The new calendar for the 2028 primaries that Democrats are poised to approve later this week will dramatically shake up the race for the party’s next presidential nomination.
The Democratic National Committee next Saturday is on track to approve a primary schedule that will replace Iowa and New Hampshire, the small and preponderantly white states that held the first contests for nearly 50 years, with two racially diverse battlegrounds: South Carolina and Nevada.
Under the new calendar, South Carolina, in late January 2028, and Nevada, in early February, will kick off the race for the party’s
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