Texas Democratic Party Announces List of 2022 Convention Speakers

Speakers will include the following*:

FRIDAY, JULY 15

• DNC Chair Jaime Harrison
• Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa 
• Vice Chair Shay Wyrick Cathey
• Vice Chair for Finance Chris Hollins
• High School Student Phillip Soto to sing the National Anthem 
• Dallas County Chair Kristy Noble
• Convention Co-Chair & State Rep. Jessica González
• Convention Co-Chair & State Rep. Julie Johnson 
• Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins
• State Sen. Royce West
• Texas Young Democrats President & Ector County Chair Hannah Horick
• Former DNC Rural Council Chair Betty Richie
• Midland County Chair Cathy Broadrick
• Bowie County Chair Zebrina Robertson
• State Sen. Roland Gutierrez
• Texas Legislative Black Caucus Chair Nicole Collier
• State Rep. Gina Hinojosa 
• Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner
• Members of the House Democratic Caucus 
• Luci Baines Johnson
• Emmett Schelling
• Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee
• Congressman Colin Allred
• Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
• Congressman Marc Veasey
• Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson
• Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy
• Secretary Julián Castro
• State Sen. Carol Alvarado
• Former State Sen. Wendy Davis
• State Rep. Donna Howard
• Rev. Deneen Robinson
• Nominee for Travis Co. Clerk Dyana Limon-Mercado
• Railroad Commissioner Nominee Luke Warford
• Agriculture Commissioner Nominee Susan Hays
• Land Commissioner Nominee Jay Kleberg
• Comptroller Nominee Janet Dudding
• Attorney General Nominee Rochelle Garza
• Lt. Governor Nominee Mike Collier
• Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III
• Gubernatorial Nominee Beto O'Rourke

SATURDAY, JULY 16

• Former Texas Democratic Party Chair Boyd Richie 
• Susan Slagle, wife of the late Bob Slagle, former Texas Democratic Party Chairman
• Harris County Chair Odus Evbagharu
• Fort Bend County Judge KP George
• Nominee for Tarrant County Judge Deborah Peoples
• State Rep. James Talarico 
• Texas State House Nominees Venton Jones, Mihaela Plesa, Frank Ramirez, Liz Ginsberg, and Becca Moyer DeFelice
• Former State Rep. Glen Maxey
• Congressional Nominee Jrmar Jefferson
• Candidates for Party Office, including Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa, Col. Kim Olson, and Chairman Carroll Robinson
• State Sen. César Blanco
• State Sen. Nathan Johnson
• Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia
• Congressman Al Green
• Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher
• Congressional Nominee and State Rep. Jasmine Crockett
• Congressional Nominee Michelle Vallejo
• Congressional Nominee Greg Casar
• Statewide Judicial Nominees
• State Board of Education Member Marisa B. Pérez-Díaz
• Chair of the Harassment Free Environment Committee Tammie Hartgroves 
• Members of the Senate Democratic Caucus & Nominees for Texas Senate 
• Members & Nominees of the State Board of Education 
• Additional Party Officers and Permanent Committee Chairs to present Party Business 

*This list is subject to modifications and additions