CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire presidential primary filing period starts Wednesday, a ritual unruffled by either a changing of the guard or changes to the nominating calendar elsewhere.
They need only meet the basic requirements to be president, fill out a one-page form and pay a $1,000 filing fee.
But he wouldn’t be the first reelection-seeking incumbent missing from the primary ballot: President Lyndon Johnson won the 1968 Democratic primary as a write-in, though a shockingly strong-second place showing by Sen. Eugene McCarthy helped push him out of the race.
Scanlan, who served as deputy secretary of state for 20 years, said he was excited to welcome candidates starting Wednesday.
“That was Bill’s style, and he was really, really good at it.”
Persons:
Bill Gardner, David Scanlan, “ I’m, ”, Joe Biden, Lyndon Johnson, Sen, Eugene McCarthy, Scanlan, Gardner, ” Scanlan
Organizations:
CONCORD, The New, Republicans, Democratic National, South, Democratic
Locations:
N.H, The, The New Hampshire, New Hampshire, New York, Minnesota, Italy, South Carolina, Nevada