The Republican Party announced on Friday August 5 that it would hold its 2024 national convention to induct its presidential candidate in the US state of Wisconsin, won by a hair’s breadth by Joe Biden in 2020.
Organized every four years a few months before the presidential election, the national conventions are political high masses that mark the official kickoff of the campaign, attracting thousands of excited members of both parties.
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The exact date has not been released, but the event is expected to take place in July or August 2024, ahead of the presidential election in November. With more than two years to go, former President Donald Trump is increasingly vocal about his intention to run for the Republican nomination. On the Democratic side, four cities are still in the running to host the party’s national convention: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston and New York.