43 Days
WisDems 2025 Convention
Important Dates and Deadlines:
- March 16: Nomination signatures collection may begin
- March 16 – May 24, 2025: CD Conventions
- May 17: State Party Monitored Delegate Request Form Closes
- May 17: Accommodations Requests and Cost Assistance Requests Form deadline
- May 24, 5 PM: Nomination signatures and declaration of intent forms due to State Party staff
- May 24, 5 PM: All State Convention delegate lists due from County Parties to State Party
- May 31, 5PM: Delegates must be current members of the Party by this date or will lose their delegate status.
- June 14-15: Officers elected at State Convention by ranked choice voting
Exhibitor Deadlines:
- May 12: Hospitality Suites and Exhibitor Table deadline
- May 16: Convention Program Ad deadline
- June 4: Hospitality Suites Food Orders deadline
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has reserved a special group rate for hotel rooms at the Chula Vista Resort.
For Chula Vista Resort:
Please call 1-844-372-3019 and give booking ID #K64153 – Democratic Party of WI. The discounted rate will not be available online and is only available by calling.
The room block rate will expire after May 13th; after that date, you will have to pay the rates published by Chula Vista, subject to availability.
We highly recommend that you make your reservation as soon as possible, as we expect our group blocks to fill up quickly!
**Note: this schedule is subject to change
Saturday, June 14th
- Unity Fair
- Caucus Meetings
- Skills Trainings
- New Delegate Orientation
- Party Unit Meetings
- Convention Programming
- Hospitality Suites
Sunday, June 15th
- Hospitality Suites
- Convention Programming
- Caucus Meetings
- Party Member Elections
- Resolutions Debate
- WisDems Administrative Committee Q2 Meeting
Coming soon!
If you need to request an ADA accommodation, please complete this form no later than Saturday, May 17th.
Accommodation Request Form: CLICK HERE
If you have any questions about accessibility accommodations or need assistance requesting accommodations, please email stateconvention@wisdems.org.
Please find all links related to the 2025 WisDems State Convention collected below.
For more information & context on each of the below-included links, please continue reading further down this web page.
2025 State & CD Delegate Quotas
Click here for a list of FAQs regarding this year’s State Convention.
Candidates for all of the WisDems offices are up for election every odd-numbered year: the Chair, 1st Vice Chair, 2nd Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary.
Per Article III, Section 8 of the WisDems Constitution, each officer is elected to a two-year term, and shall hold office until July 1 in the year of the succeeding election.
For an overview of the candidate nomination process for all State Party officer candidates, please review the one-pager below.
State Party Officer Candidate Packet: CLICK HERE
As a whole, the WisDems platform & resolutions outline the principles that guide our work as a State Party, as well as the policies we believe in, and the beliefs we hold. The WisDems Constitution, on the other hand, is the governing document for the State Party, dictating the policies & procedures we must follow as an organization.
Prior to their circulation, a draft resolution must be passed by county party membership, and no more than 10 passed resolutions may be sent by the county to the Congressional District chair, no less than ten days before the Congressional District Convention. CD Convention delegates will then consider the drafts, and may forward no more than 10 resolutions to the WisDems Platform & Resolutions Committee via state headquarters. If passed & forwarded by the CD, the P&R Committee will review the submitted resolutions & send them to the State Convention floor for delegates to accept or reject.
The platform is only considered every other year, during the even numbered years.
For more information, please consult the WisDems Constitution & Bylaws by clicking here
This year’s proposed Platform and Resolutions will be coming soon.
Convention and Election rules will be posted upon approval by the respective committees.
If you or someone you know is interested in tabling during the Unity Fair, hosting a hospitality suite, placing an advertisement in the State Convention program, or otherwise serving as an exhibitor at the State Convention, please email at stateconvention@wisdems.org.
The official exhibitor guide is linked here!
Information about each of the Congressional District Conventions can be found on DPW’s CD Conventions webpage, linked below.
2025 CD Conventions: CLICK HERE
State Convention delegates are not required to attend their CD Conventions as delegates, but per Article IV, Section 2 of the DPW Bylaws, delegate status preference is given to attendees of CD Conventions.
Official business at this year’s CD Conventions will include the consideration of resolutions, and to elect a P&R committee member & alternate, as well as anything else the CD would like to pursue.
Please contact your local county party Chairperson for more information on being a delegate to a Congressional District Convention. County and CD Chair information is linked below.
County Party Chair Information: CLICK HERE
CD Party Chair Information: CLICK HERE
