Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is skipping the Democratic National Convention (DNC) for the first time in his 31-year congressional career as he faces a tough reelection battle in his home state.
Brown told CNN that he often skips conventions and doesn’t plan to go to the DNC in Chicago, which will be held from Aug. 19 to Aug. 22.
As an elected Democrat member of Congress, Brown is considered a superdelegate. Superdelegates do not vote in the first roll call at the convention, which will be merely symbolic since Vice President Kamala Harris is already the Democratic Party’s nominee after a virtual roll call concluded earlier this week….