Democratic delegates head home from DNC to Wisconsin and across the country with focus on approaching Election Day

CHICAGO (CBS 58) -- Delegates from Wisconsin and every other state and territory are now returning to their communities after the Democratic National Convention, in anticipation of a hectic home stretch before election day.

Both Republicans and Democrats are now battling over a handful of critical swing states, including Wisconsin.

After the last night of the DNC wrapped, we spoke with people from California, Texas, and Pennsylvania. Tennessee, Montana, and Washington state.

Democrats from state after state told us they feel the energy.

Chris Porter told us, "I'm already starting to make those connections and do that work and I haven't gotten back to Washington state already."

Coretta Graham, of Corpus Christi, Texas, said, "I am feeling exhilarated."

And Daniel Mitrovich of California told us he felt "The heart, the passion, the integrity."

"I can't believe I'm still walking, but I'm walking on air," said Louis Grossman of Sarasota, Florida.

We asked about some of the issues most important to them.

Jai Lipscomb, a Tennessee delegate, said, "Women's rights. The youth, our future. It just gives us hope."

Now they want to bring that energy home.

Melinda Skilondz, a Montana transplant, said, "I'm so happy, I'm so pleased as punch."

Lipscomb said, "We're going to be knocking on doors, calling you."

Francke had a message for fellow Democrats: "You better go out and do something. Go do something."

We also met Colleen Timm, of Crystal Lake, Illinois. She told us, "The things I learned here this week, I want to take back."

Timm is now headed to Wisconsin, even though she doesn't live there.

She said she's going because "They need boots on the ground, and we need Wisconsin to win."

With her home state of Illinois safely blue, she wants to head somewhere she thinks she can make a difference.

She said her lifelong-Republican mother recently became a Harris-Walz supporter, and Colleen wants to speak with more people like her in a swing state.

Timm said the message that convinced her mother to rethink her vote was, "Yes, you are a staunch Republican, however I have a more wonderful future for your children and your grandchildren. And here's what it would look like."

Christopher Walton is going home to Milwaukee to try and connect with people who may feel their votes don't matter.

He's a Wisconsin Delegate who told us, "A lot of communities, especially on the northside of Milwaukee, don't always feel they have that. But I feel that it has been discussed."

But he wants his community to know the Democratic platform addresses their concerns.

Walton told us, "They've talked about it constantly. Issues about housing affordability, issues about education, child care."

Making connections may look different in different communities.

Walton said, in Milwaukee, "We're going to be knocking on doors, we're going to be making phone calls."

Lipscomb, the Tennesseean, said, "We've been doing facetime, things like that so our youth can actually get involved."

But they're all eager to get to work.

Jane Evansmore is a West Virginia Delegate who announced her state's votes at Tuesday's ceremonial roll call. When we caught up with her later in the week, she said, "I'm having a ball. I just wish I had the energy to stay up and party all night."

Evansmore said she's ready to speak with as many potential voters as possible. "I learned some time ago that if people just talked to each other, often you're going to find out you have something in common."

And whether they're flying across the country after the DNC, or driving up I-94 to Wisconsin, Democrats said they're ready to ramp up their efforts as the head toward election day.

Porter, the Washingtonian, said, "I don't know that I'll be able to go to sleep. I am just that hyped, that excited."

Walton, from Milwaukee, said, "I feel it's going to be a good night. I don't think we're going to bed early, but I think we're going to bed happy."