Democratic National Convention 2020 Includes Some Georgia Names

Buckhead GA

17 August, 2020

1:09 PM

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ATLANTA, GA — The Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday, but due to the pandemic things will have to go all virtual. The Democratic party will broadcast two hours of prime-time programming Monday through Thursday, according to its website. Tune in live tonight from 9-11 p.m. ET for the first night of the Democratic National Convention Former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams will join State Rep. Sam Park for a joint keynote Tuesday night. Former United States Attorney General and Atlanta-native Sally Yates will also speak Tuesday. Top speakers for day one include former first lady Michelle Obama, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and a Republican — former Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Joe Biden will not be in the host city of Wisconsin, but will instead give his acceptance speech from Delaware, reported WSB. In a CNN poll released Sunday night, 50 percent of registered voters backed Biden to President Donald Trump's 46 percent, which is right at the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Monday Former first lady Michelle Obama Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-South Carolina Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a 2016 Republican presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin Tuesday Dr. Jill Biden Former President Bill Clinton Former Secretary of State John Kerry Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York Former US Attorney General Sally Yates Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester D-Delaware Stacey Abrams State Rep. Sam Park Wednesday Former President Barack Obama Senator Kamala Harris House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee for president Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, a prominent gun control advocate New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers Thursday Former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the Democratic nomination Members of the Biden family Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey California Gov. Gavin Newsom Keisha Lance Bottoms Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware