Featured Delegates

Jim Kraft, Baltimore City This is my 7th Convention not including the 1978 Mid-term.  Over those years, I have had many memorable moments, but one of the most moving was in 1980 in New York. Read More

Len Lucchi The 2008 DNC will be my eighth convention.  When I was 6, my parents took me to both the 1964 Democratic and Republican Conventions.  There was virtually no security, so it was easy to get in.  I thought the Democrats were much more fun than the Republicans.  Read More

Curt Anderson, Baltimore City My first and only convention until now is a bittersweet memory.  I had campaigned for several weeks on behalf of the Governor from Arkansas in 1992.  I was elated when my name was placed on the Maryland ballot and when I was subsequently selected as a "Clinton" Delegate.  Read More

Bob Kresslein, Frederick County This is my sixth Democratic Convention.  Security has certainly changed over the past twenty years. In 1988, so many people snuck into the Omni in Atlanta that the fire marshal closed the convention…leaving many delegates and VIPS languishing in the World Congress Center, including Senator Edward Kennedy and our then freshman Senator Barbara Mikulski. Read More

Maggie McIntosh, Baltimore City Traveling to Denver represents my second experience as an elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention, yet a comparison of these two conventions reveals to me almost polar opposite experiences. You see, in 1980 I was a delegate for Ted Kennedy, who, as you may recall, did not concede his loss in the primary until the convention. Read More

Mary Jo Neville, Howard County Like many activists, I grew up watching the Democratic conventions on TV. My grandfather was a campaign worker for Mayor Tommy D'Alesandro, so I guess Democratic politics was in my blood. But I never thought I would have the honor to attend a convention myself. Read More