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2008 Democratic National Convention

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The 2008 Democratic National Convention will be the 2008 United States presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party. It will be held from Monday, August 25, through Thursday, August 28, 2008, after the Summer Olympics in Beijing. (The 2008 Republican National Convention will start just 4 days later, on September 1, 2008, in St. Paul, Minnesota).

Almost everything else about the 2008 Democratic National Convention is uncertain: where it will be held, who will chair it, what its rules will be, who its speakers will be, and, most importantly of all, who its nominee will be.

A detailed list of potential candidates can be found in Potential Democratic candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

A description of the nominating process can be found in Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008.

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[edit] Site Selection

[edit] Preliminary

In late November 2005, 35 cities were invited by the DNC (Democratic National Committee) to bid to host the 2008 convention. The cities invited were:

Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, St Louis, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC. [1]

Eleven cities originally accepted the invitation to bid for the convention in January 2006: Anaheim, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Phoenix, and San Antonio.[2] A formal Request for Proposal was mailed to participating cities on February 27 and the deadline for cities to respond was May 19, 2006.

[edit] Final Two

Only three cities submitted proposals to host the convention: Denver, Minneapolis/St. Paul and New York. (New Orleans dropped out on July 12). The cities were visited by a 10-member Technical Advisory Committee in June 2006. On September 27, the Republicans announced that they would have their 2008 convention in St. Paul, removing St. Paul from consideration for the Democrats, leaving Denver and New York as potential host cities and therefore the "final two". The DNC is expected to announce the 2008 host city by the end of 2006. [3] .

[edit] Denver

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The City and County of Denver is the capital and largest city in Colorado. Since the 1980s, Denver has rapidly expanded with new state-of-the-art facilities added to its portfolio: Denver International Airport, Coors Field, Pepsi Center, Invesco Field at Mile High, Colorado Convention Center, light rail and a highway expansion [4]. Veteran political organizer Debbie Willhite was named executive director for the host committee. Willhite ran the 1992 convention for the Democrats as well as the 1997 G8 Summit in Denver.

[edit] Endorsements

Democratic U.S. Congressional Representatives:
Diana DeGette (CO-01), Brian Baird (WA-03), Bart Gordon (TN-06), Mike Ross (AR-04), Neil Abercrombie (HI-01), Charlie Melancon (LA-03), Jay Inslee (WA-01), Darlene Hooley (OR-05), Stephanie Herseth (SD – At Large), David Wu (OR-01), Adam Schiff (CA-29), Leonard Boswell (IA-03), Shelley Berkley (NV-01), Dan Boren (OK-02), Tom Lantos (CA-12), Ron Kind (WI-03), Ike Skelton (MO-04), John T. Salazar (CO-03), Jim McDermott (WA-07), Bob Etheridge (NC-02), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dennis Moore (KS-03), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Rahm Emanuel (IL-05), Gene Green (TX-29), Joe Baca (CA-43), Earl Pomeroy (ND-At Large), Solomon Ortiz (TX-27), Silvestre Reyes (TX-16), Bill Jefferson (LA-02), Sam Farr (CA-17), Juanita Millender-McDonald (CA-37), Artur Davis (AL-07), Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34), Xavier Becerra (CA-31), Dale E. Kildee (MI-05), Hilda Solis (CA-32), Alcee L. Hastings (FL-23), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), John Conyers (MI-14), Bob Filner (CA-51), Dennis Kucinich (OH-10), Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05), Rick Larsen (WA-02), Dennis Cardoza (CA-18) and Mark Udall (CO-02),
Democratic U.S. Senators:
Harry Reid (Majority leader, NV), John Edwards (former, NC) and Ken Salazar (CO)
Non-Democratic endorsers:
None

[edit] Links and Basic Information

[edit] New York City

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New York City, officially the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States and the most densely populated major city in North America.

[edit] Endorsers

Democratic U.S. Congressional Representatives:
None
Democratic U.S. Senators:
Hillary Clinton (NY), Charles Schumer (NY)
Non-Democratic endorsers:
None

[edit] Links and Basic Information

[edit] External links


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2004 		Democratic National Conventions Succeeded by:
2012
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