Friday, July 22, 2016

Speakers List Grows as Democrats Gear Up for Philly Convention


The DNC Party Convention is in Philadelphia next week and the Speaker List will include, President Barack Obama, Vice President Biden and former Clinton rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders had all been previously announced to speak.

Tim Kaine, Senator (Virginia) is Clinton's Vice President.

The New York Speakers are:

Andrew Cuomo, Governor
Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor
Charles Schumer, Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator
Joseph Crowley, Congressman
Nita Lowey, Congresswoman

More current and former lawmakers are expected to take the stage next week.

Additional speakers at the DNC in alphabetical order, include:

Raumesh Akbari, State Representative (Tennessee)
Joyce Beatty, Congresswoman (Ohio)
Xavier Becerra, Congressman (California)
Steve Benjamin, Columbia, SC Mayor
Cory Booker, Senator, (New Jersey)
Barbara Boxer, Senator (California)
Brendan Boyle, Congressman (Pennsylvania)
Bob Brady, Congressman (Pennsylvania)
Jerry Brown, Governor (California)
Sherrod Brown, Senator (Ohio)
Bob Casey, Senator (Pennsylvania)
Joaquin Castro, Congressman (Texas)
James Clyburn, Congressman (South Carolina)
Mark Dayton, Governor (Minnesota)
Howard Dean, Former Governor (Vermont)
Mike Duggan, Detroit, MI Mayor
Crisanta Duran, Majority Leader State Representative (Colorado)
Michelle Lujan Grisham, Congresswoman (New Mexico)
Luke Feeney, Chillicothe, OH Mayor
Peggy Flanagan, State Representative (Minnesota)
Al Franken, Senator (Minnesota)
Ruben Gallego, Congressman (Arizona)
Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles, CA Mayor
Gabby Giffords & Captain Mark Kelly, Former Congresswoman (Arizona)
Andrew Gillum, Tallahassee, FL Mayor
Jennifer Granholm, Former Governor (Michigan)
Luis Gutierrez, Congressman (Illinois)
Tom Harkin, Former Senator (Iowa)
Jaime Harrison, Democratic State Party Chair (South Carolina)
John Hickenlooper, Governor (Colorado)
Sheila Jackson Lee, Congresswoman (Texas)
Jim Kenney, Philadelphia Mayor
Ruben Kihuen, State Senator (Nevada)
Amy Klobuchar, Senator (Minnesota)
Ted Lieu, Congressman (California)
Alison Lundergan Grimes, Secretary of State (Kentucky)
Terry McAuliffe, Governor (Virginia)
Gwen Moore, Congresswoman (Wisconsin)
Chris Murphy, Senator (Connecticut)
Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor (California)
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Congresswoman (Washington, DC)
Martin O'Malley, Former Governor (Maryland)
Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, Congresswoman (California)
Kasim Reed, Atlanta Mayor
Harry Reid, Senate Democratic Leader (Nevada)
Adam Schiff, Congressman (California)
Bakari Sellers, Former State Representative (South Carolina)
Jeanne Shaheen, Senator (New Hampshire)
Pat Spearman, State Senator (Nevada)
Antonio Villaraigosa, Former Los Angeles Mayor
Marty Walsh, Boston, MA Mayor
Elizabeth Warren, Senator (Massachusetts)
Maxine Waters, Congresswoman (California)
Karen Weaver, Flint, MI Mayor
Tom Wolf, Governor (Pennsylvania)











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