DNC's moves on presidential primary add confusion to NH's first-in-the-nation status

By: Julia Furukawa, Michelle Liu

Outlets: NHPR

Published: July 29, 2026

Words: 800

Last Updated: 4 days, 22 hours ago


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If the Democratic National Committee follows through with its planned 2028 presidential nominating calendar, South Carolina — and not New Hampshire — will again hold the party's first official primary. James Pindell, national political reporter at The Boston Globe, talked with NHPR’s Julia Barnett about where things stand with Democrats’ 2028 plans and what those plans might mean for the New Hampshire primary.

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