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CHARLOTTE – Democratic National Committee member Pat Cotham said fellow DNC members were raving about Charlotte during the group’s summer meeting in St. Louis, one of the Queen City rivals for landing the party's 2012 national convention.

She said members from Michigan, California and Alaska told her Charlotte would make the best host for the Democrats and the president's re-election bid in 2012.

"They're excited that we're a young city. They've seen all of our new things we have uptown. It has more energy and it's something new,” said Cotham. “They said St. Louis is old, just as Cleveland is and Minneapolis and they want to go to someplace different."

Democratic Party officials are expected to announce the host city later this year.

The 2012 Republican National Convention will be held in Tampa.