Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says Houston, Milwaukee and the Miami area are the finalists to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
The mayor says Denver also made the party's short list but has withdrawn its bid.
A Denver city spokeswoman, Amber Miller, tells the Houston Chronicle that scheduling conflicts forced Denver to bow out.
Turner, a Democrat, told City Council members Wednesday the trimmed field makes Houston's chances for hosting Democrats "exponentially better." The city last hosted a Democratic National Convention in 1928. Republicans gathered in Houston in 1992.
Toyota Center, home to pro basketball's Houston Rockets, would be the main convention site.
Atlanta, New York City, San Francisco and Birmingham, Alabama, also were seeking the convention.
