartz, Ginny Schrader, Lois Herr, and Lois Murphy, candidates for U.S. representative from Pennsylvania
• Peter Clavelle, candidate for governor of Vermont
• Al Weed and James Socas, candidates for U.S. representative from Virginia