This is a partial list of the local public figures and elected officials who have endorsed Jerry McNerney:

- President Bill Clinton
- Susan Eggman, City Council Member, City of Stockton, and Candidate for State Assembly
- Mark DeSaulnier, State Senator, District 7
- Susan Bonilla, Assemblymember, 11th District
- Ann Johnston, Mayor, City of Stockton
- Cathleen Galgiani, Assemblymember, 17th District
- Federal Glover, Supervisor, Contra Costa County
- George Neely, Board Member, Lodi Unified School District
- Jim Frazier, former Mayor and Council Member, City of Oakley
- Stephen Griffen, Vice-Chair, Port of Stockton
- Shabbir Khan, Treasurer-Tax Collector of San Joaquin County
- Dave Sorgent, Trustee, San Joaquin County Board of Education
- Roger Brautigan, Ret. General, Former Secretary, California Department of Veterans Affairs
- Tino Adame, Vietnam Combat Veteran and Stockton Resident
- Richard Pittman, Medal of Honor Recipient, Vietnam Veteran
- Dave Norris, Past State Commander, California Veterans of Foreign Wars
- Ralph Womack, Trustee, Lodi Unified School District
- Republican Paul Cashion, Vietnam Veteran
- Barbara Barrigan-Panilla, Delta Advocate
- Bill Jennings, Delta Advocate
- Larry Ruhstaller, Republican Supervisor, San Joaquin County
- Melvin Panizza, Stockton East Water District, Director
- Dave Macedo, President, Stockton Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 456
- Mick Founts, Superintendent of Schools, San Joaquin County of Education
- Tom Torlakson, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Joelle Gomez, Stockton Resident
- Sara Cazares, President, Stockton Unified School District School Board
- Gracie Madrid, Community Activist and Retired Stockton Unified School District Educator
- Carmen Fernandez, Community Activist
- Niki Smith, Latina Democratic Club of San Joaquin County
- Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose)
- Rep. Jackie Speier (D-San Mateo)
- Van-Ha To-Cowell, President of Lincoln Unified School Board of Trustees
- David Varela, Stockton Unified School District Board of Trustees