Booker, Buttigieg, Bullock in Chicago for presidential fundraising

WASHINGTON — Presidential hopeful Cory Booker will be in Chicago on Thursday for fundraising and other events with rivals Pete Buttigieg and Steve Bullock in the city in the coming days.

Booker has at least four Chicago-area fundraisers Thursday, according to invitations obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, returning to the city for the first time since July.

The tab for each event ranges from $250 to $2,800. At 1 p.m. Booker will be in Highland Park for a reception, with the hosts including activists Dana Gordon and Steve Sheffey.

After that, Booker will be in Edgewater for “coffee and conversation” hosted by Caroline and Keat Crown; Wendy Heltzer; Alicia Resnicoff; Carla Sanchez-Palacios; and Wendy Serrino. In the late afternoon, Booker will be in Evanston at an event where the co-hosts are Tom Lee; Lisa Oldham and Billy Anderson; and Isabel and Andy Schultz.

In the evening, Booker wraps up in Elmhurst, at a reception where the hosts include Jill Hayes; Jill Hennessy; and Alpita Shah.

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