Democrats set to shake up start of 2024 presidential primary
1 year, 11 months ago

Democrats set to shake up start of 2024 presidential primary

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Democrats are poised to reorder their presidential primary schedule beginning next year, replacing Iowa with South Carolina in the leadoff spot as part of a major overhaul meant to empower Black and other minority voters critical to the party's base of support. The move marks a major shift from the current calendar, which had started with Iowa's caucuses for the last five decades, followed by New Hampshire's primary and subsequent contests in Nevada and South Carolina. DNC chair Jaime Harrison, a former Senate candidate from South Carolina, said the new schedule “allows the South to stand up, for our voices to be heard.” Four of the five states that will start Democrats’ new primary schedule are presidential battlegrounds, meaning the eventual party winner can lay groundwork in important general election locales. New Hampshire Democrats have joined with top state Republicans in vowing to go forward with the nation’s first presidential primary next year regardless of the DNC calendar.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Hampshire’s state primaries
4 months 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
5 months 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 …

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Nebraska’s presidential and state primaries
8 months ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Nebraska’s presidential and state primaries

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nebraskans will cast presidential primary ballots Tuesday in a reliably Republican state that could nonetheless be a decisive one in the race for the White House. Nebraska votes reliably Republican in presidential elections, but the state awards electoral college votes based on the vote in individual congressional districts. Biden won one of Nebraska’s five electoral votes in 2020 …

New Hampshire Primary Polls: What comes next and what does the defeat mean for Nikki Haley?
11 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Joe Biden wins New Hampshire primary despite not being on ballot
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Joe Biden wins New Hampshire primary despite not being on ballot

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden won the New Hampshire Democratic primary, despite …

Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there
11 months, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks 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 …

New Hampshire Primary Results: Live Updates
11 months, 2 weeks ago

New Hampshire Primary Results: Live Updates

Huff Post  

Voters in New Hampshire cast ballots Tuesday in the first presidential primary election of the 2024 race. Coming one week after the GOP Iowa caucuses, in which former President Donald Trump secured a commanding victory over the rest of the Republican field, the former president was again projected to finish well ahead of his last remaining opponent, former South Carolina …

Trump wins New Hampshire primary as rematch with Biden appears increasingly likely
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump wins New Hampshire primary as rematch with Biden appears increasingly likely

New Indian Express  

MANCHESTER: Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, tightening his grip on the Republican presidential nomination and bolstering the likelihood of a rematch later this year against President Joe Biden. Nikki Haley, the last major GOP opponent of Donald Trump, insisted she would not drop out if she loses Tuesday's New Hampshire primary to the former president, who …

Joe Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there
11 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Trump defeats Indian-origin Nikki Haley in New Hampshire primary, rematch with Biden more likely
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump defeats Indian-origin Nikki Haley in New Hampshire primary, rematch with Biden more likely

India TV News  

US elections 2024: Former US President Donald Trump on Tuesday secured a major triumph in the New Hampshire primary ahead of the presidential elections in November this year, tightening his grip on the Republican presidential nomination and bolstering chances of a 2020 rematch with President Joe Biden. Trump's allies are already pressuring Haley, a former South Carolina governor, to leave …

New Hampshire Republican Primary 2024: Everything you need to know as first polls open and Donald Trump and Nikki Haley fight to win over Independent voters in the critical state
11 months, 2 weeks ago

New Hampshire Republican Primary 2024: Everything you need to know as first polls open and Donald Trump and Nikki Haley fight to win over Independent voters in the critical state

Daily Mail  

'Our goal is to be stronger than we were in Iowa and then keep going to my sweet state of South Carolina,' Haley told NBC News Donald Trump and his team pressuring Nikki Haley to drop out for sake of unity The first polls open in New Hampshire at 6 a.m. and all will be closed by 8 p.m. Nikki …

Trump wins 2024 New Hampshire primary
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump wins 2024 New Hampshire primary

Associated Press  

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump easily won New Hampshire’s primary on Tuesday, seizing command of the race for the Republican nomination and making a November rematch against President Joe Biden feel all the more inevitable. There are dozens of states left to go,” Haley said, while some in the crowd cried, “It’s not over!” Trump, meanwhile, can now …

Can Trump be stopped? Key questions ahead of New Hampshire after DeSantis drops out of race
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Can Trump be stopped? Key questions ahead of New Hampshire after DeSantis drops out of race

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — Donald Trump’s effort to march to the Republican presidential nomination faces perhaps its greatest challenge on Tuesday when voters in New Hampshire hold the first-in-the-nation primary. DeSantis, even before dropping out altogether, had effectively surrendered New Hampshire to focus instead on South Carolina’s Feb. 24 primary. Sununu, New Hampshire’s popular GOP governor, has been at Haley’s side …

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the New Hampshire primaries
11 months, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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 …

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

You blew it in New Hampshire, Joe Biden. Pray it doesn’t hurt you — and then some.
1 year ago

You blew it in New Hampshire, Joe Biden. Pray it doesn’t hurt you — and then some.

Raw Story  

CONCORD, N.H. — You blew it Joe. Let’s review: Because the GOP has kept the traditional, first-in-the-nation calendar for their New Hampshire presidential primary, all the Republican candidates — save for unabashed anti-Trumper Chris Christie — have made their time in Iowa and New Hampshire an opportunity to declare war on Biden and dance around Trump. New Hampshire state law …

Fla. Democrats won’t have a vote in 2024 presidential primary
1 year ago

Fla. Democrats won’t have a vote in 2024 presidential primary

Raw Story  

Unless a federal judge intervenes, registered Democratic Party voters in Florida won’t have a chance to vote for Joe Biden or any of his opponents for the Democratic presidential nomination next year — a development that may happen only in a few other states in 2024. The Florida Democratic Party has come under fire from some of Biden’s Democratic challengers …

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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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 …

Nevada must hold a GOP presidential primary, despite a party-run caucus occurring 2 days later
1 year, 3 months ago

Nevada must hold a GOP presidential primary, despite a party-run caucus occurring 2 days later

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — The Nevada secretary of state’s office will hold a presidential primary for Republican voters, despite the Nevada GOP saying they’ll only honor the results of their party-run caucus to choose the Republican presidential nominee. A second longshot Republican presidential candidate cast their name on the presidential primary ballot Friday, triggering a 2021 state law that requires the …

Iowa Democrats plan January caucus with delayed results to comply with new party primary calendar
1 year, 3 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 …

Idaho and Missouri shift to Republican presidential caucuses after lawmakers cancel primaries
1 year, 3 months ago

Idaho and Missouri shift to Republican presidential caucuses after lawmakers cancel primaries

Associated Press  

— Republicans in Idaho and Missouri will have to attend caucuses to make their presidential picks next year after the two states’ GOP-led legislatures canceled their presidential primaries and then missed a deadline to reinstate them. Idaho lawmakers this year passed cost-saving legislation backed by Republican Secretary of State Phil McGrane that was intended to push the presidential primary to …

Pennsylvania House proposes April 2 for presidential primary, 2 weeks later than Senate wants
1 year, 3 months ago

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

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Most Pennsylvania lawmakers want to move their state’s presidential primary election up from late April, but disagreements arose in the House on Tuesday over whether to embrace a Senate-backed plan that would shift the election to mid-March. “I think at its core, people recognize that Pennsylvania is …

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 …

The GOP primary is already decided. We’re just pretending it isn’t
1 year, 5 months ago

The GOP primary is already decided. We’re just pretending it isn’t

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. For all the focus on Marco …

Nevada GOP expects long fight to block state-run presidential primary after 1st attempt is denied
1 year, 5 months ago

Nevada GOP expects long fight to block state-run presidential primary after 1st attempt is denied

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — After a loss in court this week, Nevada Republican Party leaders say they’re preparing for a long fight to block the state from holding a presidential primary required under a 2-year-old law. That’s because the party still plans to hold and honor the results of a party-run primary caucus, as they have for decades, to determine which …

The Democratic Party promised to overhaul its primaries. Doing that has been anything but simple
1 year, 6 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 …

Nevada GOP sues to hold presidential caucus over primary in 2024
1 year, 7 months ago

Nevada GOP sues to hold presidential caucus over primary in 2024

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The Nevada Republican Party is suing the state in an effort to maintain its party-run caucuses, even as Nevada shifts to a presidential primary system beginning in 2024. Nevada lawmakers ditched the presidential caucus model after the 2020 election, passing a law the following year that says major political parties in the state with more than one …

Iowa Democrats’ plan: Hold 1st caucuses, report votes later
1 year, 8 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 …

Montana shelves GOP proposal to alter US Senate primary
1 year, 8 months ago

Montana shelves GOP proposal to alter US Senate primary

Associated Press  

— A proposed change to next year’s Montana U.S. Senate primary that was aimed at undermining Democratic Sen. Jon Tester’s reelection chances is likely dead after a state legislative committee shelved the GOP-backed measure Wednesday. Some Republican lawmakers urged on by a GOP lobbyist wanted to alter Montana’s 2024 Senate primary so that only the top two candidates, no matter …

Republicans seek to change Montana primary to thwart Tester
1 year, 9 months ago

Republicans seek to change Montana primary to thwart Tester

Associated Press  

— Republican state lawmakers in Montana are advancing legislation that would alter next year’s U.S. Senate primary in an apparent bid to thwart the reelection of Sen. Jon Tester, one of several Democrats on the ballot in GOP-leaning states. The measure would allow the top two candidates in the primary, no matter their party, to win slots on the 2024 …

New Hampshire Senate votes to protect presidential primary
1 year, 9 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 …

Key Republican wants Ga. as early primary state — in 2028
1 year, 11 months ago

Key Republican wants Ga. as early primary state — in 2028

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger wants his state to become an early presidential primary host — just not in 2024, as President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party are pushing. Top Georgia Democrats including Sen. Raphael Warnock and U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams of Atlanta support a presidential primary move, and the state party’s former executive director, Scott …

What will changes in the US Democratic primary calendar mean?
1 year, 11 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, 11 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 vote to shake up presidential primary calendar, putting South Carolina first
1 year, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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 …

Dems vote to give states more time on new primary calendar
1 year, 11 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 …

NH Dems ask national party not to ‘punish’ them on primary
2 years 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 …

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