Alaska Democratic Party delegates will head to Chicago in late August of 2024 for the National Democratic Nominating Convention, where the party faithful will vote on which Democrat candidate for president will be its nominee. The dates for the convention are Aug. 19-22, 2024.
The choices at this time are President Joe Biden, who has not yet announced his campaign, new-age adviser Marianne Williamson, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The midwestern part of the country is seen as a critical battleground region and President Biden made the call to have the convention there, rather than in Atlanta or New York City.
The Democratic National Committee said Illinois is part of a “blue wall,” that was important to the party’s fortunes in 2020 and 2022 elections.
Chicago, which last hosted a convention in 1996, is a crime-ridden Democrat- and union-run city that saw crime rise 41% from 2021-2022. The convention will be in the middle of an area that is slightly less dangerous than the South Side, at the United Center, located slightly west of the Chicago Loop, or central business district.
Republicans announced in February that they would hold their nominating convention in Milwaukee, Wis., July 15-18.
