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The Illinois delegation to the Democratic National Convention met in preparation for the Convention.

The third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, focused on military, security, and foreign policy issues. Senator Barack Obama was nominated by a…

Prior to the official start of the democratic national convention, delegates, journalists and others participated in convention-related activities and spoke about the 2008 presidential elect…

Evening session for the 1996 Democratic Convention. Vice President Al Gore described the GOP nominee as “a bridge to the past” and a pessimistic naysayer who opposed Medicare, the Peace Corp…

On the first day of the Democratic Convention, speakers praised President Clinton and talked about various Democratic issues. Speakers included Senators Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL) and Tom Da…

Democratic National Committee members met to handle committee business such as appointing officers and hearing about the party’s finances. They also celebrated the recently concluded convent…

President Bill Clinton hugged his wife and daughter as he stepped out of a Marine helicopter which brought him to Chicago. Then-Mayor Daley and a crowd of supporters welcomed him to the city…

First Lady of the United States to the 42nd President, Bill Clinton addressed a meeting of the Illinois delegation. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a Chicago native herself. She talked about her h…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

Clinton-Gore supporters gathered in at Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park to welcome Vice President and Mrs. Gore to Chicago for the Democratic Convention.

Democratic National Committee Chairman David Wilhelm and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (D) announced that the 1996 Democratic National Convention would be held in the city of Chicago. Mayor Da…

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley called for political leadership in Washington, DC, that would effectively fight the nation’s drug and crime problems in a speech before the 1992 Democratic Nation…