KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – With the news that President Joe Biden will not seek reelection, eyes now turn toward the 2024 Democratic National Convention to choose the party’s official nominee. Now, the State of Missouri’s 75 delegates are set to head to the DNC in August. But, how were they chosen?

According to the 2024 Democratic National Convention Plan for the Show-Me State, Missouri is allotted 70 delegates and 5 alternates. These delegates, Missouri voters, are chosen through a lengthy selection process that began in 2023.

As set forth by Missouri’s 2024 plan, the state used a proportional representation system based on the results of the primary election. After the results of the election were certified, the Missouri Democratic Party began its delegate selection meetings to discuss the next moves.

Of the Show-Me State’s 75 delegates, the charter reads that 42 of those will be district-level delegates and 5 will be alternates, the rest are dubbed state-level delegates. The current state-level delegates were chosen during mass meetings before the mid-April deadline. To decide which state-level delegates will head to the National Convention as district-level delegates, a multi-tier caucus and convention system was created.

Candidates in Missouri who wish to be district-level delegates are required to be elected from tier to tier to advance. Candidates are also required to be gender balanced. Congressional district conventions are then held to nominate district delegates who are elected during the Missouri Democratic Convention. Once the choices are certified the delegates are set.

Missouri Democrats announced that the following delegates are set to head to the DNC in Chicago between Aug. 19 and 22:

• Sam Page, St. Louis County Executive
• Quinton Lucas, Mayor of Kansas City
• Tishaura Jones, Mayor of St. Louis
• Doug Beck. State Senator, District 1
• Karla May, State Senator, District 4
• Ashley Aune, State Representative, District 14
• Keri Ingle, State Representative, District 35
• Richard Brown, State Representative, District 27
• Russ Carnahan, Party Chairman
• Yvonne Reeves-Chong, Party Vice-Chair
• Freddy Doss
• Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5)
• Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-1)
• Nanda Nunnelly
• Geneva Allen-Patterson, Biden
• Kenneth Bacchus, Biden
• Sabrina Bonnette, Biden
• John Bowman, Biden
• Kevin Boydston, Biden
• Laura Castaneda, Biden
• Robert Cesario, Biden
• Peter Coyne, Biden
• Zackary Dunn, Biden
• Toni Easter, Biden
• Margaret Edwards, Biden
• Sean Fauss, Biden
• Harvey Ferdman, Biden
• Brock Freeman, Biden
• Geoffrey Gerling, Biden
• Susan Gibson, Biden
• Rachel Gonzalez, Biden
• Ryan Granger, Biden
• Doug Greiner, Biden
• Paul Harper, Biden
• Linda Henry, Biden
• Larry Hightower, Biden
• Randy Hite, Biden
• Debbie Kitchen, Biden
• Marsha Lerenberg, Biden
• Charles McDonald, Biden
• Chuck McDonough, Biden
• Nelson Mitten, Biden
• Austen Musil, Biden
• Sandra Nelson, Biden
• Chade Shorten, Biden
• Clem Smith, Biden
• Kem Smith, Biden
• Marsha Snodgrass, Biden
• Sarah Starnes, Biden
• Daniela Velázquez, Biden
• Loree Voigt, Biden
• Kyle Yarber, Biden
• Anderson Carver, Biden
• Eram Mahmud, Uncommitted
• Rep. Raychel Proudie, Uncommitted
• Michael Berg, Uncommitted
• Rep. Elizabeth Fogle
• Maggie Grimm
• Tyler Joy
• April Rivera
• Matthew Easterling
• Cole Pierce
• Steward Stiles
• Rep. LaKeySha Frazier-Bosley
• Bela Holzer
• Margaret Miles
• Hon. Jalen Anderson
• Justin McCarty
• Preston Pierce
• Jerry Wood
• Monica Curls, Biden
• Rep. Ian Mackey, Biden
• Shelby McClain, Biden
• Asim Thakore, Biden
• Keith Rose, Uncommitted

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Though much of the attention has focused on Kansas’ push to serve as the next home for the Kansas City Chiefs, staying in Missouri remains a strong option.

“We are in some pretty significant conversations with leadership on the Missouri side,” Chiefs president Mark Donovan said. “We are in discussions with the folks in Kansas. We are in discussions and continue our discussions with the folks in Missouri.”

The Chiefs’ current home — GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium — resides on the Missouri side of the border, but there had been speculation they’d jump to Kansas after that state’s governor, Laura Kelly, signed into law on June 21 an expansive plan to issue STAR (sales tax and revenue) bonds.

Kansas is one of three states that has this unique funding system, and under this proposal, state lawmakers would issue bonds for up to 70% of the estimated cost of the stadium project.

“We appreciate the effort that the Kansas legislature made to really supercharge STAR Bonds to make it make sense for a professional sports team to come over there and take advantage of that,” Donovan said. “We don’t take that for granted.”

According to this Kansas plan, some of the state’s retail sales tax from the stadium and surrounding business districts — in addition to lottery and sports betting dollars — would go toward paying off the stadium’s STAR bonds.

After the bonds would be paid off, which is supposed to take 30 years according to the plan, the sales tax from the district would be diverted to the state’s general fund.

Donovan, though, indicated it’s a long way from determining whether that STAR bond proposal is viable.

“There’s a lot of work to be done with Kansas to see what the reality of that is,” Donovan said. “The good news is that it creates more options.”

Donovan said staying at Arrowhead and renovating that structure “very much” remains one of those options.

Though Chiefs are under lease to continue playing there through the end of the 2030 season, Donovan realistically said they need to figure out a direction in the next six months.

“That’s the timeline we’re working on,” he said. “Six months from today, we’re going to have to have a really good idea where we are. We may not be done-done, but we need to have a really good idea.”

Another upcoming event that could factor in is the election to succeed current Missouri governor Mike Parson.

Parson is a huge Chiefs fan, but that didn’t prevent Missouri’s previous plan from failing.

By a measure of 58% to 42% in April, Jackson County, Mo. residents voted against the 3/8 cent sales tax to help fund the Kansas City Royals’ move to the East Crossroads district and the Chiefs’ renovations at their existing stadium.

One of the most vocal detractors was Jackson County executive Frank White, a five-time All-Star whose No. 20 was retired by the Royals

White had said the Royals and Chiefs were not transparent on the community benefits that would ensue, that the teams’ ownership should pay more of the bill and that the tax would have cost too much at $2 billion over 40 years.

“It’s just not an equitable situation,” White exclusively shared. “I can’t just rubber stamp this deal because I played sports. I was elected to be a good steward to the taxpayer dollars, and that’s my goal.”

Donovan said he met with White after the vote and had a good conversation.

There also has been discussion that sports betting, which is allowed in Kansas — but not Missouri — could impact the Chiefs’ decision on what to state to play in, but Donovan dismissed that notion.

“I don’t think that is a significant factor,” Donovan said. “If we get something done in Missouri, it’s something we’d be able to add to whatever we’re going to do here, but that’s not a big factor in making the decision one way or the other.”

Gambling issues aside, the stakes remain high regarding where the Chiefs will call home.

“This is going to impact the future of this franchise for generations,” Donovan said. “We’ve got to get it right and we are going to do the due diligence.”