Framed by the city’s skyline on a picture-perfect spring day, Chicago Democrats celebrated winning the 2024 Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, vowing the pick would vault President Joe Biden into a second term.
Along with U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Pritzker pitched Chicago — a deeply blue city in the center of an increasingly red Midwest — as the best way for Democrats to reach voters in nearby swing states like Michigan and Wisconsin, both of which proved crucial in Biden’s victory over former President Donald Trump in 2020.“We are an ideal backdrop here in Chicago for President Biden and Vice President Harris to tell their own stories to the American people,” Pritzker said.
Pritzker, a billionaire entrepreneur who also has been a major donor to Democratic candidates and causes nationally, promised national Democratic leaders that the convention would not leave the party in debt, as other gatherings have in recent years. The convention will take place at the United Center, with some events at McCormick Place and Wintrust Arena, officials said. The home of the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks also hosted to the 1996 Democratic National Convention, which jump-started efforts to revitalize the West Loop, an area that is now home to trendy restaurants, hip shops and hundreds of new apartments and condominiums.
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