By Lazaro Gamio,John Keefe,June Kim,Alyce McFadden,Andrew Park and Karen Yourish
This data on this page was last updated on July 24.
A majority of Democrats in Congress and all of the country’s Democratic governors announced their support for Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the Democratic ticket after President Biden stepped out of the presidential race on Sunday.
Share of elected Democrats backing Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee
Governors
52%
July 22, 12 a.m.
100%
July 25, 10:10 a.m.
Biden drops out, July 21, 1:46 p.m
Senators
66%
96%
Representatives
73%
94%
Note: All times Eastern.
Most Democrats were quick to issue statements commending Mr. Biden for his years of service after he announced he was dropping his re-election bid. Many offered their support for Ms. Harris to be the party’s nominee, though several key leaders did not immediately back her.
268 publicly supported Ms. Harris
23 governors, 45 senators, 200 representatives
Beshear
Ky. Gov.Cooper
N.C. Gov.Moore
Md. Gov.Shapiro
Pa. Gov.Whitmer
Mich. Gov.Fetterman
Pa. Sen.Murphy
Conn. Sen.Schumer
N.Y. Sen.Warner
Va. Sen.Jeffries
N.Y. Rep.Pelosi
Calif. Rep.Sherrill
N.J. Rep.Slotkin
Mich. Rep.Carney Jr.
Del. Gov.Evers
Wis. Gov.Green
Hawaii Gov.Grisham
N.M. Gov.Healey
Mass. Gov.Hobbs
Ariz. Gov.Hochul
N.Y. Gov.Inslee
Wash. Gov.Kelly
Kan. Gov.Kotek
Ore. Gov.Lamont
Conn. Gov.McKee
R.I. Gov.Mills
Maine Gov.Murphy
N.J. Gov.Newsom
Calif. Gov.Polis
Colo. Gov.Pritzker
Ill. Gov.Walz
Minn. Gov.Baldwin
Wis. Sen.Bennet
Colo. Sen.Blumenthal
Conn. Sen.Booker
N.J. Sen.Brown
Ohio Sen.Butler
Calif. Sen.Cantwell
Wash. Sen.Cardin
Md. Sen.Carper
Del. Sen.Casey
Pa. Sen.Coons
Del. Sen.Cortez Masto
Nev. Sen.Duckworth
Ill. Sen.Durbin
Ill. Sen.Gillibrand
N.Y. Sen.Hassan
N.H. Sen.Heinrich
N.M. Sen.Hickenlooper
Colo. Sen.Hirono
Hawaii Sen.Kaine
Va. Sen.Kelly
Ariz. Sen.Klobuchar
Minn. Sen.Luján
N.M. Sen.Markey
Mass. Sen.Merkley
Ore. Sen.Murray
Wash. Sen.Ossoff
Ga. Sen.Padilla
Calif. Sen.Peters
Mich. Sen.Reed
R.I. Sen.Rosen
Nev. Sen.Schatz
Hawaii Sen.Shaheen
N.H. Sen.Smith
Minn. Sen.Stabenow
Mich. Sen.Van Hollen
Md. Sen.Warnock
Ga. Sen.Warren
Mass. Sen.Welch
Vt. Sen.Whitehouse
R.I. Sen.Wyden
Ore. Sen.Adams
N.C. Rep.Aguilar
Calif. Rep.Allred
Texas Rep.Amo
R.I. Rep.Auchincloss
Mass. Rep.Balint
Vt. Rep.Barragán
Calif. Rep.Beatty
Ohio Rep.Bera
Calif. Rep.Beyer Jr.
Va. Rep.Bishop
Ga. Rep.Blumenauer
Ore. Rep.Bonamici
Ore. Rep.Bowman
N.Y. Rep.Boyle
Pa. Rep.Brown
Ohio Rep.Brownley
Calif. Rep.Budzinski
Ill. Rep.Bush
Mo. Rep.Caraveo
Colo. Rep.Carbajal
Calif. Rep.Cárdenas
Calif. Rep.Carson
Ind. Rep.Carter
La. Rep.Cartwright
Pa. Rep.Casar
Texas Rep.Case
Hawaii Rep.Casten
Ill. Rep.Castor
Fla. Rep.Castro
Texas Rep.Cherfilus-McCormick
Fla. Rep.Chu
Calif. Rep.Clark
Mass. Rep.Clarke
N.Y. Rep.Cleaver II
Mo. Rep.Clyburn
S.C. Rep.Cohen
Tenn. Rep.Connolly
Va. Rep.Costa
Calif. Rep.Courtney
Conn. Rep.Craig
Minn. Rep.Crockett
Texas Rep.Crow
Colo. Rep.Cuellar
Texas Rep.Davids
Kan. Rep.Davis
Ill. Rep.Dean
Pa. Rep.DeGette
Colo. Rep.DeLauro
Conn. Rep.DelBene
Wash. Rep.Deluzio
Pa. Rep.DeSaulnier
Calif. Rep.Dingell
Mich. Rep.Doggett
Texas Rep.Escobar
Texas Rep.Eshoo
Calif. Rep.Espaillat
N.Y. Rep.Evans
Pa. Rep.Fernandez
N.M. Rep.Fletcher
Texas Rep.Foster
Ill. Rep.Foushee
N.C. Rep.Frankel
Fla. Rep.Frost
Fla. Rep.Gallego
Ariz. Rep.Garamendi
Calif. Rep.Garcia
Calif. Rep.Garcia
Texas Rep.García
Ill. Rep.Goldman
N.Y. Rep.Gomez
Calif. Rep.Gottheimer
N.J. Rep.Grijalva
Ariz. Rep.Hayes
Conn. Rep.Himes
Conn. Rep.Horsford
Nev. Rep.Houlahan
Pa. Rep.Hoyer
Md. Rep.Hoyle
Ore. Rep.Huffman
Calif. Rep.Ivey
Md. Rep.Jackson
N.C. Rep.Jackson
Ill. Rep.Jacobs
Calif. Rep.Jayapal
Wash. Rep.Johnson
Ga. Rep.Kamlager-Dove
Calif. Rep.Keating
Mass. Rep.Kelly
Ill. Rep.Kennedy
N.Y. Rep.Khanna
Calif. Rep.Kildee
Mich. Rep.Kilmer
Wash. Rep.Kim
N.J. Rep.Krishnamoorthi
Ill. Rep.Landsman
Ohio Rep.Larsen
Wash. Rep.Larson
Conn. Rep.Lee
Calif. Rep.Lee
Pa. Rep.Lee
Nev. Rep.Levin
Calif. Rep.Lieu
Calif. Rep.Lofgren
Calif. Rep.Lynch
Mass. Rep.Magaziner
R.I. Rep.Manning
N.C. Rep.Matsui
Calif. Rep.McBath
Ga. Rep.McClellan
Va. Rep.McCollum
Minn. Rep.McGarvey
Ky. Rep.McGovern
Mass. Rep.McLane Kuster
N.H. Rep.Meeks
N.Y. Rep.Menendez Jr.
N.J. Rep.Meng
N.Y. Rep.Mfume
Md. Rep.Moore
Wis. Rep.Morelle
N.Y. Rep.Moskowitz
Fla. Rep.Moulton
Mass. Rep.Mrvan
Ind. Rep.Mullin
Calif. Rep.Nadler
N.Y. Rep.Neal
Mass. Rep.Neguse
Colo. Rep.Nickel
N.C. Rep.Norcross
N.J. Rep.Ocasio-Cortez
N.Y. Rep.Omar
Minn. Rep.Pallone
N.J. Rep.Panetta
Calif. Rep.Pappas
N.H. Rep.Pascrell
N.J. Rep.Peters
Calif. Rep.Pettersen
Colo. Rep.Phillips
Minn. Rep.Pingree
Maine Rep.Pocan
Wis. Rep.Porter
Calif. Rep.Pressley
Mass. Rep.Quigley
Ill. Rep.Ramirez
Ill. Rep.Raskin
Md. Rep.Rochester
Del. Rep.Ross
N.C. Rep.Ruiz
Calif. Rep.Ruppersberger
Md. Rep.Ryan
N.Y. Rep.Salinas
Ore. Rep.Sánchez
Calif. Rep.Sarbanes
Md. Rep.Scanlon
Pa. Rep.Schakowsky
Ill. Rep.Schiff
Calif. Rep.Schneider
Ill. Rep.Scholten
Mich. Rep.Schrier
Wash. Rep.Scott
Va. Rep.Sewell
Ala. Rep.Sherman
Calif. Rep.Smith
Wash. Rep.Sorensen
Ill. Rep.Soto
Fla. Rep.Spanberger
Va. Rep.Stansbury
N.M. Rep.Stanton
Ariz. Rep.Stevens
Mich. Rep.Strickland
Wash. Rep.Suozzi
N.Y. Rep.Swalwell
Calif. Rep.Sykes
Ohio Rep.Takano
Calif. Rep.Thanedar
Mich. Rep.Thompson
Miss. Rep.Thompson
Calif. Rep.Titus
Nev. Rep.Tokuda
Hawaii Rep.Tonko
N.Y. Rep.Torres
Calif. Rep.Torres
N.Y. Rep.Trahan
Mass. Rep.Trone
Md. Rep.Underwood
Ill. Rep.Vargas
Calif. Rep.Vasquez
N.M. Rep.Veasey
Texas Rep.Velázquez
N.Y. Rep.Wasserman Schultz
Fla. Rep.Waters
Calif. Rep.Watson Coleman
N.J. Rep.Wexton
Va. Rep.Wild
Pa. Rep.Williams
Ga. Rep.Wilson
Fla. Rep.9 issued statements but did not specify support for Ms. Harris
1 senator, 8 representatives
Tester
Mont. Sen.Tlaib
Mich. Rep.Correa
Calif. Rep.Davis
N.C. Rep.Golden
Maine Rep.Gonzalez
Texas Rep.Kaptur
Ohio Rep.Peltola
Alaska Rep.Perez
Wash. Rep.5 have not commented
1 senator, 4 representatives
Menendez
N.J. Sen.Green
Texas Rep.Harder
Calif. Rep.Napolitano
Calif. Rep.Scott
Ga. Rep.