Barney Frank represented Massachusetts’s 4th Congressional District from 1981-2013. He previously served in the Massachusetts State House of Representatives. He identified as a Democrat. He died in 2026.
1978
–Endorsed Edward Brooke (R) for Senator of Massachusetts (lost general election)
1980
–Endorsed Ted Kennedy (D) for President (lost primary)
1984
–Endorsed Walter Mondale (D) for President (lost general election)
1996
–Endorsed Bernie Sanders (I) for Representative of Vermont, At-Large District (won)
2010
–Endorsed Adrian Fenty (D) for Mayor of Washington, DC (lost primary)
2012
–Endorsed Elizabeth Warren (D) for Senator of Massachusetts (won)
–Endorsed Trevor Thomas (D) for Representative of Michigan, 3rd District (lost primary)
2013
–Endorsed Ed Markey (D) for Senator of Massachusetts (won)
2014
–Endorsed Shenna Bellows (D) for Senator of Maine (lost general election)
2016
–Endorsed Hillary Clinton (D) for President (lost general election)
–Endorsed Patrick Murphy (D) for Senator of Florida (lost general election)
–Endorsed Brady Walkinshaw (D) for Representative of Washington, 7th District (lost primary)
2018
–Endorsed Tim Walz (D) for Governor of Minnesota (won)
2020
–Endorsed Joe Biden (D) for President (won)
–Endorsed Richard Neal (D) for Representative of Massachusetts, 1st District (won)
2024
–Endorsed Kamala Harris (D) for President (lost general election)
–Endorsed Jirair Ratevosian (D) for Representative of California, 30th District (lost primary)
–Endorsed Matthew Diemer (D) for Representative of Ohio, 7th District (lost general election)
The Endorsement Project 