Illinois’ top Democrats announced Wednesday they would ask leaders of the national party to hold its 2024 national convention in Chicago, calling the city an “ideal” location to showcase the party’s pitch to voters.
The last time Illinois was considered a swing state was 1992, when then Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton defeated President George H.W. Bush.
The 1996 convention took place in what was a brand-new United Center on the city’s West Side, jump-starting efforts to revitalize the West Loop, which is now home to trendy restaurants, hip shops and hundreds of new apartments and condominiums. During the 2020 campaign, Democrats held a scaled-back convention in Milwaukee in an effort to avoid spreading COVID-19.
Supporters of Chicago’s nascent bid for the convention will have to allay fears about historically high levels of crime and violence in Chicago. The city recorded 800 homicides in 2021, the most in 25 years as well as a surge in carjackings.
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