DNC – Speakers Schedule

Ohio Democrats can visit ohiodems.org/convention
for all current information regarding the DNC Convention.

Ohio Delegate Selection Plan – Click here
Declaration of Candidacy Form – Click here

Filing deadline has passed:
Tuesday, December 26, 2023 | No later than 4:00 pm

Columbus, OH – 5.28.2024 – I am writing today with an important update on ballot access for President Biden and Vice President Harris. Despite Governor DeWine calling a special session of the state legislature, we have no confidence that the next two days will produce a clean bill to get the President on the ballot. Ensuring ballot access for President Biden was just too important to leave it in the dysfunctional hands of the Ohio GOP. 
 
At 1pm this afternoon, the DNC announced plans to certify President Biden and Vice President Harris through an internal party process (more on that in the notes below). Chairman Harrison has our full support in this effort, and we will continue to work closely with our colleagues at the DNC and on the Biden Campaign in the weeks ahead. 
 
Below please find the statements and background that have been shared with national and in-state media. 
 
Thanks for all you are doing to support Democrats up and down the ballot. 
 

Liz

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Statement from DNC Chair Jaime Harrison:

“Joe Biden will be on the ballot in Ohio and all 50 states, and Ohio Republicans agree. But when the time has come for action, they have failed to act every time, so Democrats will land this plane on our own. Through a virtual roll call, we will ensure that Republicans can’t chip away at our democracy through incompetence or partisan tricks and that Ohioans can exercise their right to vote for the presidential candidate of their choice.”
 
Statement from OH Dems Chair Liz Walters:
 
“Once again, Republican politicians at the statehouse are playing politics with our democracy by trying to prevent Ohio voters from choosing who they want to be president, but Democrats will not trade Ohioans’ ability to hold their government accountable for presidential ballot access. Just like when they attempted to take away our rights and freedoms last year, Ohio Republicans have shown their blatant disregard for the rights of voters, and we won’t let them get away with another effort to hold our democracy hostage.”
 
Statement from Justin Levitt, Professor of Law at Loyola Marymount University:

“It is unimaginable that a major party candidate for president would be kept off the ballot in a context like Ohio has created, without any legitimate reason, and when literally every other state has come around. So in addition to being an unprecedented distraction, this petty partisanship is bound to fail. Both candidates will inevitably be on the ballot; the only real question is whether Ohio’s legislators and secretary of state will feel any shame for lighting their constituents’ tax dollars on fire in the meantime.” 


Background on DNC process for virtual roll call:

  • Because of the partisan obstructionism of Ohio Republicans, the DNC will move to conduct virtual party proceedings to certify President Biden and Vice President Harris as the Democratic Party nominees before Ohio’s August 7 deadline, and before our in-person Convention programming beginning August 19.
  • We’ve done this before. There is strong, effective precedent for this process – these virtual party proceedings will closely mirror the successful process used in the 2020 convention.
  • Conducting a virtual roll call will require the following steps:
    • 1) The Rules and Bylaws Committee will vote on Tuesday, June 4 on a resolution to propose changes to the Call to allow for virtual party proceedings:
    • 2) In the coming weeks, the resolution will be voted on by the full DNC membership.
    • 3) Once the resolution is adopted, the remainder of the pre-nomination process will follow the standard order of operations.
  • In spite of Republicans’ bad-faith efforts to stand in the way, the in-person Convention in Chicago will continue to serve as an important convening event for Democrats across the country.

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Liz Walters
Chair
Ohio Democratic Party

Ohio Democratic Party Announces Winners of Delegate Elections for
2024 Democratic National Convention
Delegates Will Be Certified in March, Following Ohio’s Primary Election

Columbus, OH – Today, the Ohio Democratic Party announced the winners of this week’s elections for district-level delegates for President Biden for the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Candidates elected this week will be certified in March, following Ohio’s primary election.

“Ohio Democrats are excited to head to Chicago in August, mark the progress we’ve made over the last four years and look ahead to the work that remains to move our state and country forward. We’re ready to elect a broad, diverse coalition of delegates to Chicago and show off our Ohio pride at the 2024 Democratic National Convention,” said Ohio Democratic Party Chair Elizabeth Walters.

A full list of election winners for district level delegates can be found below:

Ohio’s 1st Congressional District

  • Male: Reggie Harris, Gavi Begtrup, Ethan Nichols
  • Female: Patricia Bruns, Kathleen Hofmann, Michele Fisher, Bonnie Dunkelman
  • Alternates: Kevin Ryan Shearer

Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District

  • Male: Terry Williams
  • Female: Dona Meyer, Amy Petit

Ohio’s 3rd Congressional District

  • Male: Kevin Boyce, Hearcel Craig, Josh Hickman, Dontavius Jarrells, Ismail Mohamed
  • Female: Tina Pierce, Melissa Hedden, Tommie Radd, Morgan Harper
  • Alternates: Niel Jurist

Ohio’s 4th Congressional District

  • Male: Randy Weston, Christian Pearson
  • Female: Venita Shoulders, Chau-Sa Dang

Ohio’s 5th Congressional District

  • Male: Corey Barnes, Joe Miller
  • Female: Lili Sandler, Sophia Rodriguez

Ohio’s 6th Congressional District

  • Male: Michael Dossie, Joseph Stephon
  • Female: Kathleen Purdy, Elizabeth Klintworth

Ohio’s 7th Congressional District

  • Male: Matt Patten, Michael O’Shea, Sean Brennan
  • Female: Kelly Kosek, Jeanne Gallagher, Bride Rose Sweeney
  • Alternates: Tiffiny Underhile

Ohio’s 8th Congressional District

  • Male: Brian Hester, Patrick Houlihan
  • Female: Jennifer Richardson, Deloris Rome Hudson, Katherine Louagie

Ohio’s 9th Congressional District

  • Male: Tony Totty, Mark Buford, Ron Birchfield, Jr.
  • Female: Erika White, Lisa Sobecki, Pierrette Talley
  • Alternates: Elgin Rogers, Jr. 

Ohio’s 10th Congressional District

  • Male/Female/Non-Binary: Sean Michael, Desiree Tims, Zach Zugelder, Lynne Donahue, Austin Smith, Andrea VanSickle
  • Alternates: Wendy Dyer

Ohio’s 11th Congressional District

  • Male: Blaine Griffin, Terrence Upchurch, Anthony Hairston, Erik Meinhardt, Richard Starr
  • Female: Cindy Demsey, Meredith Turner, Yvonne Conwell, Pamela Gray-Mason
  • Alternates: TBD

Ohio’s 12th Congressional District

  • Male: Jason Adams, Cameron Hill
  • Female: Adrienne Bowden, Christine Rahrig

Ohio’s 13th Congressional District

  • Male: Robert Thompson, Sr., Vernon Sykes, Peter Ziegler
  • Female: Sarah Yuronka, Barbara Sykes, Mandy Wagner
  • Alternates: N.J. Akbar

Ohio’s 14th Congressional District

  • Male: Kevin Malecek, Tom Moscovic
  • Female: Kathy DiCristofaro, Janet Carson, Maureen Kelly
  • Alternates: Christopher Clevenger

Ohio’s 15th Congressional District

  • Male: Dennis Ginty, Adam Miller, Brian Perry
  • Female: Barb Niemeyer, Anita Somani

DNC Delegates help nominate the Democratic candidate for President. A total of 83 district delegates from Ohio and eight district alternates will be elected to represent Ohio at the 2024 DNC, in addition to at-large delegates and others representing the Ohio Democratic Party.

The convention will take place in Chicago from August 19 – 22, 2024.


Columbus, OH – 12.11.2023 – The Ohio Democratic Party announced the sites in which delegates from each of Ohio’s congressional districts will be selected for the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Ohioans have until December 26, 2023 to submit a declaration of candidacy to run as a delegate. Each congressional district will host a selection site on January 9, 2024 where district level delegates will be selected.

“Ohio Democrats are excited to head to Chicago next August, mark the progress we’ve made over the last four years and look ahead to the work that remains to move our state and country forward. We’re ready to elect a broad, diverse coalition of delegates to Chicago and show off our Ohio pride at the 2024 Democratic National Convention,” said Ohio Democratic Party Chair Elizabeth Walters.  


Columbus, OH – 11.08.2023 – The Ohio Democratic Party announced that the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) delegate selection process is open. Ohio Democrats can visit ohiodems.org/convention to learn more about the process of running for DNC delegate and fill out and submit their declaration of candidacy forms for the 2024 convention.

“Ohio Democrats are excited to head to Chicago next August, mark the progress we’ve made over the last four years and look ahead to the work that remains to move our state and country forward. We’re ready to elect a broad, diverse coalition of delegates to Chicago and show off our Ohio pride at the 2024 Democratic National Convention,” said Ohio Democratic Party Chair Elizabeth Walters.

DNC Delegates help nominate the Democratic candidate for President. A total of 83 district delegates from Ohio and eight district alternates will be elected to represent Ohio at the 2024 DNC, in addition to at-large delegates and others representing the Ohio Democratic Party. Caucuses will take place in each of Ohio’s 15 congressional districts on January 9, 2024.

The convention will take place in Chicago from August 19 – 22, 2024.