Key Endorsements
Organizations and Clubs
The Houston Chronicle
The Jewish-Herald Voice
Texas AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO- Harris County Central Labor Council
Houston Federation of Teachers (HFT)-AFT
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 988
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 716
Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 6222
Houston Black American Democrats
Harris County Tejano Democrats
Houston Area Stonewall Democrats
Democracy for Houston
Katy Area Democrats
Latino Labor Leadership Council of Harris County*
The GLBT Caucus
Elected Officials
The Honorable Sylvia Garcia, Former Harris County Commissioner
The Honorable Jessica Farrar, Texas House Minority Leader and State Representative
The Honorable Dr. Alma Allen, Texas State Representative
The Honorable Sissy Farenthold, Former Texas House Representative, Former Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee
The Honorable Melissa Noriega, Council Member
The Honorable Juliet Stipeche, HISD Trustee - 8
The Honorable Jim Henley, Trustee, Harris County Dept. of Education
The Honorable Debra Kerner, Trustee, Harris County Dept. of Education
The Honorable Loren Jackson
The Honorable Peter Brown, former City Council Member
The Honorable David Bonior, former US Congressman (D-MI)
The Honorable Chris Bell, former US Congressman (D-TX)
The Honorable Debra Danburg, former Texas Representative District 134
The Honorable Bob Gee, former Chairman, Texas Public Utility Commission, and former Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, US Department of Energy
Democratic leaders
Tim Riley, President, Harris County Democratic Lawyers Association
Liz Lara Carreño, Former Chair of the DNC National Hispanic Caucus
Farrukh Shamsi, Vice Chair of Finance, Texas Democratic Party
Michael Skelly, 2008 Candidate for Congress, District 7
John Martinez, 2004 Candidate for Congress, District 7
Jeff Weems, 2010 Candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner
Joy Demark, Former State Democratic Executive Committeewoman Senate District 7
Mary Seymore, State Democratic Executive Committeewoman Senate District 13
Steve Gross, State Democratic Executive Committee Chair Senate District 7
Zeph Capo, State Democratic Executive Committee Chair Senate District 15
Alan Guttman, State Democratic Executive Committee Treasurer Senate District 17
Stace Medellin, DosCentavos.net
Bethany Bannister, Former VP of Communications of the Harris County Young Democrats
Buddy Hooper, Precinct Chair Pct 298
George Atkinson, Precinct Chair Pct 315
Mary Luckey, Precinct Chair Pct 316
Mary Morgan, Precinct Chair Pct 499
Ken Bielicki, Precinct Chair Pct 804
Robert Glaser, President, Pct 222 Democratic Club
Noel Freeman, President, Houston GLBT Political Caucus
Scientific and Healthcare Advisory Committee
Dr. Melissa Bondy, Dan L. Duncan Endowed Professor of Epidemiology
Dr. William “Bill” Brinkley, Distinguished Service Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Dr. Charles Cleeland, Chair and McCullough Professor of Cancer Research
Dr. Steven Cox, Professor, Computational and Applied Mathematics
Dr. Robert Curl, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry (1996), University Professor Emeritus, Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus
Dr. John Dani, Professor of Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Kresimir Josic, Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Ioannis Kakadiaris, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor of Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Weiji Ma, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Dr. Mirjana Maletic-Savatic, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics-Neurology
Dr. Stelios M. Smirnakis, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology
Dr. Harel Shouval, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Dr. Nikos Tsekos, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Dr. Xin Shelley Wang, Associate Professor of Symptom Research
Dr. Marwan Yared, Professor of Pathology
Dr. Michael S. Beauchamp, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Dr. Eric Bershad, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Dr. Melissa Bondy, Professor of Epidemiology
Dr. William Brinkley, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Dr. Suncica Canic, Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Charles Cleeland, Professor of Cancer Research
Dr. Steven Cox, Professor of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Dr. Robert Curl, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus
Dr. J. David Dickman, Professor of Neuroscience
Dr. Manolis Doxastakis, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Dr. William Doyon, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Dr. Fabrizio Gabbiani, Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Dr. Andy Groves, Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Dr. Joanna Jankowsky, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Dr. Kresimir Josic, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Ioannis Kakadiaris, Professor of Computer Science
Dr. Weiji Ma, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Dr. Mirjana Maletic-Savatic, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Stephen McCauley, Assistant Professor
Dr. Nicholas Mitsiades, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Dr. Mary Newsome, Assistant Professor
Dr. William Ott, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Emmanuel Papadakis, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Claudia Pedroza, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Robert Raphael, Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Dr. Peter Saggau, Professor of Neuroscience
Dr. David Shine, Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Dr. Harel Shouval, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Dr. Stelios M. Smirnakis, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology
Dr. Jose Suarez, Professor of Neurology
Dr. Andreas Tolias, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Dr. Kimberley Tolias, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Dr. Nikos Tsekos, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Dr. Eroboghene E. Ubogu, Associate Professor of Neurology
Dr. Chethan P. Venkatasubba Rao, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Dr. Xin Shelley Wang, Associate Professor of Cancer Medicine
Dr. Elisabeth Wilde, Assistant Professor
Dr. Anthony Wright, Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Dr. Marwan Yared, Professor of Pathology
Dr. Jokubas Ziburkus, Assistant Professor of Biology and Biochemistry
Friends
Tina Adamopoulos
Carolyn Aresu
Jason Cisneroz
Laura Cox
Dr. Blake Ellis
Judy Frankel
Steve Gallop
Nick Hadjigeorge
Kevin Hoffman
Elliot Kaufmann
Dennis Kelly
Matloob Khan
Monica Kleban
Anthony Kouzounis
Nena Cokinos Marshall
Kay Miller
Mary Flood Nugent
Nina Peropoulos
Peter PeropoulosJoanna Tarley
Ellen Wortham
Monica Zepeda
The above is a partial list of endorsements.
Please revisit often for endorsement updates.
