DNC 2024: Mayor Tom Barrett tells Democratic Convention planners that Milwaukee is ready to host
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett formally responded to the Democratic National Committee’s invitation to compete for hosting its 2024 national convention. He said that Milwaukee was all in. As the economic engine for the state of Wisconsin, Milwaukee was selected in March 2019 to host the 2020 DNC, beating the larger cities of Miami and Houston. It marked the first time that Democrats would meet in a midwest city – other than Chicago – to nominate their candidate for president in more than a century. The 2020 DNC was expected to bring $200 million to Wisconsin’s economy. But the event...
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