Fellow Democrats,

We are current and former Members of the Democratic National Committee. We were proud to steadfastly support Joe Biden in his run to defeat Donald Trump in 2020, and he followed his electoral college and popular vote win by becoming the best and most effective president in our lifetimes. We are deeply grateful to President Biden and his family for their decades of service to our nation, including the decision he made today to pass the torch of the Democratic nomination and American democracy itself to a new generation of public servants. We strongly and enthusiastically endorse Vice President Kamala Harris -- the candidate with the best experience and capacity to unite our Party and the United States -- for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. We ask that you join us.

President Biden’s legacy as U.S. Senator, Vice President, and President is secure. He has held big business accountable, cut pollution, created hundreds of thousands of new clean energy jobs, and protected more lands and water than any previous President. President Biden has been a leader for international stability, rebuilding our credibility and partnerships around the world in the wake of his predecessor’s pro-dictator, anti-American foreign policy.

President Biden brought our economy back from the disasters left by Donald Trump, creating millions of new jobs right here at home through the infrastructure bill and the CHIPS and Science Act. Every action he has taken on the economy has focused on supporting working families. He has canceled billions of dollars in student loans, ensuring that generations of Americans are better able to reach the American Dream while also reinvigorating the economy. There’s no question: Joe Biden has been the most pro-labor President this nation has ever seen.

President Biden lifted our nation after Donald Trump’s botched and uncaring “let them drink bleach” approach to Americans suffering and dying from the COVID pandemic. The President has been a forceful leader on increasing and protecting access to health care, especially women’s health which has been targeted by a radical and out-of-control Trump Supreme Court. He has fought to defend abortion rights at every turn, and he has expanded the Affordable Care Act to ensure coverage for every American.

This November, the very fate of American democracy is on the line. The weaponization of our justice system, jailing of political enemies, mass deportations, concentration camps, corrupt giveaways to wealthy billionaires, backtracking on climate commitments, dismantling international alliances, shredding safety nets, and the erosion of rights for women, people of color, and immigrants are all part of the Republican plan for America. Would-be dictator Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and MAGA Republicans represent an existential threat to the freedom and prosperity of all Americans, and the world at large.

We believe our strongest candidate for President, who can best offer a clear, unifying vision for the future of the United States, is Vice President Kamala Harris.

As a former prosecutor, there is no one better to make the case for American democracy and against convicted felon Donald Trump than Kamala Harris. As California Attorney General, a U.S. Senator, and now as Vice President, Kamala Harris has dedicated her life in service to others. Vice President Harris is the strongest potential Democratic candidate who can best protect President Biden’s legacy and long list of accomplishments. She is, after all, the only person that can credibly claim the torch from the Biden-Harris Administration, which has led on a policy agenda that is widely popular among both base Democratic voters and the American people as a whole. She has shown resolve and fortitude in the face of racist and sexist attacks by MAGA Republicans. We also firmly believe that Vice President Harris and her Vice Presidential selection will help Democratic candidates for U.S. House, Senate, and in the states we need to win in November, enabling us to enact laws that truly benefit the American people.

We are well aware of the historical significance of this moment. We respect, appreciate, and are grateful to President Biden for all that he has done and continues to do for our country and the world. We respectfully urge delegates to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, and all voters in November, to support Kamala Harris for President of the United States.

Signatories (in chronological order)

Michael Kapp, DNC Member, CA

David Atkins, DNC Member, CA

Andre Treiber, Youth Council Chair, DNC Member, TX

Joe Salazar, DNC Member, CO

Lottie Shackelford, DNC Women’s Caucus Chair; DNC Member, AR,

Atima Omara, DNC Women’s Caucus Vice Chair; DNC Member, VA

Josh Cole, DNC Member, VA

Jeri Shepherd, DNC Member, CO

Ashley Cheng, DNC Member, TX

Glen Maxey, DNC Member, TX

RL Miller, DNC Member, CA

Becca Doten, DNC Member, CA

Cory Lemke, DNC Member, DA

Howard Chou, Colorado Democratic Party Vice Chair (fmr.); DNC Member-elect, CO

Jessica Sell Chambers, DNC Member, WY (fmr.)

Stephanie Campanha Wheaton, DNC Member, NY

Nadia Ahmad, DNC Member, FL

Quentin Wathum-Ocama, Young Democrats of America Chair; DNC Member, MN

Candice Kerestan Nolde, Democrats Abroad Chair (fmr.); DNC Member, DA (fmr.)

Dunixi Guereca, DNC Member, NE

Sean Meloy, DNC Member, PA

Stephanie Beal, DNC Member-elect, CO

Adrianne George, DNC Member, DA

Katherine Jeanes, DNC Youth Council At-Large Member, NC

Nathaniel Block, DNC Youth Council At-Large Member, WA

Scott Urbanowski, DNC Youth Council At-Large Member, MI

Kati Durkin, DNC Youth Council At-Large Member, WA

Jonah Garson, NCDP First Vice Chair, DNC Member, NC

John Verdejo, DNC Executive Committee Member; DNC Member, NC

Jovan Richards, DNC Youth Council At-Large Member, NY

Judith Whitmer, Nevada Democratic Party Chair (fmr.); DNC Member, NV (fmr.)

Sean Dugar, DNC Member, CA

Harini Krishnan, DNC Member-elect, CA

Michelle Deatrick, DNC Environmental and Climate Crisis Chair; DNC Member, MI (fmr.)

Matt Hughes, DNC Member, NC

Kerrigan Sanders, DNC Member-elect, TX

Rhodesia Ransom, DNC Member, CA

Analisa Swan, DNC Member-elect, CA

Garry Shay, DNC Executive Committee Member; DNC Member, CA

Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, DNC Member, CA

Ada Briceño, DNC Member, CA

Keith Umemoto, DNC Member, CA

Steve Simeonidis, DNC Member, FL

Tina Podlodowski, Washington State Democratic Party Chair (fmr.); DNC Member, WA (fmr.)

Carolyn Fowler, CA Democratic Party Secretary; DNC Member, CA

Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik, DNC Member-elect, CA

Peggy M. Lucad, DNC Member, PA

Sandra Lowe, DNC Member, CA

Andrew D. Berquist, DNC Member, AS

Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi Chair (fmr.); DNC Member, HI (fmr.)

Becca Moyer DeFelice, DNC Member-elect, TX

Bel Leong-Hong, DNC AAPI Caucus Chair; DNC Member, MD

Joe Salas, DNC Member-elect, CA

Mark Mallory, Mayor of Cincinnati (fmr.); DNC Member, OH

Mike Wenstrup, Alaska Democratic Party Chair; DNC Member, AK

Patrick Ti'a Reid, America Samoa Democratic Party Chair; DNC Member, AS

Nola Hicks, Northern Mariana Islands Democratic Party Chair (fmr.); DNC Member, MP

Luella Marciano, Northern Mariana Islands Democratic Party Vice Chair; DNC Member, MP

Mike White, DNC Member, MP

Tina Sablan, DNC Member, MP

Denise D. Adams, DNC Member, NC

Yvette Lewis, Maryland Democratic Party Chair (fmr.); DNC Member, MD

Vickie Vogel, DNC Member, TX

Casey Steinau, Alaska Democratic Party Chair (fmr.); DNC Member, AK (fmr.)

Alan Clendenin, DNC Southern Caucus Chair; DNC Member, FL

Shay Wyrick Cathey, Texas Democratic Party Vice Chair, DNC Member, TX

Luis Heredia, DNC Executive Committee Member; DNC Member, AZ

Ed Cote, DNC Member, WA (fmr.)

Artie Blanco, DNC Women’s Caucus Executive Board; DNC Hispanic Caucus Secretary; DNC Member, NV

Yasmine Taeb, DNC Member, VA (fmr.)

Martin Chavez, DNC Member, NM

Michael Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia (fmr.); DNC Member, PA (fmr.)

Cheryl Landis, DNC Member, MD

Shevrin Jones, Florida State Senator; DNC Member, FL

Senfronia Thompson, Texas State Representative; DNC Member, TX

Matt Keating, DNC Member, OR

Jeff Strater, DNC Member-elect, TX

Katie Solon, DNC Member, DA

Celina Vasquez, DNC Women’s Caucus Executive Committee; DNC Member, TX

Jenny Marshall, DNC Member, NC

Kate Stanley, Interim Hawaii State Democratic Party Chair (fmr.); DNC Member, HI

Chelsea Gaona Lincoln, DNC Member, ID

Andrew Werthmann, DNC Member, WI

Debbie Nez-Manuel, DNC Member, AZ

Jay Hartley, DNC Member, LA (fmr.)

Kema Leonard, National VP of College Democrats of America (fmr.), DNC Member, NC (fmr.)

Justin Parker, National VP of College Democrats of America (fmr.), DNC Member, TX (fmr.)

Jadine Nielsen, DNC Member, HI (fmr.)

Orlando E. Vidal, DNC Member, DA (fmr.)

Polly Baca, DNC Vice Chair (fmr.), DNC Member, CO (fmr.)

Carla "KC" Hanson, Oregon Democratic Party Chair (fmr.), DNC Member, OR (fmr.)

Carolyn Salvador Avila, College Democrats of America President, DNC Member, NV

Sunjay Muralitharan, College Democrats of America National Vice President; DNC Member, CA

Coby Owens, Delaware Democratic Party Vice Chair; DNC Member, DE

Lauren Necochea, Idaho State Representative; Idaho Democratic Party Chair; DNC Member, ID

Charlene Ligon, DNC Member, NE

Stella J. Adams, North Carolina Democratic Party Vice Chair (fmr.); DNC Member, NC (fmr.)

Christopher Reeves, DNC Member, KS

Amy Monk, DNC Member, HI

Ron Harris, DNC Midwestern States Caucus Chair; DNC Member, MN

Art Schankler, Democrats Abroad Vice Chair (fmr.); DNC Member, DA

Adrian Tam, Hawaii State Representative; Interim Hawaii Democratic Party Chair (fmr.); DNC Member, HI (fmr.)

Alicia Rockmore, DNC Member, CA

David Green, Washington State Democratic Party Vice Chair; DNC Member, WA

Shasti Conrad, Washington State Democratic Party Chair; DNC Member, WA

Brian Egolf, Speaker of the New Mexico House (fmr.); DNC Member, NM

Betty Yee, California State Controller (fmr.); California Democratic Party Vice Chair; DNC Member, CA

Trish Ruiz, DNC Member, NM

Michelle Risher, DNC Member, OR

Dennis Speight, DNC Member, TX

Steve Nardi, Democrats Abroad Vice Chair; DNC Member, DA

Rose Salas, DNC Member, TX

If you are a current or former DNC Member, please contact Michael Kapp at mdkapp@gmail.com to be added to this list of signatories. This list will be continuously updated.