2008 Democratic National Convention
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, in Denver, Colorado. (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: 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.
Site Selection
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.
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". Denver was chosen as the site on January 11, 2007.
Denver Links and Basic Information
- Mayor: John Hickenlooper (Democrat)
- Previous Convention(s): 1908-Democratic
- Site: Pepsi Center
- Main Website: http://www.denvergov.org/
- Tourism Website: http://www.denver.org/
- Convention Website: http://www.denverconvention2008.com/ (official); http://www.denverdnc2008.com (unofficial)
External links
- Democratic Convention Watch
- Democratic National Committee
- Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Conventions
| Preceded by 2004 |
Democratic National Conventions | Succeeded by 2012 |