At least nine Democrats locked in contentious re-election campaigns have said they won’t attend the Democratic National Convention, citing various reasons.
Four Democrat senators and five members of congress won’t be attending the party’s convention in Chicago, Illinois, in a move The Hill suggests is a way to distance themselves from Vice President Kamala Harris, who became the de facto Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden announced he would no longer run for re-election.
Here are the Democrats we know won’t be attending the DNC.
Sen. Sherrod Brown
Three-term Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio may currently lead his Republican challenger, but former President Donald Trump won the state by large margins in 2016 and 2020.
Trump won Ohio in 2016 and 2020 by 8.1 percentage points, a larger margin than former presidents Bush or Obama won in the Buckeye state.
Brown currently has a…
