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The local host committee for next week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago said today it had raised $94 million for the four-day event, a record for a nominating convention for either party.
The announcement five days before the start of the convention comes after the Tribune reported in July that the committee, led by prominent Chicago Democratic donor Michael Sacks, had secured the commitments needed to reach the $85 million it agreed to raise as part of Chicago’s $30 million line of credit agreement that helped the city win its convention bid.
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