Join us for the 145th IDEA Convention in French Lick from August 20-23, 2026!
ATTENDING? PAY YOUR $20 IDEA REGISTRATION FEE TODAY!
Your registration fee helps us put on vital programming and make French Lick available and open to all Hoosier Democrats.
ROOM BLOCK INFO
LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE. Must call and give them group number: 1-844-241-6361, Group code: 0826IDP
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
Kick Up Your Heels Winery Event – French Lick Winery – 5-7 PM ET. Featuring Special Guest former First Lady of Indiana Judy O’Bannon.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
Running as a Democrat – Morning Jog with Jamee Decio for Congress — French Lick Lawn — 7:30 AM ET. CHIP IN HERE TO PARTICIPATE
Golf Outing Breakfast — Donald Ross Golf Course Clubhouse — 9 AM ET. BUY TICKETS HERE FOR NON-GOLFERS – $40
Golf Outing Tee-Off — Donald Ross Gold Course — 10:30 AM ET.
Indiana Young Dems Executive Board — Murdock — 1 PM ET.
Rural Summit – Power Packs & Impact Building — Murdock Room — 2 PM ET (Indiana Rural Summit Founder Michelle Higgs).
Chair’s Welcome / Ice Cream Social — French Lick Resort Veranda — 3 PM ET.
Engaging Youth at the High School & College Level — Taggart 100 — 4 PM ET (Zach Harrison / Issac Chapman Whitehead / Rae Hofelich / Kye Benford).
Golf Tournament Awards — The Donald Ross Course — 5 PM ET.
Indiana Democratic Federation of Women Pajama Party — Taggart 100 — 7 PM ET (CORRECTION: ORIGINALLY MARKED AS 6 PM.)
Orange County Friends and Family Dinner — French Lick American Legion — 6:30 PM ET, Doors 5:30 PM. BUY TICKETS HERE – $30
Hospitality Suites — French Lick Resorts Suites — 9 PM ET.
Young Democrats — Room 1226
Statewide Candidates — Room 1626
Indiana Conservation Voters — Room 1326
House Democrats — Room 1501
Senate Democrats — Room 3218
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
IDEA Conference Breakfast — French Lick Resort Upper Gardens — 8:30 AM Registration, 9 AM Program. (Beau Bayh, Jessica Bailey and Coumba Kebe, moderated by Amd. Joe Donnelly) BUY TICKETS HERE – $45
SCC Meeting — Clifton 102A — 10:30 AM ET.
O’Bannon Innovative Tools: Paid Media – Phone and Texting Strategies — Taggart 100 — 10:30 AM ET (Voter Phones President and Founder Travis Worl).
O’Bannon Party Building Session: Social Media & Media Training for County Parties and Local Candidates — Murdock 101 — 10:30 AM ET (IDP Communications Director Sam Barloga).
O’Bannon Innovative Tools: Using Mobilize and VAN to Run Successful Phone Banks/Canvass — Clifton 102B — 10:30 AM ET (Former IDP Executive Director Dayna Colbert).
Rural Summit – Power Packs & Impact Building — Hickman 103 — 10:30 AM ET (Rural Summit Founder Michelle Higgs).
Podcast on the Porch — French Lick Resort Veranda — 11:30 AM ET (HoosLeft Host Scott Aaron Rogers).
Stonewall Democrats Meeting — Taggart 100 — 12 NOON ET.
IDEA Business Meeting — Hickman 103 — 1 PM ET.
O’Bannon Party Building Session: County Chair Roundtable — Murdock 101 — 1 PM ET (Vanderburgh County Chair and CD8 Vice Chair Cheryl Schultz, Floyd County and CD9 Chair Adam Dickey and IDP Deputy Chair Derek Camp).
O’Bannon Critical Issues Session: Election Law Updates & Voter Protection — Clifton 102B — 2 PM ET (Former IDP Chair John Zody and Indiana Election Division Co-Director Angie Nussmeyer).
O’Bannon Party Building Session: Best Practices for Candidate Recruitment — Murdock — 2 PM ET (Knox County Chair Marsha Fleming, Allen County Chad Wierzbinski and Daviess County Chair Tiffanie Arthur).
O’Bannon Innovative Tools: Community Fundraising — Murdock — 3 PM ET (IDP Deputy Chair for County Party Programming Derek Camp).
Indiana Democratic Senior Caucus Meeting — Hickman 103 — 3 PM ET.
District 9 Meeting — Taggart 100 — 3 PM ET.
District 8 Meeting — Murdock 101 — 3 PM ET.
8th District Reception — Windsor Ballroom C — 4 PM ET.
Lee H. Hamilton Dinner — French Lick Springs Hotel — 6 PM. ET BUY TICKETS HERE — $75.
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