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Tim Murtaugh, communications director for the Trump reelection campaign, notes that President Trump is endorsed by over 900,000 law enforcement officers while Democrat challenger Joe Biden is endorsed by the Portland District Attorney “who won’t charge rioters.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced her endorsement on Thursday of Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) in his Senate primary race against incumbent Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), who has served with Pelosi in Congress for over 30 years.

Former President Barack Obama unveiled a list of 2020 endorsements, backing dozens of progressives but prominently failing to formally endorse “Squad” leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

The campaign for Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) criticized the Boston Globe on Wednesday for allowing “establishment voices” to prevail after the newspaper endorsed incumbent Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) in the Massachusetts Senate primary race.

The Planned Parenthood Action Fund formally endorsed Joe Biden (D) on Monday despite the abortion giant’s past concerns regarding the former vice president — from his former support of the Hyde Amendment to Tara Reade’s allegations of sexual assault.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is facing criticism from climate activists after supporting Rep. Joe Kennedy III over Sen. Ed Markey.

Rep. Joe Kennedy III will face Sen. Ed Markey on June 1 in their second of at least four debates scheduled to occur before the high-profile September 1 primary.

A Georgia lawmaker is resigning his seat and abandoning plans for reelection after coming under pressure from fellow Democrats for endorsing President Donald Trump.

Members of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) team are speaking with Joe Biden’s (D) campaign, laying out the congresswoman’s progressive policy vision and gauging whether the presumptive nominee will agree to move in that direction further. 

Former President Barack Obama was one of the central figures behind Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) exit from the presidential race, according to a report from the New York Times.

Gun control proponent Gabby Giffords announced her endorsement of Joe Biden for president on Monday.

The Working Families Party (WFP), which previously endorsed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), formally backed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Monday. 

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president on Sunday, saying that he had served the country with “dignity,” that he “care[s] about the people” and can “therefore unify the people.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said on Monday that he was “not surprised” to see the Democrat establishment coalescing around Joe Biden (D) in the eleventh hour, on the eve of Super Tuesday, telling local news station 5 Eyewitness News that “many of the establishment Democrats don’t want us to win.”

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) nabbed another coveted newspaper endorsement this election cycle, with the Houston Chronicle officially recommending the Minnesota senator as the Democrat candidate of choice, citing her possession of the “secret sauce many Democrats prize most: electability.”

Bernie Sanders distanced himself from what the Culinary Union claims are attacks from his supporters, telling PBS NewsHour on Thursday that those people are “not part of our movement.”

A Nevada state lawmaker who survived the October 1, 2017, Las Vegas shooting and is a strong gun control proponent is endorsing Pete Buttigieg for president.

The New York Times did not endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for president, citing his age and calling his health a “serious concern.”

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) presidential bid on Sunday, claiming that she “can feel Bernie beating Trump.”

The New York Times announced Sunday evening that it had endorsed Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in a rare dual endorsement for the Democratic Party 2020 presidential nomination.

Actor and producer Danny DeVito officially endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in a video released by the Sanders campaign on Monday, declaring that the socialist lawmaker is “the man to beat Trump.”

U.S. Women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe on Friday announced her support for Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) presidential campaign in a video posted to Instagram. 

Love worked with Obama for about five years before retiring, even writing a book about his experiences.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) added three significant freshman Democrats – Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Katie Porter (D-CA), and Deb Haaland (D-NM) – as co-chairs of her campaign, she announced on Friday.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) secured the endorsement of the country’s largest nurses union, National Nurses United, the union announced on Tuesday.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) November 3 Minneapolis rally, with an appearance from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), is moving to a different venue due to high demand, local media outlets reported.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) visited Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-MI) Detroit district over the weekend and used the opportunity to campaign in front of empty pantry shelves, creating an awkward situation for the socialist senator, as depictions of empty store shelves tend to be associated with the reality of the progressive ideology he routinely touts.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appears to be bouncing back both nationally and in key early primary states, retaking the lead in New Hampshire, a UNHSurveyCenter/CNN poll indicates. 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Monday expressed her delight in the shining endorsement she received from Grammy-winning singer and left-wing activist John Legend and added that she looks forward to the day that Chrissy Teigen “doesn’t have to fight with the president of the United States on Twitter.”

Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said that Democrat lawmakers have been recently fighting for things that “most people can’t understand,” according to audio of her interview with The Intercept’s Mehdi Hasan published Thursday.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is slated to join Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at a Detroit, Michigan, rally on Sunday, October 27, signaling a formal endorsement from the far-left “Squad” member.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) formally endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) on Saturday and said she did not instead endorse a female candidate because of the “feminist values of the campaign” – not gender.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told attendees of his “Bernie’s Back Rally” in New York on Saturday that his movement aims to not only transform the U.S. but “create a new America” altogether.

Bernie Sanders that President Trump is a “racist, a sexist and a xenophobe” but said, despite that, he is a “very formidable opponent.”

Left-wing documentary filmmaker and notorious anti-Trumper Michael Moore endorsed socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for president on MSNBC Friday evening and confidently said that Sanders “absolutely can win this.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) endorsed Justice Democrats-backed candidate Jessica Cisneros in her bid against incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), signaling support of the Democrat Party’s shift away from both moderate positions and candidates.