Dems vote to give states more time on new primary calendar
1 year, 10 months ago

Dems vote to give states more time on new primary calendar

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Democratic National Committee panel voted Wednesday to give New Hampshire and Georgia more time to make changes that would allow both to be part of a revamped group of five states leading off the party’s presidential primary starting next year. But even as they voted 25-0 to extend the compliance deadline until June 3, members of the DNC rules committee complained about New Hampshire’s ongoing feud with the national party because the new calendar would cost it the chance to hold the nation’s first primary. New Hampshire and Nevada would hold primaries together three days later, with Georgia’s primary coming Feb. 13 and Michigan’s two weeks later. Rules committee member Leah Daughtry said she was “similarly taken aback and quite frankly shocked” by New Hampshire’s objections to the new calendar.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Hampshire’s state primaries
3 months, 2 weeks ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Hampshire’s state primaries

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. WASHINGTON — New Hampshire is among the smallest states in the country, but its state primaries on Tuesday have enough intrigue to fill a much larger state. Here’s a look at what to expect on Tuesday: Primary day New Hampshire’s state primaries will be held Tuesday. Polls in two towns …

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Vermont’s state primaries
4 months, 2 weeks ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Vermont’s state primaries

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Two Democrats will compete in Vermont’s state primary on Tuesday for the right to challenge four-term Republican Gov. Voters will also decide primaries for lieutenant governor and additional contested races for the heavily Democratic state legislature. When asked by the moderator whether he would return to the Capitol if Trump lost again in November, he said, “I’m going …

The DNC restores New Hampshire’s delegates after a second nominating event unknown to many Democrats
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The DNC restores New Hampshire’s delegates after a second nominating event unknown to many Democrats

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee ‘s rulemaking arm voted Tuesday to seat New Hampshire’s full slate of delegates at the party’s convention this summer, ending a bitter feud with the state over its presidential primary no longer being the first in the nation. The move follows an event this past weekend, when the New Hampshire Democratic Party invited state …

New Hampshire Primary Polls: What comes next and what does the defeat mean for Nikki Haley?
11 months ago

New Hampshire Primary Polls: What comes next and what does the defeat mean for Nikki Haley?

Hindustan Times  

Former President Donald Trump has now moved closer to the Republican presidential nomination after defeating Nikki Haley in New Hampshire’s primary. Nikki Haley delivers remarks at her primary-night rally at the Grappone Conference Center on January 23, 2024 in Concord, New Hampshire What’s next after the New Hampshire primary? After the New Hampshire primary, the presidential candidates will now shift …

Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there
11 months ago

Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden won New Hampshire’s largely symbolic Democratic primary on Tuesday, prevailing in an unusual write-in effort after he refused to campaign or appear on the state ballot. The New Hampshire race will likely not count toward amassing delegates for the presidential nomination after Democrats in the state bucked a Biden-championed revamp of the primary calendar that …

Biden Wins New Hampshire Primary Without Being On The Ballot
11 months ago

Biden Wins New Hampshire Primary Without Being On The Ballot

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden's hold on the Democratic nomination was never in question, but the win in New Hampshire could undermine detractors within his party. Winning a write-in campaign is a really hard thing to do.” Biden did not campaign in New Hampshire or appear on the ballot in keeping with the Democratic National Committee’s decision to punish the state for …

New Hampshire primary results are in: Trump clinches victory
11 months ago

New Hampshire primary results are in: Trump clinches victory

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump has won the first in the nation Republican primary in New Hampshire, defeating former U.N. The New Hampshire contest was closely watched, as Haley, a onetime ally of the former president, is the only major opponent remaining to Trump gaining the Republican nomination for a third straight presidential cycle. Both Trump and Haley went all in …

Joe Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there
11 months ago

Joe Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden won New Hampshire’s largely symbolic Democratic primary on Tuesday, prevailing in an unusual write-in effort after he refused to campaign or appear on the state ballot. The New Hampshire race will likely not count toward amassing delegates for the presidential nomination after Democrats in the state bucked a Biden-championed revamp of the primary calendar that placed …

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the New Hampshire primaries
11 months ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the New Hampshire primaries

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The race for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations will converge in New Hampshire on Tuesday in the first primary election of the season — though on the Democratic side, the contest may count only for bragging rights. Why this year’s New Hampshire primary is a bit different for Democrats The DNC says New Hampshire officials violated national …

New Hampshire primary: Haley and the anti-Trump movement’s last best hope
11 months ago

New Hampshire primary: Haley and the anti-Trump movement’s last best hope

Al Jazeera  

A Haley win could lay the bedrock for a Republican challenge to Trump. Haley could potentially win big in New Hampshire: A survey released on Tuesday from the American Research Group showed her with 33 percent support among the state’s Republican voters, just behind Trump’s 37 percent. “It’s within striking distance for her to pull the win in New Hampshire …

DeSantis and Haley have a one-week sprint ahead of the New Hampshire primary as Trump leads the way
11 months, 1 week ago

DeSantis and Haley have a one-week sprint ahead of the New Hampshire primary as Trump leads the way

Associated Press  

ATKINSON, N.H. — After Donald Trump’s record victory in the Iowa caucuses, New Hampshire voters now get their turn to decide just how competitive the Republican nominating fight will be as the former president continues to dominate his party. “Our country is dying.. And I stand before you today as the only candidate who is up to the task of …

New Hampshire primaries: A muted ‘circus’ with Biden missing from ballot
11 months, 1 week ago

New Hampshire primaries: A muted ‘circus’ with Biden missing from ballot

Al Jazeera  

A fight over the primary’s first-in-the-nation status has left a rift between state and national Democratic officials. “Never going to happen.” That’s how New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu responded early last year to the prospect of the Democratic National Committee stripping his state of its first-in-the-nation presidential primary. “I think it reflects that New Hampshire is the state that’s aware …

New Hampshire attorney general suggests national Dems broke law by calling primary ‘meaningless’
11 months, 2 weeks ago

New Hampshire attorney general suggests national Dems broke law by calling primary ‘meaningless’

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s attorney general on Monday ordered national Democratic party leaders to stop calling the state’s unsanctioned presidential primary “meaningless,” saying doing so violates state law. The cease-and-desist notice came three days after the co-chairs of the Democratic National Committee’s rules committee told New Hampshire party leaders to “educate the public that January 23rd is a non-binding …

Trump wants New Hampshire to put him on a path to the nomination before rivals find their footing
1 year ago

Trump wants New Hampshire to put him on a path to the nomination before rivals find their footing

Associated Press  

DURHAM, N.H. — Donald Trump wants New Hampshire to help him pocket the Republican presidential nomination before any rivals find their footing with the 2024 campaign’s opening contest just weeks away. “We are going to win the New Hampshire primary, then we are going to crush crooked Joe Biden next November,” Trump said, reminding supporters that he ensured their state …

New Hampshire defies national Democrats’ new calendar and sets the presidential primary for Jan. 23
1 year, 1 month ago

New Hampshire defies national Democrats’ new calendar and sets the presidential primary for Jan. 23

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s secretary of state on Wednesday scheduled the state’s presidential primaries for Jan. 23, 2024, extending its century-old streak of going first despite national Democrats’ efforts to overhaul the nominating calendar. State law requires New Hampshire’s Republican and Democratic primaries to be held at least seven days before any similar contest and gives the secretary of …

New Hampshire’s presidential primary ballots will have 24 Republicans and 21 Democrats, but no Biden
1 year, 1 month ago

New Hampshire’s presidential primary ballots will have 24 Republicans and 21 Democrats, but no Biden

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — A presidential primary filing period marked by lights, cameras and action has come to a close at the New Hampshire secretary of state’s office. The simplest path to get on the New Hampshire presidential primary ballot is to submit a Declaration of Candidacy and pay a $1,000 filing fee. New Hampshire has held the nation’s first presidential …

Biden won’t appear on New Hampshire Democratic primary ballot. But write-ins are still an option
1 year, 1 month ago

Biden won’t appear on New Hampshire Democratic primary ballot. But write-ins are still an option

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden won’t file to have his name appear on the 2024 New Hampshire Democratic primary ballot, his reelection campaign said Tuesday, opting to skip a contest that the state plans to hold in defiance of a revamped primary order that the White House has championed. Julie Chavez Rodriguez, manager of Biden’s reelection campaign, wrote in a …

Iowa Democrats plan January caucus with delayed results to comply with new party primary calendar
1 year, 2 months ago

Iowa Democrats plan January caucus with delayed results to comply with new party primary calendar

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Iowa Democratic Party on Friday announced it plans to hold a caucus on Jan. 15 but won’t release the results until early March, retaining its state’s leadoff spot on the presidential nominating calendar without violating a new national party lineup that has South Carolina going first for 2024. Iowa Democrats’ new plan comes after President Joe Biden …

Pennsylvania House proposes April 2 for presidential primary, 2 weeks later than Senate wants
1 year, 2 months ago

Pennsylvania House proposes April 2 for presidential primary, 2 weeks later than Senate wants

The Independent  

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Pennsylvania's Senate wants an earlier 2024 presidential primary, partly to have a say on nominees
1 year, 3 months ago

Pennsylvania's Senate wants an earlier 2024 presidential primary, partly to have a say on nominees

The Independent  

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Pennsylvania’s Senate wants an earlier 2024 presidential primary, partly to have a say on nominees
1 year, 3 months ago

Pennsylvania’s Senate wants an earlier 2024 presidential primary, partly to have a say on nominees

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s state Senate approved a bill Wednesday to move up the state’s 2024 primary election by five weeks to March 19, aiming to avoid a conflict with the Jewish holiday of Passover and give voters more of a say in deciding presidential nominees. Pennsylvania is a premier …

Pennsylvania is considering an earlier 2024 presidential primary, partly to avoid voting on Passover
1 year, 3 months ago

Pennsylvania is considering an earlier 2024 presidential primary, partly to avoid voting on Passover

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania is considering changing the state’s 2024 presidential primary to an earlier day, although the proposed move may do little to give the state’s voters more say in deciding presidential nominees. State lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday through a Senate committee to change Pennsylvania’s primary from April 23 to March 19, but lawmakers warned that they are not …

The Democratic Party promised to overhaul its primaries. Doing that has been anything but simple
1 year, 5 months ago

The Democratic Party promised to overhaul its primaries. Doing that has been anything but simple

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — New Hampshire is in open rebellion. Jim Roosevelt, co-chairman of the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee, said he “was not surprised” at the objections of Iowa and New Hampshire since they are losing their leadoff spots, and that the committee is “definitely able to work around” the protests of Republicans in places adjusting to new rules or new …

Georgia and New Hampshire’s places in limbo as Democrats hammer out 2024 primary order
1 year, 6 months ago

Georgia and New Hampshire’s places in limbo as Democrats hammer out 2024 primary order

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s plan to overhaul his party’s 2024 presidential primary schedule remained unsettled Friday, after a Democratic rules committee gave New Hampshire more time to comply with new rules that leaders there fiercely oppose, but opted not to immediately offer such an extension to another battleground state, Georgia. Rules committee co-chair Minyon Moore referred Friday to the …

Iowa Democrats’ plan: Hold 1st caucuses, report votes later
1 year, 7 months ago

Iowa Democrats’ plan: Hold 1st caucuses, report votes later

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Democrats are proposing a novel way to get around their demotion from the leadoff spot on the party’s presidential nominating calendar: They would still put on the first-in-the-nation caucuses but would be open to withholding the results until after other states have their contests. Iowa …

New Hampshire Senate votes to protect presidential primary
1 year, 8 months ago

New Hampshire Senate votes to protect presidential primary

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s prominent place in the presidential nominating calendar would be enshrined in the state’s constitution under a measure that won unanimous support Thursday in the state Senate. It was one of two bills passed by the Senate as a rebuke to the Democratic National Committee, which last month approved replacing the Iowa caucus with the South …

What will changes in the US Democratic primary calendar mean?
1 year, 10 months ago

What will changes in the US Democratic primary calendar mean?

Al Jazeera  

South Carolina is replacing Iowa as the first US state to vote in primary elections. The Democratic National Committee in the United States has approved President Joe Biden’s push to give Black and other minority voters more sway in the presidential nomination process. For decades, Iowa has been the first state on the primary calendar, followed by New Hampshire – …

Dems reshuffle primaries to stress diversity over tradition
1 year, 10 months ago

Dems reshuffle primaries to stress diversity over tradition

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — The Democratic Party on Saturday approved reordering its 2024 presidential primary, replacing Iowa with South Carolina in the leadoff spot as part of a major shake-up meant to empower Black and other minority voters critical to its base of support. Still, this year’s changes could establish precedent, just as a new lineup that moved Nevada and South Carolina …

Democrats set to shake up start of 2024 presidential primary
1 year, 10 months ago

Democrats set to shake up start of 2024 presidential primary

The Independent  

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Democrats vote to shake up presidential primary calendar, putting South Carolina first
1 year, 10 months ago

Democrats vote to shake up presidential primary calendar, putting South Carolina first

LA Times  

Democratic National Committee member Manny Crespin of New Mexico reacts after a vote on the new early-primary calendar lineup Saturday in Philadelphia. Democrats voted Saturday to allow South Carolina to hold the party’s first presidential primary next year, ending nearly 50 years of Iowa and New Hampshire leading the party’s nominating season. “The Democratic Party looks like America, and so …

After bitter RNC meeting, Democrats look to project unity
1 year, 10 months ago

After bitter RNC meeting, Democrats look to project unity

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A week after bitter divisions dominated a national Republican gathering, Democrats holding their own meeting are eager to showcase just how much they agree on. The DNC on Saturday is expected to approve a new lineup for the party’s presidential primaries, deferring to Biden, who has championed South Carolina’s primary opening voting on Feb. 3. Harrison teared up …

Michigan moves for early slot for 2024 presidential primary
1 year, 10 months ago

Michigan moves for early slot for 2024 presidential primary

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan House Democrats voted Tuesday to move the state’s presidential primary to the fourth week of February and become a part of a new group of states slated to lead off the Democratic party’s presidential primary starting next year. The move, which was approved by the state Senate along party lines on Thursday, comes after a Democratic …

NH Dems ask national party not to ‘punish’ them on primary
1 year, 11 months ago

NH Dems ask national party not to ‘punish’ them on primary

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — New Hampshire Democrats on Thursday asked the national party not to “punish” them while overhauling its 2024 presidential primary calendar, arguing that implementing the proposed shakeup may amount to a “poison pill” against their state’s traditional role as among the first to vote. In a letter to the Democratic National Committee’s rulemaking arm, New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman …

Three Ways The New Primary Calendar Could Change The Nominating Process
2 years ago

Three Ways The New Primary Calendar Could Change The Nominating Process

Huff Post  

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. “New Hampshire and Iowa don’t reflect the diversity of this country,” Debbie Dingell, the Michigan House Democrat who has long called for her state to have an earlier role, told HuffPost. I just don’t think politics is ever going to work that way again.” - Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg Pushing Iowa …

Democrats Elevate South Carolina, Michigan In New Presidential Primary Schedule
2 years ago

Democrats Elevate South Carolina, Michigan In New Presidential Primary Schedule

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden put forward a plan to transform the Democratic presidential nominating schedule prior to Friday's meeting of a key committee. Evan Vucci/Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee adopted President Joe Biden’s recommended changes to the presidential primary schedule Friday, making South Carolina the first primary state and Michigan the first Midwestern primary …

Dems move to make South Carolina, not Iowa, 1st voting state
2 years ago

Dems move to make South Carolina, not Iowa, 1st voting state

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democrats voted Friday to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024, a dramatic shakeup championed by President Joe Biden to better reflect the party’s deeply diverse electorate. “That’s what this is about.” The committee approved moving South Carolina’s primary to Feb. 3 and having Nevada …

AP sources: Biden tells Dems he wants SC as 1st primary vote
2 years ago

AP sources: Biden tells Dems he wants SC as 1st primary vote

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has declared that Democrats should give up “restrictive” caucuses and prioritize diversity at the start of their presidential primary calendar — dealing a major blow to Iowa’s decadeslong status as the state that leads off the process. “When we submit our delegate selection plan to the Rules and Bylaws Committee early next year, we will …

Joe Biden Drops Iowa, Pushes South Carolina As 1st 2024 Primary State
2 years ago

Joe Biden Drops Iowa, Pushes South Carolina As 1st 2024 Primary State

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden is recommending the Democratic National Committee make South Carolina the first state to vote in the 2024 presidential primaries and take away Iowa’s status as an early-voting state entirely. Biden’s decision infuriated New Hampshire Democrats — who view having the first-in-the-nation primary as a matter of state law — and Nevada Democrats, who had …

Biden shows little urgency as Dems mull 2024 primary shakeup
2 years ago

Biden shows little urgency as Dems mull 2024 primary shakeup

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democrats considering shaking up the order of their 2024 presidential primary are waiting on President Joe Biden, anxious to see if he’ll endorse stripping Iowa of its traditional leadoff spot or discourage major changes while mulling his own potential reelection bid. “They’re doing their homework.” If Biden runs again, the DNC’s decision will be largely moot for 2024 …

Democrats delay primary order decision until after 2022 vote
2 years, 4 months ago

Democrats delay primary order decision until after 2022 vote

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Democratic Party on Saturday delayed a decision on potentially reordering its primary calendar for the 2024 presidential election until after November’s midterm elections. The Democratic National Committee’s rules committee had planned to decide during meetings in Washington beginning next week whether to recommend that presidential voting should continue to begin with Iowa and New Hampshire. But rules …

States make pitches to vote 1st in 2024 Democratic primaries
2 years, 6 months ago

States make pitches to vote 1st in 2024 Democratic primaries

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Iowa delegation promised changes to its caucus after 2020’s meltdown. “In order to continue growing our party, we need to make changes.” Still, Iowa’s team argued for preserving traditions allowing presidential candidates to introduce themselves to the nation from small-town living rooms or working the state fair’s pork chop grill. Shaheen said the state’s small size “requires …

Stage set for Sept. 13 New Hampshire state primary
2 years, 6 months ago

Stage set for Sept. 13 New Hampshire state primary

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — The last of the candidates were signing up to meet Friday’s deadline for New Hampshire’s Sept. 13 state primary, including some competing in U.S. House districts that were redrawn at the last possible moment. The lineup, as of Friday afternoon, includes the 2020 nominee, Matt Mowers; former state senator and Executive Councilor Russell Prescott; and former television …

Scanlan sworn in as New Hampshire secretary of state
2 years, 11 months ago

Scanlan sworn in as New Hampshire secretary of state

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire has a new secretary of state for the first time in more than four decades. “The public should know that the department of state in New Hampshire runs pretty smoothly, and I expect that is going to continue,” he said. As the nation’s longest serving secretary of state, Gardner staunchly guarded the New Hampshire primary’s …

Sununu vetoes bill to hold NH state primary in August
3 years, 4 months ago

Sununu vetoes bill to hold NH state primary in August

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on Friday vetoed a bill that would have moved up the date of New Hampshire’s state primary elections from September to the first Tuesday in August. New Hampshire is known for its first-in-the-nation presidential primary every four years, but its state primary, held the second Tuesday in September, is one of the nation’s …

Governor signs law giving Nevada 1st presidential primary
3 years, 6 months ago

Governor signs law giving Nevada 1st presidential primary

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak on Friday signed a law that would make Nevada the first state to vote in the 2024 presidential primary contests, bumping Iowa and New Hampshire from their leadoff spots. “Harry Reid’s been doing this for over half a century now, and we’re just waiting for him to run out of steam,” said New …

Nevada jockeys to be first on presidential primary calendar
3 years, 10 months ago

Nevada jockeys to be first on presidential primary calendar

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Democrats in Nevada are making a play to bump Iowa and New Hampshire from their early spots on the presidential primary calendar. The behind-the-scenes lobbying, led by former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, seeks to capitalize on the party’s discontent with Iowa’s and New Hampshire’s performances last year. Despite Biden’s lackluster performance in Iowa and New Hampshire, …

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