2000: "a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus, joined by a few sympathizers", Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Democrat of Illinois (https://www.nytimes.com./2001/01/07/us/over-some-objections-... 2004: Ohio Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and California Sen. Barbara Boxer (https://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/06/electoral.vot...)