Washington (CNN) Philadelphia will host the Democratic National Convention in July 2016, a source with knowledge of the selection process tells CNN.

The Democratic National Committee confirmed Philadelphia's selection Thursday morning, shortly after the news broke, using a Facebook video of chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz pulling a cheesesteak out of a refrigerator to announce the decision.

New York and Columbus, Ohio, were the two other cities vying for the right to host the Democratic convention. The event is scheduled for the week of July 25, 2016.

Democrats' decision to nominate the party's presidential nominee in Philadelphia is a major win for former Gov. Ed Rendell, who had been spearheading efforts to convince Democrats to choose the city he once led. Rendell served as Philadelphia mayor from 1992 to 2000.

The Republican Party previously announced it would hold its presidential nominating convention the week of July 18, 2016, in Cleveland.

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