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Sierra Club Endorsements

Name: Sierra Club
Year: 2008 Congressional
Issue: Environmental Issues
Website: http://www.sierraclub.org
Email: information@sierraclub.org

Address:
408 C Street, Northeast
Washington, DC 20002

"The purposes of the Sierra Club are to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives."

The organization endorsed the following representatives in that year.

Sierra Club Endorsements:

State	Office	District	Name	Party
AR	U.S. House	2	Victor Snyder	Democratic
AZ	U.S. House	1	Ann Kirkpatrick	Democratic
AZ	U.S. House	3	Robert Lord	Democratic
AZ	U.S. House	4	Ed Pastor	Democratic
AZ	U.S. House	5	Harry Mitchell	Democratic
AZ	U.S. House	7	Raúl Grijalva	Democratic
AZ	U.S. House	8	Gabrielle Giffords	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	1	Michael Thompson	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	5	Doris Matsui	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	6	Lynn Woolsey	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	7	George Miller	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	8	Nancy Pelosi	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	9	Barbara Lee	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	10	Ellen Tauscher	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	11	Gerald McNerney	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	12	Karen Lorraine Speier	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	13	Fortney Stark	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	14	Anna Eshoo	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	15	Michael Honda	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	16	Zoe Lofgren	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	17	Sam Farr	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	23	Lois Capps	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	27	Brad Sherman	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	28	Howard Berman	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	29	Adam Schiff	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	30	Henry Waxman	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	31	Xavier Becerra	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	32	Hilda Solis	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	33	Diane Watson	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	34	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	35	Maxine Waters	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	36	Jane Harman	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	38	Grace Napolitano	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	39	Linda Sánchez	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	46	Debbie Cook	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	47	Loretta Sanchez	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	50	Nick Leibham	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	51	Bob Filner	Democratic
CA	U.S. House	53	Susan Davis	Democratic
CO	U.S. Senate		Mark Udall	Democratic
CO	U.S. House	1	Diana DeGette	Democratic
CO	U.S. House	2	Jared Polis	Democratic
CO	U.S. House	4	Betsy Markey	Democratic
CO	U.S. House	7	Ed Perlmutter	Democratic
CT	U.S. House	1	John Larson	Democratic, Working Families
CT	U.S. House	2	Joseph Courtney	Democratic, Working Families
CT	U.S. House	3	Rosa DeLauro	Democratic, Working Families
CT	U.S. House	4	Christopher Shays	Republican
CT	U.S. House	5	Christopher Murphy	Democratic, Working Families
DE	U.S. Senate		Joseph Biden	Democratic
DE	U.S. House	At-Large	Michael Castle	Republican
FL	U.S. House	3	Corrine Brown	Democratic
FL	U.S. House	8	Alan Grayson	Democratic
FL	U.S. House	9	Bill Mitchell	Democratic
FL	U.S. House	11	Kathy Castor	Democratic
FL	U.S. House	13	Christine Jennings	Democratic
FL	U.S. House	17	Kendrick Meek	Democratic
FL	U.S. House	19	Robert Wexler	Democratic
FL	U.S. House	20	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Democratic
FL	U.S. House	22	Ron Klein	Democratic
FL	U.S. House	23	Alcee Hastings	Democratic
FL	U.S. House	24	Suzanne Kosmas	Democratic
FL	U.S. House	25	Joe Garcia	Democratic
GA	U.S. Senate		James Martin	Democratic
GA	U.S. House	2	Sanford Bishop	Democratic
GA	U.S. House	4	Henry Johnson	Democratic
GA	U.S. House	5	John Lewis	Democratic
GA	U.S. House	12	John Barrow	Democratic
GA	U.S. House	13	David Scott	Democratic
HI	U.S. House	2	Mazie Hirono	Democratic
IA	U.S. Senate		Thomas Harkin	Democratic
IA	U.S. House	1	Bruce Braley	Democratic
IA	U.S. House	2	David Loebsack	Democratic
IA	U.S. House	5	Rob Hubler	Democratic
ID	U.S. Senate		Larry LaRocco	Democratic
IL	U.S. Senate		Richard Durbin	Democratic
IL	U.S. House	2	Jesse Jackson	Democratic
IL	U.S. House	3	Daniel Lipinski	Democratic
IL	U.S. House	4	Luis Gutierrez	Democratic
IL	U.S. House	5	Rahm Emanuel	Democratic
IL	U.S. House	6	Jill Morgenthaler	Democratic
IL	U.S. House	8	Melissa Bean	Democratic
IL	U.S. House	9	Janice Schakowsky	Democratic
IL	U.S. House	10	Mark Kirk	Republican
IL	U.S. House	11	Deborah Halvorson	Democratic
IL	U.S. House	14	Bill Foster	Democratic
IL	U.S. House	15	Timothy Johnson	Republican
IL	U.S. House	17	Phil Hare	Democratic
IL	U.S. House	18	Colleen Callahan	Democratic
IL	U.S. House	19	Daniel Davis	Democratic
KS	U.S. House	3	Dennis Moore	Democratic
KY	U.S. House	3	John Yarmuth	Democratic
KY	U.S. House	6	Albert Chandler	Democratic
LA	U.S. House	6	Donald Cazayoux	Democratic
MA	U.S. Senate		John Kerry	Democratic
MA	U.S. House	1	John Olver	Democratic
MA	U.S. House	2	Richard Neal	Democratic
MA	U.S. House	3	James McGovern	Democratic
MA	U.S. House	4	Barney Frank	Democratic
MA	U.S. House	5	Nicola Tsongas	Democratic
MA	U.S. House	6	John Tierney	Democratic
MA	U.S. House	7	Edward Markey	Democratic
MA	U.S. House	8	Michael Capuano	Democratic
MA	U.S. House	9	Stephen Lynch	Democratic
MA	U.S. House	10	William Delahunt	Democratic
MD	U.S. House	1	Frank Kratovil	Democratic
MD	U.S. House	2	C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Democratic
MD	U.S. House	3	John Sarbanes	Democratic
MD	U.S. House	4	Donna Edwards	Democratic
MD	U.S. House	5	Steny Hoyer	Democratic
MD	U.S. House	7	Elijah Cummings	Democratic
MD	U.S. House	8	Christopher Van Hollen	Democratic
ME	U.S. House	1	Chellie Pingree	Democratic
MI	U.S. Senate		Carl Levin	Democratic
MI	U.S. House	3	Vernon Ehlers	Republican
MI	U.S. House	5	Dale Kildee	Democratic
MI	U.S. House	7	Mark Schauer	Democratic
MI	U.S. House	9	Gary Peters	Democratic
MI	U.S. House	12	Sander Levin	Democratic
MI	U.S. House	13	Carolyn Kilpatrick	Democratic
MI	U.S. House	14	John Conyers	Democratic
MN	U.S. House	1	Timothy Walz	Democratic/Farmer/Labor
MN	U.S. House	2	Steve Sarvi	Democratic/Farmer/Labor
MN	U.S. House	3	Ashwin Madia	Democratic/Farmer/Labor
MN	U.S. House	4	Betty McCollum	Democratic/Farmer/Labor
MN	U.S. House	5	Keith Ellison	Democratic/Farmer/Labor
MO	U.S. House	1	William Clay	Democratic
MO	U.S. House	3	John Carnahan	Democratic
MO	U.S. House	5	Emanuel Cleaver	Democratic
MO	U.S. House	6	Kay Barnes	Democratic
MO	U.S. House	9	Judy Baker	Democratic
MS	U.S. House	2	Bennie Thompson	Democratic
NC	U.S. Senate		Kay Hagan	Democratic
NC	U.S. House	2	Bob Etheridge	Democratic
NC	U.S. House	4	David Price	Democratic
NC	U.S. House	8	Lawrence Kissell	Democratic
NC	U.S. House	11	Joseph Shuler	Democratic
NC	U.S. House	12	Melvin Watt	Democratic
NC	U.S. House	13	Ralph Miller	Democratic
NE	U.S. Senate		Scott Kleeb	Democratic
NH	U.S. Senate		Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic
NH	U.S. House	1	Carol Shea-Porter	Democratic
NH	U.S. House	2	Paul Hodes	Democratic
NJ	U.S. Senate		Frank Lautenberg	Democratic
NJ	U.S. House	1	Robert Andrews	Democratic
NJ	U.S. House	2	Frank LoBiondo	Republican
NJ	U.S. House	3	John Adler	Democratic
NJ	U.S. House	6	Frank Pallone	Democratic
NJ	U.S. House	8	William Pascrell	Democratic
NJ	U.S. House	9	Steven Rothman	Democratic
NJ	U.S. House	10	Donald Payne	Democratic
NJ	U.S. House	12	Rush Holt	Democratic
NJ	U.S. House	13	Albio Sires	Democratic
NM	U.S. Senate		Tom Udall	Democratic
NM	U.S. House	1	Martin Heinrich	Democratic
NM	U.S. House	3	Ben Lujan	Democratic
NV	U.S. House	1	Shelley Berkley	Democratic
NV	U.S. House	3	Alice Titus	Democratic
NY	U.S. House	1	Timothy Bishop	Democratic, Independence, Working Families, Independent
NY	U.S. House	2	Steve Israel	Democratic, Independence, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	4	Carolyn McCarthy	Democratic, Independence, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	5	Gary Ackerman	Democratic, Independence, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	6	Gregory Meeks	Democratic
NY	U.S. House	7	Joseph Crowley	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	8	Jerrold Nadler	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	9	Anthony Weiner	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	11	Yvette Clarke	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	12	Nydia Velázquez	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	14	Carolyn Maloney	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	15	Charles Rangel	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	16	José Serrano	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	17	Eliot Engel	Democratic, Independence, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	18	Nita Lowey	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	19	John Hall	Democratic, Independence, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	20	Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	21	Paul Tonko	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	22	Maurice Hinchey	Democratic, Independence, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	24	Michael Arcuri	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	25	Daniel Maffei	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	26	Alice Kryzan	Democratic
NY	U.S. House	27	Brian Higgins	Democratic, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	28	Louise Slaughter	Democratic, Independence, Working Families
NY	U.S. House	29	Eric Massa	Democratic, Working Families
OH	U.S. House	1	Steven Driehaus	Democratic
OH	U.S. House	2	Victoria Wells Wulsin	Democratic
OH	U.S. House	3	Jane Mitakides	Democratic
OH	U.S. House	7	Sharen Swartz Neuhardt	Democratic
OH	U.S. House	9	Marcy Kaptur	Democratic
OH	U.S. House	10	Dennis Kucinich	Democratic
OH	U.S. House	13	Betty Sutton	Democratic
OH	U.S. House	15	Mary Jo Kilroy	Democratic
OH	U.S. House	16	John Boccieri	Democratic
OH	U.S. House	17	Timothy Ryan	Democratic
OK	U.S. Senate		Andrew Rice	Democratic
OR	U.S. Senate		Jeffery Merkley	Democratic, Independent
OR	U.S. House	1	David Wu	Democratic
OR	U.S. House	3	Earl Blumenauer	Democratic
OR	U.S. House	4	Peter DeFazio	Democratic
OR	U.S. House	5	Kurt Schrader	Democratic
PA	U.S. House	1	Robert Brady	Democratic
PA	U.S. House	2	Chaka Fattah	Democratic
PA	U.S. House	3	Kathy Dahlkemper	Democratic
PA	U.S. House	7	Joseph Sestak	Democratic
PA	U.S. House	8	Patrick Murphy	Democratic
PA	U.S. House	10	Christopher Carney	Democratic
PA	U.S. House	13	Allyson Schwartz	Democratic
PA	U.S. House	15	Siobhan Bennett	Democratic
RI	U.S. Senate		John Reed	Democratic
RI	U.S. House	1	Patrick Kennedy	Democratic
RI	U.S. House	2	James Langevin	Democratic
SC	U.S. House	5	John Spratt	Democratic
SC	U.S. House	6	James Clyburn	Democratic
TN	U.S. House	5	Jim Cooper	Democratic
TN	U.S. House	6	Bart Gordon	Democratic
TN	U.S. House	9	Stephen Cohen	Democratic
TX	U.S. House	7	Michael Skelly	Democratic
TX	U.S. House	10	Larry Joe Doherty	Democratic
TX	U.S. House	23	Ciro Rodriguez	Democratic
TX	U.S. House	25	Lloyd Doggett	Democratic
TX	U.S. House	30	Eddie Johnson	Democratic
VA	U.S. House	2	Glenn Nye	Democratic
VA	U.S. House	3	Robert Scott	Democratic
VA	U.S. House	5	Tom Perriello	Democratic
VA	U.S. House	8	James Moran	Democratic
VA	U.S. House	10	Judy Feder	Democratic
VA	U.S. House	11	Gerald Connolly	Democratic
VT	U.S. House	At-Large	Peter Welch	Democratic, Republican
WA	U.S. House	1	Jay Inslee	Prefers Democratic Party
WA	U.S. House	2	Rick Larsen	Prefers Democratic Party
WA	U.S. House	6	Norman Dicks	Prefers Democratic Party
WA	U.S. House	7	James McDermott	Prefers Democratic Party
WA	U.S. House	9	Adam Smith	Prefers Democratic Party
WI	U.S. House	2	Tammy Baldwin	Democratic
WI	U.S. House	3	Ronald Kind	Democratic
WI	U.S. House	4	Gwendolynne Moore	Democratic
WI	U.S. House	7	David Ross Obey	Democratic
WI	U.S. House	8	Steven Kagen	Democratic

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