These Are the 12 States Vying to Kick Off Democrats’ 2028 Contest
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Twelve states have applied to hold the earliest contests in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary, emphasizing factors like race, geography, size, diversity, and battleground status in their applications.
- The Democratic National Committee plans to select one state from each of four regions—West, South, Midwest, and East—to hold primaries in the early window before Super Tuesday, with a possible fifth bonus state.
- States applying include Nevada and New Mexico in the West; Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia in the South; Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan in the Midwest; and New Hampshire and Delaware in the East.
- Some states, such as Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada, and North Carolina, expressed a
