Added to DNC speaker list: Booker, Warren, Kaine, Pelosi, Kenney...
Mayor Kenney, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi are among more than 60 elected officials slated to speak at next week's Democratic National Convention, organizers announced Thursday.
Mayor Kenney, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi are among more than 60 elected officials slated to speak at next week's Democratic National Convention, organizers announced Thursday.
A similar list released ahead of the Republican National Convention sparked vice-presidential speculation because it notably included two of Donald Trump's potential picks - Gov. Christie and Newt Gingrich - but not a third: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, whom Trump chose to be his running mate.
The Democrats' latest convention speaker list includes several names that recently have been floated as possible Hillary Clinton running mates: Warren, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine.
Missing from the list is another person being considered by the Clinton camp - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack - but that absence may not hold the same significance.
The list is almost entirely elected officials, which Vilsack is not.
There are a few former elected officials included, a category that Vilsack does fit, as a former governor of Iowa.
Clinton campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Formas declined to comment when asked if it was fair to read into the roster, saying that more speakers will be announced in the coming days.
Philadelphia political consultant Neil Oxman, when asked if Vilsack's absence means anything, said it might.
"But they also could be doing a head fake," he said. "Because what they say is, the speakers list now doesn't have to be the speakers list Monday through Thursday."
The full list, in alphabetical order, is:
State Rep, Raumesh Akbari (Tennessee)
Rep. Joyce Beatty (Ohio)
Rep. Xavier Becerra (California)
Mayor Steve Benjamin (Columbia, S.C.)
Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.)
Sen. Barbara Boxer (Calif.)
Rep. Brendan Boyle (Pa.)
Rep. Robert Brady (Pa.)
Gov. Jerry Brown (Calif.)
Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
Sen. Bob Casey (Pa.)
Rep. Joaquin Castro (Texas)
Rep. James Clyburn (S.C.)
Rep. Joseph Crowley (N.Y.)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (N.Y.)
Gov. Mark Dayton (Minn.)
Former Gov. Howard Dean (Vt.)
Mayor Bill de Blasio (New York City)
Mayor Mike Duggan (Detroit)
State House Majority Leader Crisanta Duran (Colo.)
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (N.M.)
Mayor Luke Feeney (Chillicothe, Ohio)
State Rep. Peggy Flanagan (Minn.)
Sen. Al Franken (Minn.)
Rep. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.)
Mayor Eric Garcetti (Los Angeles)
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (Ariz.) & Capt. Mark Kelly
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.)
Mayor Andrew Gillum (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm (Mich.)
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (Ill.)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (Iowa)
State Democratic Party Chair Jaime Harrison (S.C.)
Gov. John Hickenlooper (Colo.)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas)
Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.)
Mayor Kenney (Phila.)
State Sen. Ruben Kihuen (Nev.)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)
Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.)
Rep. Nita Lowey (N.Y.)
Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes (Ky.)
Gov. Terry McAuliffe (Va.)
Rep. Gwen Moore (Wis.)
Sen. Chris Murphy (Ct.)
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (Calif.)
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.)
Former Gov. Martin O'Malley (Md.)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.)
Mayor Kasim Reed (Atlanta)
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.)
Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.)
Former State Rep. Bakari Sellers (S.C.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
State Sen. Pat Spearman (Nev.)
Former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (Los Angeles)
Mayor Marty Walsh (Boston)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.)
Rep. Maxine Waters (Calif.)
Mayor Karen Weaver (Flint, Mich.)
Gov. Wolf (Pa.)
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