Endorsements
Last revised 24 January 2012
Elected Officials
U.S. House of Representatives
Hansen Clarke, Representative, 13th District
John Conyers, Jr., Representative, 14th District (Letter of Support)
Detroit City Council
Charles Pugh, Council President
Kenneth V. Cockrel, Jr., Council Member; former Mayor
Detroit Public Schools
Robert C. Bobb, former Emergency Financial Manager
Detroit Board of Education
Endorsement of the entire Board, Letter
Annie Carter
Joyce Hayes-Giles, former Vice President
Otis Mathis, former President
Tyrone Winfrey, former President
Michigan Legislature
Steve Bieda, State Senator, 9th District
Vincent Gregory, State Senator, 14th District
Tupac A. Hunter, State Senator, 5th District
Gilda Jacobs, former State Senator, 14th District
Deb Kennedy, former State Representative, 23rd District
Gabe Leland, former State Representative, 10th District
Ellen Cogen Lipton, State Representative, 27th District
David Nathan, State Representative, 11th District
Thomas F. Stallworth III, State Representative, 8th District
Rashida Tlaib, State Representative, 12th District
Steve Tobocman, former State Representative, 12th District
Jim Townsend, State Representative, 26th District
Oakland County
L. Brooks Patterson, County Executive
Eric Coleman, County Commissioner
Marcia Gershenson, County Commissioner
Shelley Goodman Taub, County Commissioner
Jim Nash, County Commissioner
David Woodward, County Commissioner
Helaine Zack, County Commissioner
Wayne County Board of Commissioners
Irma Clark-Coleman (District 6, former State Senator)
Burton Leland (District 7)
Keith Williams (former Vice-Chair)
Candidates
Rocky Raczkowski, former candidate for US Congress, 9th District
Other
Judge Wade McCree, Wayne County Circuit Court - Criminal Division
Sharon McPhail, former Council Member, City of Detroit
Stuart Sherman, Mayor of Birmingham
Businesses / Nonprofits
American Federation of Teachers Michigan
The Detroit Public Schools Foundation
Dykema
Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit
Quicken Loans
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Clergy
Dr. Patricia A. Butler, St. Luke Tabernacle Community Church, Detroit
Pastor Brian Relford, Lomax Temple, Detroit
Rabbi Daniel Syme, Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Hills
Individuals
Preston Burke
Garry G. Carley, former Vice Chairman, Standard Federal Bank
Warren E. Goodell
Keith Johnson, President, Detroit Federation of Teachers
Luther Keith, Executive Director, ARISE Detroit
Monique Baker McCormick
Kurt R. Metzger, Director, Data Driven Detroit
Gail Perry-Mason, Author
Michael Tenbusch, United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Tom Watkins, former State Superintendent of Schools
Letters of Support
Nancy M. Schlichting, Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Health System - link