The Democratic National Committee near unanimously approved a reconfigured presidential primary calendar rubber-stamped by the White House.
February 4, 2023, 2:22 PMDemocratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison speaks at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting, on Feb. 3, 2023, in Philadelphia.The Democratic National Committee near unanimously approved a reconfigured presidential primary calendar rubber-stamped by the White House at the group's winter gathering on Saturday.
That primary would be followed by Nevada and New Hampshire on Feb. 6, Georgia on Feb. 13 and Michigan on Feb. 27.Modernization and representation were two key guiding pillars for the DNC as they strategized changing their early nominating window. The committee debated for months over what sort of voter coalition could win Democrats votes.
"We are creating a situation of continued uncertainty that will drag on until 2023," said Iowa DNC member Scott Brennan. "We will leave here with absolutely nothing settled." Joanne Dowdell, a DNC member from New Hampshire, says the DNC is punishing them because they cannot change their law. Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison speaks at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting, on Feb. 3, 2023, in Philadelphia.Former 2020 candidate author Marianne Williamson is teasing a Democrat challenge to Biden and will be visiting New Hampshire in the coming weeks.
Georgia election official Jordan Fuchs told ABC News back in December that there's little appetite to move their primary up unless both parties can do so, without either receiving penalties from their respective national parties – another unlikely parameter.
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