Cuomo, De Blasio, Booker Among Speakers At Democratic National Convention
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The Democratic National Convention Committee has released an additional list of speakers for their upcoming convention.
The list is a who's who of prominent Democrats, and includes New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, among others.
Last week, the DNC released its list of keynote speakers. They include President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton.
Here's the list of speakers. More speakers have yet to be announced:
- 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 Minority Leader Congresswoman 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)
