Dems vote to give Georgia, New Hampshire more time for changes to primary calendar

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January 26th, 2023

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U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia is the chair of the Georgia Democratic Party. She is helping lead the effort to move Georgia’s presidential primary up in the calendar. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File)

A Democratic National Committee panel voted Wednesday to give New Hampshire and Georgia more time to make changes that would allow both to be part of a revamped group of five states leading off the party’s presidential primary starting next year.

But even as they voted 25-0 to extend the compliance deadline until June 3, members of the DNC rules committee complained about New Hampshire’s ongoing feud with the national party because the new calendar would cost it the chance to hold the nation’s first primary.

The fight underscores how the effort to shake up the Democratic presidential primary could turn increasingly bitter, even at a time when the party will be counting on staying unified as it tries to hold the White House and Senate in 2024.

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