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Democratic Party officials said on Friday they were still in
final negotiations with three cities - New York, Philadelphia
and Columbus, Ohio - to host the nominating convention.
"We are still in discussions with three excellent cities and are
looking forward to a diverse and inclusive convention that
displays our party’s values," Democratic National Committee head
Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in announcing the dates.
Republicans will hold their 2016 convention from July 18 to 21
in Cleveland, Ohio.
Both parties will gather for their conventions a month earlier
next year than the late summer time slots they used in 2012 in
order to give their presidential nominees more time to raise
money and campaign for the general election.
(Writing by John Whitesides; editing by Andrew Hay)
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