President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton at a rally in Charlotte. (Getty)
The 2016 Democratic National Convention will be held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia from July 25 to July 28. The event is expected to end with a woman becoming a major party’s nominee for the first time in American history after Hillary Clinton won the most delegates during the primary season. The Democratic Party released the schedule for the event.
This year’s convention is the earliest since the 2004 Boston convention, which was also held in July. The 2012 convention in Charlotte was held in September, while the 2008 Denver convention was held in August. Every convention has a permanent chairperson, a position filled by former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in 2012 and Nancy Pelosi in 2008.
The party will also agree on a platform, which is usually an easy process. It won’t be like that this time, since Clinton’s rival for the nomination, Bernie Sanders, plans to play a major role in shaping the party’s future. He even requested to hold a rally on the eve of the convention, although that request was denied. The draft for the Democratic platform can be found here. There will still be some added tension at the DNC after WikiLeaks released Democratic National Committee emails that showed the DNC was favoring Clinton over Sanders during the primary process.
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. (Getty)
Here’s the headliners for the DNC. You can see the full day-by-day schedule here.
Monday, July 25
Theme: United Together
First Lady Michelle Obama
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders
DREAMer Astrid Silva
Tuesday, July 26
Theme: A Lifetime of Fighting for Children and Families
Former President Bill Clinton
The Mothers of the Movement
– This is a group of mothers whose sons were killed and whose deaths inspired the Black Lives Matter movement. The mothers who will speak at the DNC are Gwen Carr, Mother of Eric Garner; Sybrina Fulton, Mother of Trayvon Martin; Maria Hamilton, Mother of Dontré Hamilton; Lucia McBath, Mother of Jordan Davis; Lezley McSpadden, Mother of Michael Brown; Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley, Mother of Hadiya Pendleton; and Geneva Reed-Veal, Mother of Sandra Bland.
Wednesday, July 27
Theme: Working Together
President Barack Obama
Vice President Joe Biden
Thursday, July 28
Theme: Stronger Together
Chelsea Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Here’s the list of other speakers, via the DNC site.
State Representative Raumesh Akbari (Tennessee)
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (Ohio)
Congressman Xavier Becerra (California)
Columbia, SC Mayor Steve Benjamin
Senator Cory Booker (New Jersey)
Senator Barbara Boxer (California)
Congressman Brendan Boyle (Pennsylvania)
Congressman Bob Brady (Pennsylvania)
Governor Jerry Brown (California)
Senator Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
Senator Bob Casey (Pennsylvania)
Congressman Joaquin Castro (Texas)
Congressman James Clyburn (South Carolina)
Congressman Joseph Crowley (New York)
Governor Andrew Cuomo (New York)
Governor Mark Dayton (Minnesota)
Former Governor Howard Dean (Vermont)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan
Majority Leader State Representative Crisanta Duran (Colorado)
Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (New Mexico)
Chillicothe, OH Mayor Luke Feeney
State Representative Peggy Flanagan (Minnesota)
Senator Al Franken (Minnesota)
Congressman Ruben Gallego (Arizona)
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords & Captain Mark Kelly (Arizona)
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
Tallahassee, FL Mayor Andrew Gillum
Former Governor Jennifer Granholm (Michigan)
Congressman Luis Gutierrez (Illinois)
Former Senator Tom Harkin (Iowa)
Democratic State Party Chair Jaime Harrison (South Carolina)
Governor John Hickenlooper (Colorado)
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas)
Senator Tim Kaine (Virginia)
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney
State Senator Ruben Kihuen (Nevada)
Senator Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota)
Congressman Ted Lieu (California)
Congresswoman Nita Lowey (New York)
Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes (Kentucky)
Governor Terry McAuliffe (Virginia)
Congresswoman Gwen Moore (Wisconsin)
Senator Chris Murphy (Connecticut)
Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom (California)
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (Washington, DC)
Former Governor Martin O’Malley (Maryland)
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (Nevada)
Congressman Adam Schiff (California)
Senator Chuck Schumer (New York)
Former State Representative Bakari Sellers (South Carolina)
Senator Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)
State Senator Pat Spearman (Nevada)
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh
Senator Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts)
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (California)
Flint, MI Mayor Karen Weaver
Governor Tom Wolf (Pennsylvania)
DNC Rules Committee: Live Stream & Videos You Need to See
Watch a live stream of the DNC rules committee hearing right here, along with videos of protesters and other important events. #DNC
Daniel S. Levine is entertainment and news contributor to Heavy, and former editor at TheCelebrityCafe.com. Graduate of Hofstra University, plus classic movie and Star Wars geek. Follow him on Twitter at @dsl89 and contact him at daniel.levine@heavy.com.July 24, 2016 9:00 am
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