The Democratic National Committee has narrowed its list of host cities for its 2028 national convention — and Atlanta did not make the cut. The Democratic and Republican national conventions are held every four years, during which delegates officially select that year’s presidential nominee. Both Atlanta and Chicago made it to the Democrat’s list of […]
The national Democratic Party voted this weekend against a proposal that could have restricted the use of ranked choice voting in presidential primaries. In a voice vote at the Democratic National Committee’s full meeting in Austin, Texas, members voted against adding language to the rules governing the delegate selection process that would have only considered […]
The South Carolina delegation's sign is seen as former President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 2024. (Photo by Shaun Griswold / Source New Mexico)
Virginia is on track to become the sixth and final early-voting state in the 2028 Democratic presidential nominating calendar under a proposal unveiled last week, a move that could bring presidential candidates, campaign spending and national attention to the commonwealth in the weeks before Super Tuesday. The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee recommended […]
New Hampshire’s political elites quickly pointed fingers after a Democratic National Committee panel voted Friday to strip the Granite State of its first-in-the-nation status on the presidential nomination calendar. Republican elites blamed Democrats for the Rules and Bylaws Committee decision. Democratic elites blamed their national party leadership. What neither side did, but should, is consider […]
It is clear in hindsight, and clear to many at the time, that the choice to sideline New Hampshire in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary process was designed to spare President Joe Biden from scrutiny over his ability to mount a vigorous reelection campaign. South Carolina was chosen to go first. As New Hampshire, following […]
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart said the party will “have more to say after November” about its path forward in the 2028 presidential nominating cycle after a Democratic National Committee panel denied Iowa a waiver to hold an early contest. Members of the Rules and Bylaws Committee voted Friday in Washington, D.C., to have […]
The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee on Friday voted to catapult New Mexico’s 2028 presidential primary election to fourth in the country.
