
New Hampshire Officially Defies DNC Primary Calendar
In officially defying the Democratic National Committee’s new primary calendar, the New Hampshire Secretary of State announced today that the state will hold its primary election on Jan. 23, 2024—11 days ahead of South Carolina. The move preserves the “Live Free or Die” state’s century-old standing as hosting the first primary election in the nation and is an official answer to months’ worth of promises by New Hampshire officials, both Democrats and Republicans, that it will not comply with the DNC’s move to bump it to second place. “We did not take the first in the nation primary from everyone and we will vigorously defend it,” New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan said in a press conference in the lobby of the state Capitol building....
