Democratic PARTY 2020 National Convention Schedule Announced

by Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com
Published 11pm, August 16, 2020

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 2020 SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

Over the course of four nights this week, the Democratic Party will lay out their platform as they look forward to the November election. Originally scheduled to take place in person in Milwaukee, the 2020 National Convention will now take place primarily remotely. 

The Convention's Program will begin every night at 9pm, gaveled into session by members of the Wisconsin delegation who will speak from The Wisconsin Center. The Center will also manage hundreds of video feeds which are planned to be delivered from locations across the country. 

​The following Convention Program Schedule has been announced:

monday, august 17
"We The People"

9pm to 10pm

Introduction

• Eva Longoria

Reading of the Preamble to the Constitution

Pledge of Allegiance

National Anthem

• To be sung remotely by a 57-person Youth Choir representing all 50 states and 7 territories
  
  

Invocation

• Reverend Gabriel Salguero

Featured Speakers

• Representative Gwen Moore
• Mayor Muriel Bowser

Performance

• Leon Bridges​

Presentation: “The Path Forward”
A Conversation with Vice President Biden on Racial Justice 

• Jamira Burley
• Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot
• Police Chief Art Acevedo
• NAACP President Derrick Johnson
• Author Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner

Featured Speakers

• Representative Jim Clyburn
• Governor Andrew Cuomo
• Kristin Urquiza

Presentation:  "Health Care"
A Conversation with Vice President Biden with Frontline Healthcare Workers

Featured Speaker

• Maine Representative Speaker Sara Gideon

Performance 

• Maggie Rogers

Featured Speakers

• Governor Gretchen Whitmer
• Former Governor Christine Todd Whitman
• Former CEO Meg Whitman
• Former Representative Susan Molinari
• Former Governor John Kasich
• Senator  Doug Jones
• Senator Catherine Cortez Masto

Presentation:  “United We Stand”
Moved to Thursday

Featured Speakers

• Representative Cedric Richmond

10pm to 11pm

Speakers

• Senator Bernie Sanders
• Former First Lady Michelle Obama

Performance

• Billy Porter and Steven Stills

Benediction

• Reverend Dr. Jerry Young

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tuesday, august 18
"Leadership Matters"

9pm to 10pm

Tonight's Keynote Address will feature seventeen young, diverse, members of the Democratic Party from all across the country. Following the nominations, the Roll Call Across America will allow viewers to hear from "voters, delegates, parents, teachers, small business owners, activists and leaders" from all 50 states and 7 territories.

Call to Order

• Mayor Tom Barrett

Credentials Committee Report

• James Roosevelt Jr.
• Lorraine Miller
  
  

Rules Committee Report

• Former Representative Barney Frank
• Maria Cardona
  
  

Platform Committee Report

• Julie Chavez Rodriguez
• Dennis McDonough

Keynote Address: "We Step up to Lead"
to be delivered By:

• Stacey Abrams, Georgia
• ​State Senator Raumesh Akbari, Tennessee
• Congressman Colin Allred, Texas
• Congressman Brendan Boyle, Pennsylvania
• State Senator Yvanna Cancela, Nevada
• Former State Representative Kathleen Clyde, Ohio
• Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried, Florida
• Mayor Robert Garcia, California
• State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta, Pennsylvania
• State Senator Marlon Kimpson, South Carolina
• Congressman Conor Lamb, Pennsylvania
• State Representative Mari Manoogian, Michigan
• State Representative Victoria Neave, Texas
• President Jonathan Nez, Navajo Nation
• State Representative Sam Park, Georgia
• State Representative Denny Ruprecht, New Hampshire
• Mayor Randall Woodfin, Alabama

Introduction

• Tracee Ellis Ross

Featured Speakers ​

• ​Former Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates
• Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
• Former US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy
• Jack Schlossberg
• 39th President Jimmy Carter
• Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter
• 42nd President Bill Clinton​

Introduction

• DNC Chair Tom Perez

Presidential Nomination of Senator Bernie Sanders

• Former President of the United Auto Workers Bob King
• Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Presidential Nomination of Senator Vice President Joe Biden

• Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester
• Senator Chris Coons

Roll Call Across America

• Intended for viewers to hear from "voters, delegates, parents, teachers, small business owners, activists and leaders" from all 50 states and 7 territories

Alabama 

• Representative Terri Sewell 

Alaska

• Chuck Degnan

American Samoa

• Aliitama Sotoa
• Patti Matila

Arizona

• Marisol Garcia

Arkansas

• Gilbert Alaquinez

California

• Secretary Hilda Solis
• Representative Barbara Lee

Colorado

• Howard Chou And His Family

Connecticut

• Veteran Firefighter Peter Carozza

Delaware

• Governor John Carney
• Senator Tom Carper

Democrats Abroad

• Julia Bryan

District Of Columbia

• Mayor Muriel Bowser 

Florida

• Fred Guttenberg 

Georgia

• State Senator Nikema Williams

Guam

• Party Chair Sarah Thomas-nededog

Hawaii

• Dr. Amy Agbayani ​

Idaho

• Mayor Lauren Mclean

Illinois

• Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun​

Indiana

• Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg

Iowa

• Secretary Tom Vilsack

Kansas

• Mark Pringle 

Kentucky

• Colmon Elridge

Louisiana

• Representative Cedric Richmond
• Mayor Latoya Cantrell

Maine

• State Representative Craig Hickman

Maryland

• Council President Brandon Scott
• Bianca Shah

Massachusetts

• State Rep. Claire Cronin

Michigan

• Senator Gary Peters
• Ray Curry 

Minnesota

• Senator Amy Klobuchar
• Mayor Melvin Carter

Mississippi

• College President Dr. Carmen Walters

Missouri

• Reuben Gill 

Montana

• Rachel Prevost

Nebraska

• Geraldine Waller 

Nevada

• Representative Dina Titus 

New Hampshire

• Governor John Lynch

New Jersey

• Governor Phil Murphy

New Mexico

• State Representative Derrick Lente 

New York

• Scheena Iyande Tannis

North Carolina

• Cozzie Watkins 

North Dakota

• Cesar Alvarez 

Northern Mariana Islands

• Party Chair Nola Kileleman Hix 

Ohio

• Representative Tim Ryan
• Josh Abernathy 

Oklahoma

• Party Chair Alicia Andrews

Oregon

• Dr. Rosa Colquitt
• Travis Nelson 

Pennsylvania

• Senator Bob Casey

Puerto Rico

• Senator Carmelo Rios-Santiago

Rhode Island

• State Representative Joseph Mcnamara 

South Carolina

• Jaime Harrison

South Dakota

• Kellen Returns From Scout

Tennessee

• Keely Sage 

Texas

• Representative Veronica Escobar

Utah

•  Mayor Jenny Wilson 

Vermont

• Lt. Governor David Zuckerman
• Jane And Bernie Sanders

Virgin Islands

• Chair Cecil Benjamin

Virginia

• Khizr Khan

Washington

• State Representativeep My-linh Thai

West Virginia

• Fred Albert

Wisconsin

• Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes

Wyoming

• Judy And Dennis Shepherd 

Presentation: The Biden Plan for Healthcare
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Presentation: “A More Perfect Union
A Conversation with Vice President Biden

Featured Speakers

• Ady Barkan
• Former Secretary of State John Kerry

Presentation: The Biden Plan for National Security

10pm to 11pm

Presentation: "Teacher" the story of Dr. Biden's Life

​Featured Speakers​​​

• Former Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden​
  
  

Performance​​​

• John Legend​

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wednesday, august 19
"A More Perfect Union"

9pm to 10pm

Tonight, Senator Kamala Harris is scheduled to accept the Democratic Party's Vice Presidential nomination.

Welcome to Wisconsin

• Governor Tony Evers

Introduction

• Kerry Washington

Presentation: “America Rising: March for our Lives”

• Parkland survivor Emma Gonzalez
• DeAndra Dycus
• Former Representative Gabrielle Giffords
  
  

Featured Speaker

• Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham

Presentation: The Biden Plan: 
A Conversation with Vice President Biden on Climate Change with Young Climate Activists

Performance

• Billie Eilish

Presentation: “A Letter to Trump on Immigration”

• The Sanchez Family

Presentation: America Rising: Immigrants Rebuilding America

Performance

• Prince Royce

​
Presentation: America Rising: From Women’s Suffrage to the Women’s March

• Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
• Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Presentation: Violence Against Women's Act

• Mariska Hargitay
• CEO, President National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Ruth Glenn
•  Regional Advisor, “It’s On Us” Carly Dryden
  
  

Presentation: “When You See Something Wrong”

Speaker: ​

• Former US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis

 
Presentation: “You Built America”
Moved to Thursday
​
Presentation:​ “America Recovering”

• Senator Sherrod Brown
• Mayor Eric Garcetti
• Representative Cindy Axne

​​Speaker: ​

• Senator Elizabeth Warren

10pm to 11pm

Featured Speaker: ​​​

• 44th President Barack Obama 

Nomination Speech: ​​​

• Maya Harris
• Meena Harris
• Ella Emhoff

Featured Speaker: ​​​

• Nominee for Vice President Senator Kamala Harris

​Performance: 

• Jennifer Hudson

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thursday, august 20
"AMERICA'S PROMISE"

9pm to 10pm

Tonight, Former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to accept the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination from his home state of Delaware.

Presentation: “This Time Next Year”

Featured Speaker

• Andrew Yang

Introduction

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Pledge of Allegiance

• Cedric Richmond, Jr.
  
  

National Anthem

• The Chicks
  Natalie Maines, Martie Erwin Maguire, Emily Strayer

​
Invocation

• Sister Simone Campbell, Sisters of Social Service
  Executive Director NETWORK, Leader Nuns on the Bus

Featured Speakers​​

• Senator Chris Coons
• Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms

Presentation: "A Tribute to John Lewis"

Performance

• John Legend
• Common

Featured Speakers

• Writer Jon Meacham 
• Representative Deb Halaand
• State Secretary of State Alex Padilla
• State Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
• Senator Cory Booker

Presentation: “You Built America” 
A Conversation with Vice President Biden on the Economy with Union Workers 
​
Featured Speakers: ​

• Former US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy
• Senator Tammy Baldwin

Presentation: The Biden Plan for Military Families

Featured Speakers ​

• Senator Tammy Duckworth

10pm to 11pm

Presentation: "A Tribute to Beau Biden"

Featured Speaker ​

• Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg
  
  

Presentation: “United We Stand”

• Senator Cory Booker
• Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg
• Senator Amy Klobuchar
• Former Representative Beto O'Rourke
• Senator Bernie Sanders
• Senator Elizabeth Warren
• Andrew Yang

Featured Speaker 

• Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg 

Presentation: The Biden Family

• The Biden Grandchildren
• The Biden Children

Presentation: Joe Biden

​Featured Speaker: ​​​

• Nominee for President Joe Biden

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NEW JERSEY DELEGATION

New Jersey’s District-Level Delegates and District-Level Alternates to the 2020 National Convention

All delegates will represent the state of New Jersey at the Democratic National Convention in an online format.

Biden Delegates:

Congressional District 1

• John J. Burzichelli, Jr.
• Lenora Kodytek
• Gina Marie Santore
  
  

Congressional District 2

• Brenda Brathwaite
• Michael Suleiman
• Philip Nufrio
  
  

Congressional District 3

• Teresa Garvey
• Ian Mosley
• Rachel Green
• Frank Filipek Jr.
  
  

Congressional District 4

• Meryl Greene
• Karin Elkis
• James Beach
• James Kehoe
  
  

Congressional District 5

• Malini Guha
• Brett Cannon
• Mary Campbell Cruz
  
  

Congressional District 6

• William Lowry
• Michael Ryan
• Kelly Stewart Maer
  
  

Congressional District 7

• Mary Foster-Scoales
• Michael Du Pont
• Joseph Libutti
• Ava Johnson

Alternate

• Edward Zipprich
  
  

Congressional District 8

• Cathleen Lewis
• Kelvin Ganges
• Linda Greenstein
• Sharon Shinkle Gardner
• Bruce Stern
  
  

Congressional District 9

• Edward Potosnak
• Mildred Scott
• Joseph Danielsen
• Mitchelle Drulis
  
  

Congressional District 10

• Ernestine McCaskill
• James Rowe
• Michele Jaker
• Patrick Coveny
  
  

Congressional District 11

• Thomas Regrut 
• Kendall Lopez

Sanders Delegate

• Patricia Campos Medina
  
  

Congressional District 12

• ​Richard Codey
• Thomas Barrett
• Shannon Cuttle
• Joseph Signorello
• Erica Vargas-Garrison 

​​Congressional District 13

• Patricia Gonzalez
• Chris Bollwage
• Adrian Mapp
• June Fischer
  
  

Congressional District 14

• Sharon Heller-Smith
• Philip Sellinger

Sanders Delegate

• Edward Correa
  
  

Congressional District 15

• Charles Hall
• Luis Quintana
• Wartyna Nina Davis 
• Judith Fenelus
• Teresa Ruiz
• Anibal Ramos

Alternate

• Miriam Tensuan
  
  

Congressional District 16

• Guillermo Artiles
• Nicholas Chiaravalotti
• Jeremy Farrell
• Laura Sankowich
• Sandra Bolden Cunningham

Sanders Delegate

• Isabel Rial

Alternate

• Jeffrey Dublin
  
  

Congressional District 17

• Marilyn Davis
• Craig Dorsett
• Angela Jimenez
• Feliz Ocasio

Sanders Delegate

• Ruth Delgado

Alternate

• Patrick Cullen Jr.
  
  

Congressional District 18

• Christopher James
• Nelida Pou
• Anand Shah
• Marqweesha Gunthie
• Alixon Collazos
• Thomas Giblin

Alternate

• Shavonda Sumter
  
  

Congressional District 19

• Roberta Paula Brooks
• Cassandra Berrocal
• Christopher Hillmann
• Eric Liu
• Gordon M Johnson
• Julie Knie
  
  

Congressional District 20

• Iris Deixler
• Keith Kazmark
• Molky Sokota
• Adam Silverstein
• Sanders Delegate
• Danny Markham

Alternate

• Susan Sahai

New Jersey’s Party Leader and Elected Official Delegates

• Ras Baraka
• Cory Booker
• Bonnie Watson Coleman
• Craig Coughlin
• Amy DeGise
• Michele Delisfort
• Nia Gill
• Josh Gottheimer
• Louis Greenwald
• Verlina Reynolds Jackson
• LeRoy Jones
• Paul Juliano
  

• Andy Kim 
• Tom Malinowski
• ​Robert Menendez
• Donald Norcross
• Sheila Oliver
• Frank Pallone
• Bill Pascrell
• Donald M. Payne
• Arlene Quinones Perez
• Ron Rice
• Hetty Rosenstein
• Mikie Sherrill
• Albio Sires
• Stephen Sweeney

At-Large Delegates and At-Large Alternates

• Estina Baker
• Marie Blistan
• Kathy Gross Busch
• Susan Butterfield
• Donna Chiera
• Christine Sampson Clark
• Mary Clements
• Joseph DiVincenzo
• Wyatt Earp
• Dino Esemplare
• Ted Green
• Robin Gurin
• Brittany Higgins
• Jennifer Hoehn
• Lavonne Johnson
• Melinda Kane

• Amy Kennedy
• Janice Kovach
• Junior Maldonado
• Laura Matos
• Janice Mironov
• Tricia Mueller
• Tammy Murphy
• Satish Poondi
• Dana Redd
• Orlando Riley
• Chip Robinson
• Sean Spiller
  
  

Alternates

• Linda Telschow
• Christopher Durkin

DNC Members

• Tonio Burgos
• John Currie
• John Graham
• Marcia Marley
• Bernadette McPherson

• Philip Murphy
• George Norcross
• Marguerite “Peg” Schaffer

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NEW JERSEY NOVEMBER ELECTION WILL BE A HYBRID OF IN-PERSON, DROP-BOX AND MAIL-IN VOTING