New Hampshire May Have a New Motto: Vote First or Die

State Democratic leaders are scrambling to hold on to first-in-the-nation presidential primary status with the DNC moving toward big changes for 2024.

AP/Nathan Howard
The Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting at the Omni Shoreham Hotel on December 2, 2022, at Washington. AP/Nathan Howard

Democratic leaders in New Hampshire, the state that has held the first-in-the-nation presidential primary for more than 100 years, are scrambling to hold on to that status after the Democratic National Committee approved a plan to radically reorder the party’s presidential nominating calendar for 2024. The DNC now wants to make South Carolina the first primary contest and to scrap Iowa entirely from the early window.

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