Despite tensions over a battle for leadership, Illinois Democrats present a united front to national party officials deciding on a 2024 election site.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot answers questions from reporters as Chicago-area Democrats and DNC officials meet in the West Loop on July 26, 2022, as the city bids for the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
Jaime Harrison, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, sought to separate the state chairmanship battle from the DNC’s efforts to find a national stage to showcase President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as the party’s agenda and its diversity. “We understand that the experiences of the delegates and the experiences of the press are really, really important,” Harrison said. “I don’t want people going out into the hinterlands trying to find their hotel, right? We need them to all be there. We don’t need to have big traffic, confusion and all. I need it all to work. I want the attention 100% to be on Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party.
Kelly and her supporters argue they have modernized the party after decades in which it was merely an extension of Madigan’s House Democrat fundraising operation by decentralizing and diversifying its leadership structure and making efforts to extend the party’s influence to the national stage.As Kelly and Hernandez lobby the 34 members of the Democratic State Central Committee, the political arm of the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington issued a statement endorsing Kelly’s reelection.
Kelly said Harrison, the DNC chair, was asked about such a structure when she was elected in March 2021 and replied that “each state has one chair.”Chicago is one of four finalists to host the Democrat’s 2024 presidential nominating convention, along with New York, Atlanta and Houston. DNC members were greeted at the introductory Fulton Market event by the Soul Children of Chicago choir and Secretary of State Jesse White’s Tumblers.
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