(Updated 2/5) Of the top 20 progressives in the House of Representatives, as ranked by Progressive Punch's lifetime progressive score rating, Barack Obama has received 12 endorsements. Hillary Clinton has received 3. The remaining representatives have yet to endorse a candidate.
(Update) Comparison with another ideological ranking of the members of 110th Congress yielded similar results: Obama 10, Clinton 5. Read on for details on rankings and endorsements.
Progressive Punch Lifetime Rating
- Niki Tsongas (MA-5): none
- Raul Grijalva* (AZ-7): Obama (previously endorsed Edwards)
- Laura Richardson* (CA-37): Clinton
- Mazie Hirono* (HI-2): none
- Jan Schakowsky* (IL-9): Obama
- Barbara Lee* (CA-9): Obama
- Linda Sanchez* (CA-39): Obama
- John Sarbanes (MD-3): none (tie score with Peter Welch)
- Peter Welch* (VT): Obama
- Tammy Baldwin* (WI-2): Clinton
- Hilda Solis* (CA-32): Clinton
- Keith Ellison* (MN-5): Obama
- Steve Cohen* (TN-9): Obama
- Betty Sutton (OH-13): none
- Paul Hodes (NH-2): Obama
- John Olver* (MA-1): none
- Gwen Moore* (WI-4): Obama
- Hank Johnson* (GA-4): Obama
- Jesse Jackson, Jr.* (IL-2): Obama (tie score with Dave Loebsack)
- Dave Loebsack* (IA-2): Obama
"Optimal Classification" Ideological Rank
- Jim McDermott* (WA-7)
- Pete Stark* (CA-13)
- Barbara Lee* (CA-9): Obama
- Dennis Kucinich* (OH-10)
- Lynn Woolsey* (CA-6): Clinton
- John Lewis* (GA-5): Clinton
- Linda Sanchez* (CA-39): Obama
- Jesse Jackson, Jr.* (IL-2): Obama
- Raul Grijalva* (AZ-7): Obama
- Maxine Waters* (CA-35): Clinton
- John Olver* (MA-1)
- Barney Frank* (MA-4): Clinton
- Tammy Baldwin* (WI-2): Clinton
- Gwen Moore* (WI-4): Obama
- Michael Capuano* (MA-8): Obama
- Earl Blumenauer (OR-3): Obama
- John Tierney* (MA-6)
- Keith Ellison* (MN-5): Obama
- George Miller* (CA-7): Obama
- Danny Davis* (IL-7): Obama
(* members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus)