{"id":2634885,"date":"2026-07-24T17:23:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hampshire-democrats-buck-dnc-say-state-will-still-hold-first-2028-primary\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T17:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:25:26","slug":"new-hampshire-democrats-buck-dnc-say-state-will-still-hold-first-2028-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hampshire-democrats-buck-dnc-say-state-will-still-hold-first-2028-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hampshire Democrats buck DNC, say state will still hold first 2028 primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-hampshire-democrats-buck-dnc-say-state-will-still-hold-first-2028-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2634885&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New Hampshire Democrats are protesting the Democratic National Committee&#8217;s (DNC) decision to designate South Carolina as the first state to hold primary elections for the 2028 presidential race, in line with the DNC\u2019s recent vote. The DNC prioritized South carolina due to its large Black voting population, moving the primary date to January 22, 2028, ahead of Nevada and New Hampshire, which are scheduled for later in February. Despite these changes, New Hampshire law mandates its primary must be held at least one week before any other state. The new Hampshire democratic Party chairman,Ray Buckley,criticized the DNC\u2019s decision,stating it disregards the state\u2019s laws and its proven,fair primary process. Previous attempts by the DNC to prioritize South Carolina over New Hampshire in 2024 were defied by New Hampshire, with Joe Biden winning the primary as a write-in candidate. DNC officials expressed hope that new Hampshire would comply with the new rules, but indicated they might address non-compliance as they have in the past.Buckley also criticized the move as detracting focus from upcoming 2026 elections and the party\u2019s broader goals of winning general elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-hampshire\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"572\">New Hampshire<\/a> Democrats are defying the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-committee\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3400\">Democratic National Committee<\/a>\u2018s plans for South Carolina and vowing to hold the party\u2019s first 2028 presidential primaries in accordance with their state\u2019s law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DNC held a vote on Friday and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4662067\/dnc-south-carolina-first-state-2028-election-primary-calendar\/\">anointed South Carolina<\/a> as the state where the party will hold its first presidential primaries of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2028-elections\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11676\">2028 election<\/a> season. The move did not sit well with Democrats in New Hampshire, where state law says they must hold their presidential primaries at least one week ahead of any other state in the union.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4662775\/new-hampshire-bucks-dnc-first-2028-primary\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New Hampshire Democrats buck DNC, say state will still hold first 2028 primary<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4662067\/dnc-south-carolina-first-state-2028-election-primary-calendar\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DNC panel advances South Carolina as first state in the 2028 primary calendar<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4659696\/dnc-ken-martin-early-voting-lineup\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Amid infighting, DNC chairman Ken Martin urges swift decision on presidential primary calendar<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley released a statement bashing the DNC\u2019s vote, saying \u201cparty insiders have learned nothing from 2024.\u201d He said the vote would not change the fact that New Hampshire legally has to hold the first primary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNew Hampshire has a proven track record of testing our candidates with a rigorous, fair, and efficient process, yet those qualities did not prevail,\u201d Buckley said. \u201cThis committee\u2019s vote does not change the realities governing New Hampshire\u2019s primary, which are beyond the control of both this committee and our state party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty-six members of a 49-person panel of DNC leaders voted to give South Carolina the first primary, citing the reason as state\u2019s large population of black voters. Nineteen members chose Nevada, and just <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/24\/democrats-2028-first-primary-south-carolina-nevada\">four<\/a> chose New Hampshire. The DNC announced Friday that South Carolina\u2019s primary would be held on Jan. 22, 2028; Nevada\u2019s on Feb. 1, 2028; and New Hampshire\u2019s on Feb. 8, 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the DNC voted to give South Carolina the first primary in 2024 as well, but New Hampshire bucked the party\u2019s wishes and held their primary first anyway. Former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"471\">Joe Biden<\/a> still won New Hampshire\u2019s primary, but as a write-in candidate, as he refused to campaign in the state or be placed on the primary ballot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee co-Chairman Jim Roosevelt told reporters that it is the national committee\u2019s \u201chope that the New Hampshire legislature and governor will see that every other state has found a way to work with the other 49 states and seven territories to produce a state-run process that complies with party rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe hope that New Hampshire will do that, but if not, we will find a way to deal with it as we have in the past,\u201d Roosevelt said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DNC Chairman Ken Martin also spoke to the New Hampshire Democratic Party chairman\u2019s comments on Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI certainly understand from the chairman\u2019s point. I mean, he\u2019s got a lot to consider right now, and so my hope is that New Hampshire is still represented in this process, which is why they replaced third in this calendar,\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4662067\/dnc-south-carolina-first-state-2028-election-primary-calendar\/\">DNC PANEL ADVANCES SOUTH CAROLINA AS FIRST STATE IN THE 2028 PRIMARY CALENDAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buckley also said in his statement that the DNC\u2019s Friday vote \u201cmoves the party further\u201d from the focus on the 2026 elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDemocrats\u2019 guiding North Star should be winning general elections, and New Hampshire Democrats will get back to work focusing on the 2026 elections and addressing the significant challenges facing America\u2019s overwhelmed working class. Today\u2019s vote moves the party further away from that objective,\u201d Buckley said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NH Democrats defy DNC, plan to hold first 2028 primary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4371,"featured_media":2634886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP24311143387171.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[83135,3685,7705,33594,32603],"class_list":["post-2634885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2028-primary","tag-democrats","tag-dnc","tag-new-hampshire","tag-political-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP24311143387171.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2634885"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2634888,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634885\/revisions\/2634888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2634886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2634885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2634885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2634885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}