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Democratic
National
Convention
(committees announced
July 12, 2012)
(page
updated September 5, 2012)
Credentials Committee
Co-Chairs
Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio and Bishop Vashti McKenzie, African American Methodist Church
Vice Chairs
Janet Cowell, Treasurer of North Carolina
Assemblywoman Lucy Flores (NV)
Norman Mineta, former U.S. Rep. and Secretary of Transportation; now
Vice Chair of Public Policy at Hill & Knowlton
Lee Saunders, Secretary-Treasurer of AFSCME
25 Party Leader and
Elected Official (PLEO) members elected by the DNC Executive
Committee
161 members elected by each of the states
and territories
Rules Committee
Co-Chairs
Attorney General Kamala Harris of California and Gov. Martin O’Malley
of Maryland
Vice Chairs
Tammy Duckworth, former Assistant
Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Diana Enos, president of the Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Eric Garcetti, member of the Los
Angeles City Council
Alan Solow, partner and Vice Chair of
the U.S. Restructuring Group at DLA Piper LLP (US)
25 Party Leader and
Elected Official (PLEO) members elected by the DNC Executive
Committee
161 members elected by each of the states
and territories
Platform
Committee
The
full Platform Committee met August 10-12, 2012 in Detroit, MI.
Chairs
Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, NJ and Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy (Ret.)
Vice Chairs
State Rep.
Crisanta Duran (CO)
Andrés López, attorney in San Juan, PR
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy (PA)
Randy Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers
25 Party Leader and
Elected Official (PLEO) members elected by the DNC Executive
Committee
161 members elected by each of the states
and territories
National Platform Director Andrew Grossman
Owner of Grossman Solutions from
Feb. 2007. President of the Health Information Campaign, an
organization founded
in 2010 to educate the public about the Affordable Care Act.
Founded and served as executive director of Wal-Mart Watch, Dec.
2004-Jan. 2007. Director of polling and targeting for America
Coming Together (ACT) during the 2004 general election campaign.
Political director and then executive director of the DSCC,
1999-2003. BA in government from Colby College, 1991.
Reactions to Platform
Amendments
Sept. 5: Democratic
National Committee | Arab
American Institute | Republican
Jewish Coalition | American
Atheists,
Inc.
Platform Drafting Committee
The
Platform Drafting Committee held a
national hearing July 27-29,
2012 in Minneapolis, MN. Requests to testify and
written testimony were accepted via online
portal at www.democrats.org/platform. Submissions were to be
received prior to 5pm EST on Friday, July, 20, 2012.
Chair Members
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