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President Biden and his party have selected Chicago to host the 2024
Democratic National Convention, elevating a large liberal city in the
heart of the Midwest, a critical battleground region.
The convention will be held Aug. 19-22 next year at the United Center, the Democratic National Committee announced on Tuesday. Republicans plan to
hold their 2024 national convention on July 15-18 in Milwaukee, just north
of Chicago, underscoring the fierce competition for the Midwest on the
cusp of another presidential election.
In the final deliberations, Chicago beat out New York � another
progressive city whose advocates had boasted of its infrastructure and fund-raising resources � as well as Atlanta, in a presidential
battleground state. Houston was eliminated earlier in the process.
If Mr. Biden becomes his party�s 2024 standard-bearer, as many Democrats expect, the Chicago gathering will be his first traditionally splashy nominating convention. The 2020 event, scheduled for Milwaukee, became an almost entirely virtual affair, after the coronavirus outbreak forced the cancellation of major in-person appearances.
�Chicago is a great choice to host the 2024 Democratic National
Convention,� Mr. Biden said in a statement. �Democrats will gather to
showcase our historic progress including building an economy from the
middle out and bottom up, not from the top down.�
On Tuesday, Mr. Biden called Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois personally to
tell him the news that Chicago had won the bid. �Chicago is your kind of
town,� Mr. Pritzker replied, according to a person with knowledge of the
call who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss
the conversation, �and we�re going to throw a huge party for you.�
Chicago�s boosters argued that it was a bastion of Democratic Party values
� a liberal place that embraced abortion rights, L.G.B.T.Q. rights, and
labor and civil rights � and that Illinois reflected the diversity of the nation. Mr. Pritzker, a longtime Democratic donor, also made clear that
the city � home to major party benefactors � had the financial resources, experience and infrastructure to run a smooth large-scale event.
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