2012 Democratic National Convention
2012 presidential election
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Nominees
Obama and Biden |
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| Convention | |
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| Date(s) | September 4–6, 2012 |
| City | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Venue | Time Warner Cable Arena |
| Chair | Antonio Villaraigosa |
| Keynote speaker | Julian Castro of Texas |
| Notable speakers |
Jennifer Granholm Cory Booker Tim Kaine Lincoln Chafee Rahm Emanuel Martin O'Malley Michelle Obama Sandra Fluke Elizabeth Warren Bill Clinton Scarlett Johansson Caroline Kennedy Brian Schweitzer Patty Murray Barbara Mikulski Charlie Crist |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | Barack Obama of Illinois |
| Vice Presidential nominee | Joe Biden of Delaware |
| Other candidates | Keith Russell Judd, Randall Terry and John Wolfe, Jr. (disqualified) |
| Voting | |
| Total delegates | 5,554 |
| Votes needed for nomination | 2,778 (absolute majority) |
| Results (President) | Obama (IL): 5,415 (100%) |
| Results (Vice President) | Joe Biden (DE): 100% (Acclamation) |
| Ballots | 1 |
The 2012 Democratic National Convention was a gathering, held from September 4 to September 6, 2012, in Charlotte, North Carolina, in which delegates of the Democratic Party chose the party's nominees for President and Vice President in the 2012 United States national election.
On April 3, 2012, President Barack Obama won the Maryland and District of Columbia primaries, giving him more than the required 2,778 delegates to secure the presidential nomination. He had previously announced that Vice President Joe Biden would remain as his vice presidential running mate in his re-election bid.
First Lady Michelle Obama announced on February 1, 2011, in an email to supporters that Charlotte, North Carolina, had been chosen as the site for the 2012 Convention. The event was the first nominating convention of a major party ever held in North Carolina. Charlotte was one of four finalists announced by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on June 30, 2010, the others being Cleveland, Minneapolis and St. Louis. It was expected that Charlotte's hosting of this event would generate more than $150 million for Charlotte and surrounding metropolitan areas and bring over 35,000 delegates and visitors. North Carolina was a closely contested state in the 2008 presidential election, with Barack Obama winning the state's 15 electoral votes by just 13,692 votes (out of more than 4.2 million votes cast) and Democrats Kay Hagan and Bev Perdue winning close elections for U.S. Senate and Governor, respectively.
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