Ultimately, Pennsylvania went for Trump and was one of the states that cost Clinton the election.
From July 25-28, Democrats took over the Wells Fargo Center a few miles from downtown Philly. However each day supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied downtown and near the arena, many chanting “Never Hillary.”
Philadelphia won the opportunity to host the convention over other cities including Columbus, which was a finalist.
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Here’s a look at some of our coverage of the Democratic National Convention:
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Civil Rights icon John Lewis energizes Ohio Democrats
“It is Ohio. It is Ohio. It is Ohio,” Civil Rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, told the Ohio delegation on the first day of the convention.
The first day of the convention was also when Bernie Sanders was set to address the delegates. After the long fight with Clinton, the talk of the first day was would Sanders give Clinton a strong endorsement in an effort to unify the party.
“I think in the end the Sanders people with all of us, we will be together. We’re not going to leave here divided. We will be together as one party,” Lewis said.
RELATED: Watch video, read full story on Lewis’ visit with Ohio Democrats
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Dem chair is out
Monday morning in Philadelphia, outgoing Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was heckled at a breakfast of Florida delegates, with opponents shouting, “Shame!”
The Florida congresswoman announced the day before that she would resign as the party’s chair at the end of this week’s Democratic National Convention.
She ended up not even gaveling the convention and U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge from Cleveland to control of running the convention. By week’s end Al Gore’s 2000 campaign manager Donna Brazile was chosen as interim chair of the party.
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Sanders comes out strong for Clinton
“Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States,” Sanders told the crowd.
Sanders thanked the 2.5 million Americans he said helped fund his campaign with an “unprecedented eight million individual campaign contributions.”
“I understand that many people here in this convention hall and around the country are disappointed about the final results of the nominating process,” Sanders said. “I hope you take enormous pride in the historical accomplishments we have achieved.”
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Bernie supporters continue to fight
On Tuesday, the day after Sanders spoke at the convention, calls continued for party unity. There may have been some, but it wasn’t seen on the streets of Philadelphia.
Large crowds gathered not only downtown, but some Sanders delegates event went into the media work center next to the Wells Fargo Center and launched a sit-in.
RELATED: Sanders supporters stage sit-in
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History made
When Hillary Clinton grabs the Democratic Party mantle Thursday in Philadelphia, she will seal her place in American history as the first female nominated for president by a major party — 96 years after women won the right to vote in 1920.
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Obama, Biden and Kaine address the crowd
On Wednesday night of the convention the heavyweights came out. President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Vice President nominee Tim Kaine all addressed the delegates.
“I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman — not me, not Bill, nobody — more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America,” Obama said.
Biden was the most critical of Trump.
“His cynicism is unbounded,” Biden said. “His lack of empathy and compassion can be summed up in a phrase I suspect he’s most proud of having made famous: ‘You’re fired.’ I’m not joking; think about that.”
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Why was Jerry Springer there?
We spent some time with talk show host and former Cincinnati mayor Jerry Springer while in Philadelphia.
Springer said he thinks Trump should stick to TV.
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Hillary Clinton addresses DNC
In a speech that painted Donald Trump as a dangerous demagogue who offers only empty promises, Hillary Clinton accepted her party’s nomination for president Thursday and vowed to work toward healing the country’s divisions on race, guns and immigration while confronting the “powerful forces” that threaten to pull the nation apart.
After accepting the nomination, Clinton said she was “happy this day has come” — not just for her, but for “grandmothers and little girls and everyone in between. Happy for boys and men, too — because when any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone,” Clinton said.
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