A voter carries his ballot from a voting booth while voting in the New Hampshire U.S. presidential primary election in Manchester, New Hampshire, February 11, 2020.
New Hampshire's secretary of state on Wednesday scheduled the state's presidential primaries for Jan. 23, 2024, extending its century-old streak of going first despite national Democrats' efforts to overhaul the nominating calendar.
Republicans will kick off the nominating process with the Iowa caucus on Jan. 15, 2024.
New Hampshire's primary eight days later will be a crucial opportunity for GOP candidates to show they can remain competitive against former President Donald Trump, the early front-runner for their party's presidential nomination.
But Scanlan said that using racial diversity as "a cudgel" in a bid to rearrange the presidential nominating calendar sets "an ugly precedent."
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David Scanlan, Donald Trump, Chris Christie, Joe Biden, Black, Scanlan
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