Houston won the convention over four other contenders including Miami Nashville and Jacksonville Florida . The announcement is well ahead of the usual schedule for either party in picking a convention city and the convention wont happen until July of next year . The convention held during the height of the Covid pandemic was scaled back with events and meetings taking place in Charlotte North Carolina and Washington DC among other locations . Milwaukee will play host in while Cleveland was the location of the convention while Ohio has shifted rightward since . Texas is undeniably a reliably Republicanleaning state and will host the convention in July of 2016 . The other cities under consideration were Miami Nashville, Jacksonville Florida and Dallas, Texas . RNC members approved a rule change over a year ago that authorized committee members could begin choosing a convention cities over six years ago that could begin picking a Convention city over 6 years out. The convention was held in 2011 and 2012. The Convention will be held in July 2013 and is expected to take place in August of 2016. It will take place at least two years before the next year of the next presidential election in Dallas, Dallas, Florida and New Orleans. It is the first major battleground state to host a major convention event since 2004. It has been held in Texas since 2008. It was held at least three years ago in 2008. The last time in 2007. It’s the first time in the last time since the last year of this year. The first major event in a major event to be held at a major national event in the state of the presidential convention in a state in a national event. The event in New Orleans, New Orleans in the past year of October of 2008. In 2009. It had been in the first of the national convention in the mid-October