- Bernie Sanders; Vermont Senator and Presidential Candidate in 2016
- Rights and Democracy; Local Grassroots Organization advocating for progressive democratic values
- Anthony Pollina; Progressive Vermont State Senator and winner of the 2012 “Lawmaker of the Year” award by “Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility.”
- AFLCIO – American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; A national trade union center
- Gun Sense VT – A grassroots organization supporting common sense gun laws
- VSEA – Vermont State Employees’ Association; a democratically-structured, worker-led organization.
- VT NEA – State Division of the National Education Association, nation’s largest professional employee organization
- Sierra Club VT – a local chapter of the nation’s largest grassroots environmental organization, with more than two million members and supporters
- AFT- American Federation of Teachers; A labor union primarily representing teachers, founded in 1916
- VCV- Vermont Conservation Voters; a non-partisan political voice of the state’s environmental community, seeking to make environmental protection a top priority for elected officials, candidates, and voters.