Chosen over Atlanta and New York, Chicago’s United Center will host the a presidential convention for the first time since 1996.
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”Democrats will gather to showcase our historic progress including building an economy from the middle out and bottom up, not from the top down,” he said. “From repairing our roads and bridges, to unleashing a manufacturing boom, and creating over 12.5 million new good-paying jobs, we’ve already delivered so much for hard working Americans — now it’s time to finish the job.”
“It’s about the show. It’s about putting on the best show possible on the ground, but also on television, painting the picture and demonstrating that it’s about the story of why Democrats need to be in leadership,” Jaime Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee, said during the DNC’s Chicago site visit on July 26.
Delegates react after incumbent President Bill Clinton finishes his nomination speech on Aug. 29, 1996, at the United Center in Chicago. The Chicago effort was especially intensive, with billionaire Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and city business and labor leaders in March pledging they could underwrite the estimated $100 million in convention costs to avoid passing expenses along to the Democratic National Committee or local taxpayers.
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