Democrats set convention date for July 2016
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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has set July 25, 2016 as the date of the upcoming Democratic Convention.
The committee is still in final contract negotiations to choose a host city for the convention and will announce the decision in the coming weeks, according to the DNC.
New York City — with the convention headquartered at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center — is a finalist in a field that includes Philadelphia and Columbus, Ohio.
“This is the next step to finalize where and when we will nominate the 45th President of the United States, highlight the Democratic Party’s agenda of fighting for expanded opportunity and contrast it with the Republican Party’s commitment to the fortunate few,” Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC chairwoman, said in a statement.