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The Democrats will have to work for that support, according to Cal Cunningham, North Carolina Democrats’ 2020 nominee for U.S. Senate and an Army reservist who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Walz enlisted at 17 and served 24 years in the National Guard before retiring in 2005 to run for Congress, launching a political career that ultimately led to his selection as the Democratic ...
December 12, 2024 – Meeting of the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee voted on the chair election process. [4] January 2025 – Four candidate forums featuring qualifying candidates will be held. [5] February 1, 2025 – Election was held by party voting members at the DNC's Winter Meeting, and Ken Martin was elected. [3]
Walz was the first sitting governor selected as the Democratic vice presidential nominee since Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska in 1924 [3] and if elected, would have been the third vice president from Minnesota after Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale. [4] Walz is also the first sitting governor to appear on the Democratic ticket since Bill Clinton in
Harris became the first Democratic presidential contender to have lost the national popular vote since John Kerry in 2004 against Republican incumbent George W. Bush. [301] [302] With slightly over 75 million votes, Harris received the most raw votes for a losing presidential candidate in American history, a record previously achieved by Trump ...
Arizona Senate nominee Ruben Gallego led a group of Democratic veterans, including members of the U.S. House and Senate, onstage, urging Donald Trump to “show some respect” to veterans.
United Center, the convention venue (photographed in 2014). The 2024 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention in which delegates of the United States Democratic Party voted on their party platform and ceremonially reported their vote to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president and her chosen running mate Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota for vice ...
The new party nominee could be formally chosen in early August, when Democrats could take a virtual roll call. A majority of delegates would be needed to pick a candidate to face Trump.