On the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, a roll call of the states was ceremonially held. Due to the then-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the roll call and convention were held virtually rather than in a single venue. Also due to the pandemic, formal voting on the party's nomination was done virtually and in advance of the convention, making the roll call at the convention purely ceremonial.
The roll call saw participation by all of the convention's 57 delegations (including all 50 states and seven additional territories/jurisdictions (the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and Democrats Abroad). Organizers planned for it to last approximately 30 minutes. Convention secretary Jason Rae directed (MC-ed) the roll call from a podium in the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee.
The production of the remote roll call was widely praised.
Order of nominations
Announcing their states' delegates' nominations were: List of speakers announcing delegations' roll-call votes, sortable State Speaker Position/Notability Location Notes Cite Alabama United States Representative from Alabama Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama Alaska Veteran, commercial fisherman, Alaska Native leader and Democratic Party activist Alaska Native leader featured in DNC roll call, KTUU (August 19, 2020). American Samoa Democratic Party leaders of American Samoa Arizona Middle school social studies teacher Arizona teacher gets turn in spotlight, as Democrats officially nominate Biden, Cronkite News (Arizona PBS) (August 10, 2020).Arkansas Chef at Clinton Foundation Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas California United States Representative from California Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from the 1st District and former United States Secretary of Labor Colorado Immigrant and party activist Connecticut Retired firefighter and firefighters' union leader Hartford, ConnecticutEmilie Munson, Firefighters' union chief wins CT roll call honors at Democratic convention, CT Insider (August 18, 2020). Delaware Governor of DelawareJoseph R. Biden, Jr., Railroad Station in Wilmington, Delaware Passed to go lastTom CarperUnited States Senator from Delaware Democrats Abroad International Chair of Democrats Abroad Prague, Czech Republic District of Columbia Mayor of the District of Columbia Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC Florida Gun control activist Pompano Beach, Florida Georgia Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia, Georgia State Senator for Georgia's 39th state senate district and 2020 Democratic nominee for Georgia's 5th congressional district Atlanta, Georgia Guam Chair of the Democratic Party of Guam Hawaii Civil rights activist Idaho Mayor of Boise Boise, Idaho Illinois Former United States Senator from Illinois Old State Capitol State Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois Indiana Former mayor of South Bend South Bend, Indiana Iowa Former United States Secretary of Agriculture and former governor of Iowa Kansas Farmer Kentucky Education advocate Louisiana United States Representative from LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana Mayor of New Orleans Maine Maine State Representative from Maine's 82nd state house district Winthrop, Maine Maryland President of the Baltimore City CouncilFrederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park in Baltimore, Maryland College student Massachusetts Massachusetts State Representative from the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Plymouth district Michigan United States senator from Michigan Detroit, Michigan UAW auto worker Minnesota United States senator from Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Mayor of St. Paul St. Paul, Minnesota Mississippi President of Tougaloo College Missouri Bricklayer St. Louis, Missouri Montana Recent college graduate Phil Drake, Montana delegation delivers 24 votes for Biden, 1 for Sanders, Great Falls Tribune (August 18, 2020). Nebraska Meatpacking employee Nevada United States Representative from Nevada's 1st congressional district Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign in Paradise, Nevada New Hampshire Former governor of New Hampshire New Jersey Governor of New Jersey Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, New Jersey New Mexico New Mexico State Representative from New Mexico's 65th state House district Sandia Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico New York Registered nurse and member of 1199 SEIU Lieutenant Governor of New York Kathy Hochul in attendance North Carolina Democratic activist Charlotte, North Carolina North Dakota Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation citizen and advocate Grace Kraemer, New Town man gets to cast North Dakota's Democratic delegates for president, KFYR-TV (August 19, 2020). Northern Mariana Islands Chair of the Northern Mariana Islands Democratic Party Ohio United States Representative from Ohio's 13th congressional district IBEW organizer Oklahoma Chair of the Oklahoma Democratic Party Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma Oregon Activist We Choose Love memorial in Portland, Oregon Registered Nurse Pennsylvania United States senator from Pennsylvania Childhood home of Joe Biden in Scranton, Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Majority leader of the Puerto Rico Senate Rhode Island Chair of the Rhode Island Democratic Party and Rhode Island State Representative from Rhode Island's 19th state house district Oakland Beach, Warwick John Bordieri, a chef from Bristol, accompanied McNamara, holding a plate of fried calamari. His presence attracted much Internet chatter, as did McNamara's dubbing of Rhode Island as the "". South Carolina U.S. Senate nominee and former chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina South Dakota Tribal activist of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Black Hills in South Dakota Member of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe represents South Dakota during DNC, KOTA-TV (August 19, 2020). Tennessee College student Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee Hermitage Hotel was the location of the final ratification of the 19th Amendment (granting female suffrage) 100 years prior on August 18, 1920 Texas United States Representative from Texas's 16th congressional district El Paso, Texas Utah Mayor of Salt Lake County Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah Vermont Lieutenant Governor of Vermont Bernie Sanders and Jane Sanders in attendance Virgin Islands, U.S. Chair of the Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands Virginia Lawyer Freedom of Speech Wall, Charlottesville, Virginia Washington Washington State Representative from Washington's 41st state house district Kerry Park in Seattle, Washington West Virginia Educator and union organizer Wyoming Activists, parents of Matthew Shepard Wisconsin Lieutenant governor of Wisconsin Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Delaware Governor of DelawareJoseph R. Biden, Jr., Railroad Station in Wilmington, DelawareUnited States senator from Delaware
See also Ceremonial roll call at the 2024 Democratic National Convention
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