With a little under a year left until the Iowa caucuses, the entertainment industry's elites have already donated thousands to 2020 Democratic candidates, according to Q1 FEC filings.
Flashback: Past presidential elections were no different. Jay-Z and Beyonce helped raise thousands of dollars when President Obama was running for re-election in 2012. Roseanne Barr and James Woods were among the most vocal supporters of President Trump during the 2016 election.
Sen. Cory Booker:
- Actress Rosario Dawson, who is also Booker's partner
- Singer Jon Bon Jovi
- Actress Jamie Lee Curtis
- Actor Kevin Bacon
- Actor Orlando Bloom
- Actor Josh Gad
- Actress Toni Trucks
- Actor Edwin Hodge
- Actress Emily Deschanel
- Neil Barsky, founder of the Marshall Project
- Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder
- Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dreamworks executive
Sen. Bernie Sanders:
- Actor Danny DeVito
- Actor Ray Fisher
- Actress Susan Sarandon
- Actor Ted Levine
- Actor Thomas Middleditch
- Actress Renee Smith
- Actor Nick Zano
- Rostam Batmanglij, former member of Vampire Weekend
- Singer Brandi Carlile
- Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters
Pete Buttigieg:
- Actress Mandy Moore
- Actor Ryan Reynolds
- Actor Carl Weathers
- Actress Jane Lynch
- Sportscaster Rich Eisen
- James Murdoch, Former 21st Century Fox CEO
- Carolyn Strauss, Game of Thrones producer
- Neal Baer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit producer
- John August, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory writer
- Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy
Sen. Kamala Harris:
- Filmmaker J.J. Abrams
- Actor Ben Affleck
- Actress Reese Witherspoon
- Actor Parvesh Cheena
- Actor Jon Cryer
- Actress Soleil Moon Frye
- Actor Jon Hamm
- Actor William Macy
- Actress Felicity Huffman
- Actor Charlie Carver
- Actor Pedro Pascal
- Actress Busy Phillips
- Actor Wendell Pierce
- Actress Alison Pill
- Actress Wanda Sykes
- Actress Lily Tomlin
- Actress America Ferrera
- Actor Taran Killam
Rep. Beto O'Rourke:
- Actress Cecily Strong
- Actor John Slattery
- Actor Robert Odenkirk
- Actress Rooney Mara
- Actor Tate Donovan
- Country singer Willie Nelson
- Phil Lesh, bass player for Founding Dead
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand:
- Actress Rachel Dratch
- Actress Connie Britton
- Actress Casey Willson
- Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder
- Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dreamworks executive
Andrew Yang
- Actor Nicolas Cage
- Rivers Cuomo, Weezer's frontman
- Actor Noah Centino
- Entrepreneur Sam Altman
- Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper
- Actor Scott Eastwood
- Michael Dungan, CEO of Universal Music Group Nashville
- Gigi Pritzker, producer
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