NEWS: Sanders Campaign Announces Co-Chairs Across All Super Tuesday States





February 14, 2020



WASHINGTON – Following Sen. Sanders’ victory in New Hampshire, Bernie 2020 on Friday released a slate of over fifty state Co-Chairs across all Super Tuesday states. The Co-Chairs represent a diverse coalition of progressive elected officials, local activists and community leaders that show the strength of Senator Sanders’ “Not Me, Us” movement in communities across the country. “From Maine to California, Bernie 2020 is ready to compete and win in states across the country. We are the first campaign to release a slate of Co-Chairs, who will helm campaign efforts, in each of the Super Tuesday States,” said Bernie 2020 National Political Director Analilia Mejia. “These Co-Chairs represent Bernie’s multi-racial, multi-generational, working class movement to take on Donald Trump, and we are proud to work alongside them to build a progressive movement and elect Senator Bernie Sanders as the next President of the United States.” Co-Chairs include Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (VT), Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Massachusetts’ Varshini Prakash, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Sunrise Movement, and over 15 community leaders with deep ties to the environmental, racial justice and economic justice movements. Since Sanders’ wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, the campaign has announced efforts to immediately increase staffing in Super Tuesday states and invest more than $5.5 million in television and digital ads in ten Super Tuesday states. The slate of campaign Co-Chairs includes:

Alabama Virginia Applebaum – Vice Chair, SDEC Native American Caucus, Co-Chair

Gregory J. Bentley – Pastor, Huntsville Fellowship Presbyterian Church, Co-Chair

Jerome Dees – Criminal Defense & Civil Rights Attorney, Co-Chair

Richard A. Rice – Public Interest Attorney & Co-Founder, Grassroots Coalition Birmingham, Co-Chair Arkansas Sarah Marsh – Fayetteville City Council Member (Ward 1, Position 2) & Community Builder, Co-Chair

Doris Wright – Little Rock City Director (Ward 6), Co-Chair California Morning Star Gali – Project Director, Restoring Justice for Indigenous Peoples, Co-Chair

Allen Hernandez – Inland Empire Environmental Justice Leader, Co-Chair

Nikayla Jefferson – Lead Organizer, Sunrise Movement San Diego, Co-Chair

Kimi Lee – Executive Director, Bay Rising Action, Co-Chair

Lupe Martinez – Environmental Justice Community Advocate, Co-Chair

Daisy Vega – Co-Founder & Board Treasurer, Ground Game LA, Co-Chair Colorado Radhika Nath – Disability Rights Advocate & Policy Expert, Co-Chair

Joe Salazar – Former State Representative & WFP Executive Committee, Co-Chair

Juan Marcano – Aurora City Councilmember (Ward 4), Vice-Chair

Mike Merrifield – Former State Senator (District 11), Vice-Chair Maine Jonathan Fishman – Musician, Phish, Co-Chair

Troy Jackson – State Senate President (District 1), Co-Chair

Safiya Khalid – Lewiston City Councilor, Co-Chair

Briar Lyons – Business Owner, Lincolnville General Store & Elderflower Farm, Co-Chair

Rachel Talbot Ross – State Representative (District 40), Co-Chair Massachusetts Mike Connolly – State Representative (26th Middlesex), Co-Chair

Jamie Eldridge, State Senator (Middlesex & Worcester District), Co-Chair

Nika Elugardo – State Representative (15th Suffolk), Co-Chair

Paul R. Feeney – State Senator (Bristol & Norfolk District), Co-Chair

Paul Mark – State Representative (2nd Berkshire), Co-Chair

Varshini Prakash – Co-Founder & Executive Director, Sunrise Movement, Co-Chair

Lindsay Sabadosa – State Representative (1st Hampshire), Co-Chair Minnesota Keith Ellison – MN Attorney General, Co-Chair

Ilhan Omar – U.S. Representative (CD-5), Co-Chair

Alondra Cano – Minneapolis City Council Member (Ward 9), Vice-Chair

Winona LaDuke – Co-Founder, Honor the Earth, Vice-Chair

John Marty – State Senator (District 66), Vice-Chair

Joel Sipress – Duluth City Council Member (District 2), Vice-Chair North Carolina Jillian Johnson – Durham Mayor Pro Tempore, Co-Chair

LaTarndra Strong – Founder, Hate Free Schools Coalition, Activist & Community Organizer, Co-Chair Oklahoma Jesse Jackson, Jr. – Pastor, Oklahoma City East Sixth Street Christian Church, Co-Chair

LaRenda Morgan – Governmental Affairs Officer, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Co-Chair

Alison A. Petrone – Norman City Councilor, Co-Chair

Jacob Rosecrants – State Representative (District 46), Co-Chair Tennessee Emily Benedict – Nashville Metro City Councilwoman (District 7), Co-Chair

Delishia Porterfield – Nashville Metro City Councilwoman (District 29), Co-Chair

Zulfat Suara – Nashville Metro City Councilwoman (At-Large 5), Co-Chair Texas Greg Casar – Austin City Council Member (District 4), Co-Chair

Jim Hightower – Editor, Hightower Lowdown & Former TX Agriculture Commissioner, Co-Chair

S. Lee Merritt – Civil Rights Attorney, Co-Chair

Farrukh Shamsi – Former Vice Chair, State Democratic Party, Co-Chair Utah Rosalba Dominguez – Murray City Councilwomyn (District 3), Co-Chair

Dustin Gettel – Midvale City Councilmember (District 5), Co-Chair

Elizabeth Payne – Murray City School Board Member (District 4) & UT Progressive Caucus Chair, Co-Chair

Angela Romero – State Representative (District 26) & Democratic Caucus Assistant Whip, Co-Chair

Lex Scott – Founder, Black Lives Matter Utah & United Front Civil Rights Organization, Co-Chair Vermont Patrick Leahy – U.S. Senator, Co-Chair

Peter Welch – U.S. Representative (At-Large), Co-Chair Virginia Lee Carter – House Delegate (District 50), Co-Chair

Elizabeth Guzman – House Delegate (District 31), Co-Chair

Abrar Omeish – Fairfax County School Board Member (At-Large), Co-Chair

Koran Saines – Loudoun County Supervisor (Sterling District), Co-Chair

Jonathan Sokolow – Attorney, Writer & Activist, Co-Chair Additional information on state Co-Chairs here.

Positions and organizations listed for identification purposes only, and do not imply formalized institutional support.