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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tina Sfondeles

Governor promises Biden convention will be ‘huge party’

Last July, Gov. J.B. Pritzker was joined by other elected officials and representatives from the Democratic National Committee to advocate for Chicago being picked to host the 2024 convention. On Tuesday, he got his wish. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

When President Joe Biden called Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday morning to tell him Chicago landed the 2024 convention, the governor vowed the city would “throw a huge party” to celebrate his successes.

The call came more than a year after Pritzker first pitched Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison on hosting the convention. Biden called Pritzker with the DNC news just before boarding Air Force One for Ireland.

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