Which Hoosiers will be at the Democratic National Convention? Here's Indiana's delegation

Hoosiers didn't have very far to travel to reach the Democratic National Convention, which kicked off Monday in Chicago .

By the end of the four-day convention, Indiana's 88 delegates will have helped nominate Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for Democrats' presidential ticket in the 2024 election.

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Former U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly , who recently retired from his post as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, is leading the delegation as chair. A handful of party leaders, like sitting members of Congress or DNC members, are automatically delegates; the rest were nominated by state delegates at the Indiana Democratic Party's convention in July.

Here's who is part of Indiana's delegation to the DNC:

Automatic Delegates

• U.S. Rep. André Carson
• State Party Vice Chair Myla Eldridge
• Shaw Friedman
• David Frye
• Lacy Johnson
• U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan
• State Party Chair Mike Schmuhl
• Deborah Simon
• Patti Yount

PLEO (Party Leader and Elected Official) Delegates

• Evansville Councilor Alexander Burton
• Annette Craycraft
• State Rep. Carey Hamilton
• Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett
• State Rep. Carolyn Jackson
• Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott
• Gary Mayor Eddie Melton
• Terre Haute Mayor Brandon Sakbun
• Bloomington Mayor Kerry Thomson

1st Congressional District (Gary area)

• Paul Armando Aguilera Jr.
• Chesterton Councilor Erin N. Collins
• Jim Harper
• State Rep. Ragen Hatcher
• Michigan City Mayor Angela Nelson Deiutch
• State Rep. Vernon Smith
• Former State Sen. Karen Tallian

2nd Congressional District (South Bend area)

• Elkhart City Councilor Chad Crabtree
• South Bend City Clerk Bianca Tirado
• Emily Voorde
• Alexander Wait

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3rd Congressional District (Fort Wayne area)

• Kiley Adolph
• Derek Camp
• Tito Farias
• Patricia Hays
• Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker

4th Congressional District (Lafayette area)

• Vincent Aguirre
• David Anderson
• Thatcher Anderson
• Brownsburg Councilor Cindy Hohman
• Linda Lasiter
• Former Greencastle Councilor Veronica Pejril

5th Congressional District (Muncie area)

• Rebecca Crumes
• Dan T. Montgomery
• Heather Pirowski
• Seth Rawlings
• David Rosenthal
• Monique Wise

6th Congressional District (Columbus area)

• Connor Elliott
• Matthew Kochevar
• Jane Phillips
• Blythe Potter
• David Ziemba

7th Congressional District (Indianapolis)

• Tracy Boyd
• LaMar Holliday
• Bryan Lilienkamp
• Karla Lopez-Owens
• Alex Nyirendah
• State Rep. Cherrish Pryor
• Indianapolis City-County Councilor Nick Roberts
• Andrea Scott

8th Congressional District (Evansville area)

• Stan Levco
• Martha Nice
• Cheryl Schultz
• Newburgh Town Councilor Allyson Shelby
• Evansville Councilor Ben Trockman

9th Congressional District (Bloomington area)

• Bloomington City Clerk Nicole Bolden
• New Albany Councilor Adam Dickey
• Former State Rep. Linda Lawson
• John Perkins
• Floyd County Councilman Tony Toran
• Bloomington Councilor Sydney Zulich

At-Large Delegates

• Zechariah Banks
• Erin Collings
• Devon Davis
• Kaleb Hagen
• Lawrenceburg Councilor Dylan Liddle
• Victor Lopez
• Cami Padilla
• Leslie Salazar
• Amy Schwarz
• Emma Shriberg
• Samantha Smulyan
• Rick Sutton
• Mary-Kathryn Takeuchi
• Rebecca Tomerlin
• Tom Wallace
• James Wells

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Alternate Delegates

• Elkhart City Councilor Arvis Dawson
• Keith Gambill
• Liane Groth Hulka
• Annette M. Johnson
• Amy Levander
• Valparaiso Councilor Diana Reed
• Jim Wieser

Contact IndyStar state government and politics reporter Kayla Dwyer at kdwyer@indystar.com or follow her on Twitter @kayla_dwyer17 .

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