Glenn and Jolene with Barack and Michelle in Denver

State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey and his wife, Del. Jolene Ivey, will attend, the latter as an elected delegate for Obama, said the former's spokesman, Ramon V. Korionoff.

Korionoff said the state's attorney initially planned to stay home with his children while his wife attended but decided that the moment was too historic to be missed. Korionoff said Glenn Ivey was an early supporter of Obama and had been a classmate of the presidential hopeful's wife, Michelle, at Princeton University and Harvard Law School.

"After some reflection, he realized that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Korionoff said.