Chicago to Host 2024 Democratic Convention

Democrats have chosen Chicago to host their 2024 national convention. The scheduled dates are August 19 to August 22. The city beat out New York and Atlanta.

This will be the 12th time Chicago has hosted the Democrats. The first of those was in 1864, when Gen. George McClellan was nominated to challenge President Abraham Lincoln. The most recent was in 1996, when Bill Clinton was renominated for a second term. 

Since 1956, the party that does not hold the presidency has held its convention first. This tradition will continue next year, as Republicans gather in Milwaukee on July 15 to July 18 for their 2024 convention. Wisconsin went to Joe Biden by less than 1% in 2020, and the state is expected to be a hotly contested battleground again in 2024.