CHICAGO – Vice President Kamala Harris will take center stage in Chicago on Thursday, the last day of the convention, to accept the party’s nomination for president.
The DNC kicked off Monday, just four weeks after President Joe Biden shuttered his campaign and made way for Harris to ascend to the top of Democrats’ ticket.
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The political transformation just months ahead of the general election matchup with the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, has meant a rapid succession of changes for Democrats’ 2024 calculus in general — making the convention all the more noteworthy.
The theme of the final night is “For Our Future.”
Democrats are rounding out list of speakers for DNC’s final night before Harris takes the stage
After a week of Democrats’ most prominent figures rallying the party faithful, Harris will accept her party’s nomination during a speech in which she is widely expected to offer her vision and policy agenda to the American people.
The convention’s final night will include remarks from some of the party’s most prominent battleground state Democrats, including figures in competitive statewide races.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy will all deliver remarks. Tennessee state lawmakers Justin Jones, Justin Pearson and Gloria Johnson, the " Tennessee Three, " will speak. Jones and Pearson were expelled from the state Legislature for participating in a protest on gun control at the state Capitol.
Other speakers include Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge; Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Bob Casey, D-Pa., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Reps. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., Lucy McBath, D-Ga., Joe Neguse, D-Colo., Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Colin Allred, D-Texas, and Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., as well as former Reps. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, the prominent civil rights leader, also will speak. The pop star Pink will perform.