DNC announces frontrunner cities and date for 2028 convention, will not hold midterm convention
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The Democratic National Committee is focusing on five cities to potentially host the party's next presidential nominating convention in 2028, while officials have also decided against holding a similarly styled event ahead of this fall's midterm elections. In:
The Democratic National Committee is focusing on five cities to potentially host the party's next presidential nominating convention in 2028, while officials have also decided against holding a similarly styled event ahead of this fall's midterm elections.
The decision comes as Republicans have moved towards holding a midterm convention later this year in a twist from tradition that has been championed by the leader of the right, President Trump.
CBS News has learned the DNC will announce Monday afternoon that its next convention will be held from Aug. 7 to Aug. 10 in 2028, with Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver and Philadelphia in the running for the coveted role of host city.
Even as Democrats look ahead to the next presidential election where they are aiming to retake the White House from Republicans, the party's decision to avoid dedicating attention and resources to a potentially costly midterm convention is being viewed internally as one that could give candidates on the left an advantage over the GOP this fall. The DNC had initially signaled last year that it would consider holding a midterm convention in 2026.
"Republicans were baited into wasting time and money on a midterm convention that will sink their swing-seat candidates by tying them directly to Trump's wildly unpopular policies," DNC executive director Roger Lau said in a statement about the decision. "Meanwhile the DNC has put resources where they're needed most and doubled down on the playbook that helped our candidates flip seats up and down the ballot in 2025."
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