{"id":19512,"date":"2026-03-02T22:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/dnc-scraps-midterm-convention-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T22:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:17:16","slug":"dnc-scraps-midterm-convention-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/dnc-scraps-midterm-convention-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC scraps midterm convention plans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Democratic National Committee is canceling plans to host a midterm convention, as the party faces a fundraising crunch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The DNC also announced Monday that it would hold the 2028 presidential convention from Aug. 7 to Aug. 10, 2028. Five cities \u2014 Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver and Philadelphia \u2014 are under consideration to host it, officials said.<\/p>\n

The committee announced its decisions to DNC members during a phone call Monday afternoon, according to two people who participated and were granted anonymity to describe a private meeting. DNC Chair Ken Martin said he\u2019d received feedback from Democrats, urging the party committee to focus its resources on campaign work in states, one of those people said.<\/p>\n

The DNC is facing a staggering fundraising problem, with the Republican National Committee holding a $100 million cash edge over them at the start of 2026. Last fall, the DNC took out a $15 million<\/a> loan to invest in the Virginia and New Jersey elections, a move that raised concerns among Democrats about the party\u2019s financial health.<\/p>\n

In a statement on the decision to cancel the midterm convention, DNC\u2019s executive director Roger Lau said they\u2019d \u201cbaited\u201d Republicans \u201cinto wasting time and money on a midterm convention,\u201d while the DNC has \u201cput resources where they\u2019re needed most.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jessica Piper contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Democratic National Committee is canceling plans to host a midterm convention, as the party faces a fundraising crunch. The DNC also announced Monday that it would hold the 2028 presidential convention from Aug. 7 to Aug. 10, 2028. Five cities \u2014 Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver and Philadelphia \u2014 are under consideration to host it, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}