BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Democratic Party today released the complete roster for this year’s state delegation to the 2016 Democratic National Convention. The delegation includes 59 voting delegates, 4 alternates, 6 appointees to the convention’s standing committees, and 2 official pages. Elections were held this spring by congressional district to determine district-level delegates, while party leaders and elected officials (“PLEO”) and at-large delegates were voted upon by members of the Democratic State Central Committee last weekend.
The full roster of the Louisiana delegation is as follows:
Unpledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials (8):
Governor John Bel Edwards
Rep. Cedric Richmond, Congressman for LA 2nd District
Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, Chair of Louisiana Democratic Party
Michael McHale, 1st Vice Chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party
Arlanda Williams, 2nd Vice Chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party
Ben Jeffers, DNC Committeeman At-Large
Deborah Langhoff, DNC Committeewoman
Arthur Morrell, DNC Committeeman
Congressional-Level Delegates (33):
1st Congressional District, Clinton
Tom Anderson
Lila Tritico Hogan
1st Congressional District, Sanders
David F. Easley
Gilda Werner Reed
2nd Congressional District, Clinton
Diana E. Bajoie
Jared C. Brossett
Troy C. Carter Sr.
Felicia Kahn
Walt Leger
Cynthia Hedge Morrell
2nd Congressional District, Sanders:
Preston J. Edwards, Sr.
Keisha Lewis
3rd Congressional District, Clinton
Sheryl Romero Abshire
Charles Bennett
Carla Webb Clark
3rd Congressional District, Sanders
Zachary Bertrand Edwards
Theresa Rohloff
4th Congressional District, Clinton
Roy Burrell
Barbara Norton
Terika Williams-Walker
Bernie Woods, Sr.
4th Congressional District, Sanders
Ryan Trundle
5th Congressional District, Clinton
Charla Nicole Burns
Marcus Hunter
Katrina Jackson
Rodney McFarland, Sr.
Ronnie Lamar Traylor
5th Congressional District, Sanders
Chelsea Gravel
6th Congressional District, Clinton
Michael Bernhard
Randal L. Gaines
Sheila D. Lewis, Ph.D.
Patricia Haynes Smith
6th Congressional District, Sanders
Mike Drey
PLEO (7) and At-Large (11) Delegates:
Clinton PLEO
Wesley Bishop
Sibal Suarez Holt
Mary Landrieu
Mitch Landrieu
Jennifer Vidrine
Clinton At Large
Jay H. Banks
Sean Bruno
Lisa Diggs
James K. “Jim” Harlan
Carol R. Leblanc
C. Denise Marcelle
Nita Steele
Lynda Woolard
Sanders PLEO
Caina Munson Green
Kyle Mark Green, Jr.
Sanders At Large
Mozella Bell
Davante Lewis
Elizabeth B. Scott
At Large Alternates (4):
Clinton At Large Alternates
Frederick D’Wayne Bell, II
Darlene Fields
Edward “Ted” James
Sanders At Large Alternate
Gretchen S. Shotwell
Standing Committee Appointments:
Platform
Robert Johnson (Sanders)
Jackie Lansdale (Clinton)
Credentials
Jolan Jolivette (Clinton)
Dr. Eileen Velez (Clinton)
Rules
Cleo Fields (Clinton)
Vivian Hiner (Clinton)
Pages:
Bruce Ford
Natalie Johnson