On the heels of a divisive mayoral election, news that Chicago has been chosen to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention reawakens something that feels like hope.
That’s partly because of the welcome emergence in this drama of something that has been all too rare even among Illinoisans in the same political party. Cooperation.
Chicago edged out New York and Atlanta for the Democratic National Committee’s approval after a highly motivated joint effort by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who has made his own national ambitions well known; Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a DNC co-chair who enlisted Sen. Dick Durbin’s help; and Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Her successor, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, joined her in celebrating the announcement.
