Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are the headline speakers on Tuesday.
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Former President Barack Obama will speak Tuesday evening at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the city where he got his political start.
A popular former president, the most powerful Democrat in the U.S. Senate and one of the country’s leading left-wing voices will make the case for Vice President Kamala Harris on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will close Tuesday’s programming, with Mr. Obama headlining the evening in the city where he got his political start. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, and Senator Bernie Sanders, the progressive Vermont independent, will speak earlier in the night.
The program includes a handful of anti-Trump Republicans, family members of prominent Democrats, lawmakers and other Democratic officials. Doug Emhoff, the husband of Ms. Harris, is scheduled to speak just before the Obamas. The lineup also includes Jason Carter, a grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, who has said he plans to vote for Ms. Harris this fall after his 100th birthday, according to his family.
Here are some of the most notable names in the lineup:
6 o’clock hour (all times Eastern)
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Jason Carter, grandson of Jimmy Carter
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Jack Schlossberg, the cousin of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running as an independent, and the only grandson of former President John F. Kennedy
7 o’clock hour
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Stephanie Grisham, a former press secretary during the Trump administration
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Senator Gary Peters of Michigan
A roll call and remarks by the Minnesota and California delegations are scheduled for the 8 p.m. hour.
9 o’clock hour
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Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader
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Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont
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Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico
10 o’clock hour
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Angela Alsobrooks, a local official in Maryland running for Senate
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Mayor John Giles of Mesa, Ariz., a Republican
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Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
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Doug Emhoff, Ms. Harris’s husband
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Michelle Obama, former first lady
11 o’clock hour
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Former President Barack Obama
Neil Vigdor contributed reporting.
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