Vulnerable Senate Democrats Up for Re-Election Avoiding Convention at Chicago

Despite being delegates, the lawmakers are spending time in their home states rather than at the four-day party at Chicago.

AP/Stephanie Scarbrough
President Biden and Vice President Harris at an event at Prince George's Community College in Maryland. AP/Stephanie Scarbrough

Three Senate Democrats up for re-election this year will not attend the Democratic National Convention at Chicago, despite being delegates to the event. The lawmakers are all locked in hotly contested races, with two of them beating their well-funded Republican opponents in recent polling.

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