The AFL-CIO is a federation of 56 labor unions that collectively represent over 12 million members.
1960
–Endorsed John F. Kennedy (D) for President (won)
1980
–Endorsed Ted Kennedy (D) for President (lost primary)
1984
–Endorsed Walter Mondale (D) for President (lost general election)
1988
–Endorsed Michael Dukakis (D) for President (lost general election)
2004
–Endorsed John Kerry (D) for President (lost general election)
–Endorsed Daniel Hynes (D) for Senator of Illinois (lost primary)
2008
–Endorsed Barack Obama (D) for President (won)
2012
–Endorsed Barack Obama (D) for President (won)
–Endorsed Chris Shays (R) for Senator of Connecticut (lost primary)
–Endorsed Chris Murphy (D) for Senator of Connecticut (won)
–Endorsed John Barrow (D) for Representative of Georgia, 12th District (won)
2014
–Endorsed Mike Michaud (D) for Governor of Maine (lost general election)
–Endorsed George Sheldon (D) for Attorney General of Florida (lost general election)
–Endorsed Greg Orman (I) for Senator of Kansas (lost general election)
–Endorsed Dave Domina (D) for Senator of Nebraska (lost general election)
–Endorsed Matt Silverstein (D) for Senator of Oklahoma (lost general election)
–Endorsed Jackie McPherson (D) for Representative of Arkansas, 1st District (lost general election)
–Endorsed Pat Hays (D) for Representative of Arkansas, 2nd District (lost general election)
–Endorsed James Lee Witt (D) for Representative of Arkansas, 4th District (lost general election)
–Endorsed Sanford Bishop (D) for Representative of Georgia, 2nd District (won)
–Endorsed Hank Johnson (D) for Representative of Georgia, 4th District (won)
–Endorsed John Lewis (D) for Representative of Georgia, 5th District (won)
–Endorsed David Scott (D) for Representative of Georgia, 13th District (won)
–Endorsed Shirley Ringo (D) for Representative of Idaho, 1st District (lost general election)
–Endorsed Ann Callis (D) for Representative of Illinois, 13th District (lost general election)
2016
–Endorsed Hillary Clinton (D) for President (lost general election)
–Endorsed Tammy Duckworth (D) for Senator of Illinois (won)
2017
–Endorsed Derrick Edwards (D) for Treasurer of Louisiana (lost runoff election)
2018
–Endorsed Janet Mills (D) for Governor of Maine (won)
–Endorsed Jocelyn Benson (D) for Secretary of State of Michigan (won)
–Endorsed Tim Mullaney (D) for Attorney General of Delaware (lost primary)
–Endorsed Kwame Raoul (D) for Attorney General of Illinois (won)
–Endorsed Ann Kirkpatrick (D) for Representative of Arizona, 2nd District (won)
–Endorsed T.J. Cox (D) for Representative of California, 21st District (won)
–Endorsed Katie Hill (D) for Representative of California, 25th District (won)
–Endorsed Charlie Crist (D) for Representative of Florida, 13th District (won)
–Endorsed Tulsi Gabbard (D) for Representative of Hawai’i, 2nd District (won)
–Endorsed Tammy Savoie (D) for Representative of Louisiana, 1st District (lost general election)
–Endorsed Matt Morgan (D) for Representative of Michigan, 1st District (lost general election)
–Endorsed Cathy Albro (D) for Representative of Michigan, 3rd District (lost general election)
–Endorsed Elissa Slotkin (D) for Representative of Michigan, 8th District (won)
2020
–Endorsed Joe Biden (D) for President (won)
–Endorsed John Carney (D) for Governor of Delaware (won)
–Endorsed Christine Bubser (D) for Representative of California, 8th District (lost general election)
–Endorsed Anna Eshoo (D) for Representative of California, 18th District (won)
–Endorsed Jimmy Panetta (D) for Representative of California, 20th District (won)
–Endorsed Ike McCorkle (D) for Representative of Colorado, 4th District (lost general election)
–Endorsed Sean Casten (D) for Representative of Illinois, 6th District (won)
–Endorsed Cheri Bustos (D) for Representative of Illinois, 17th District (won)
–Endorsed Andy Levin (D) for Representative of Michigan, 9th District (won)
–Endorsed Bennie Thompson (D) for Representative of Mississippi, 2nd District (won)
–Endorsed Deb Haaland (D) for Representative of New Mexico, 1st District (won)
2022
–Endorsed Tom Perez (D) for Governor of Maryland (lost primary)
2024
–Endorsed Joe Biden (D) for President (withdrew after primary)
–Endorsed Kamala Harris (D) for President (lost general election)