Kinda KNEW this was coming….
New Hampshire and Iowa have been the first primary and caucus states for Democrats for decades…
The status has given the state exposure and economic boosts…
But the state’s overwhelmingly white and left leaning votes have little to do with who gets to be eventually picked as the Democratic Presidential nominee ….
Joe Biden gets props for acknowledging this in looking f0r a change in 2024 schedule…
The DNC will have to figure out to handle this….
New Hampshire is leaning on a state law that says they must be a week before everyone else….
The thing that the Democrats do NOT want is a free-for-all in primary dates…..
Oh, the Governor of New Hampshire IS a Republican….
New Hampshire’s secretary of state said Friday he’s not concerned about a move by the Democratic National Committee to end the state’s first-in-the-nation primary status.
A DNC subcommittee voted Friday to move South Carolina to the front of the presidential nominating calendar, tossing Iowa out of the mix of early-voting states and placing New Hampshire second, on the same day as Nevada would vote.
The subcommittee also asked Gov. Sununu and House Majority Leader Jason Osborne to send them signed letters agreeing to accommodate the ruling.
Osborne said in a statement to News9: “Yes, I have a letter for the DNC. Looking forward to sending it.”
New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan said he’s not concerned about losing first-in-the-nation status.
“We’ve been through this before in the past with other states challenging our first-in-the-nation status,” Scanlan said. “And we know we’ve always been able to maintain our position and this time around will be no different.”
Scanlan said he’s confident thanks to a state law that requires New Hampshire to hold its primary a week before any similar election.
“New Hampshire will hold the first-in-the-nation primary, no matter what sanctions may be out there,” he said….