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Former President Barack Obama and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are set to give prime-time speeches on the second night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
“As a kid, I had scant interest in politics," said Raju, raised in west suburban Darien. He discovered journalism in college and started covering political stories when he landed in D.C. Raju is also CNN's chief congressional correspondent. We asked him about his path to politics.
Said Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza: "It's about time that the leader of the free world is a badass woman."
On a night focused on President Joe Biden passing the torch to Harris, some of Illinois’ top political stars also took center stage on Monday to kick off the four-day convention.