AUSTIN —
Democrats on Saturday adopted a 2028 presidential primary schedule that moves states with sought-after diverse populations to the front of a calendar that will shape their party’s fight to win the White House.
Democratic National Committee members gave final approval to six early voting states, with South Carolina, which has a substantial Black population, continuing to kick off the party’s nominating contests on January 22, 2028.
Nevada, a western presidential battleground, will follow on February 1. The four other early voting states are New Hampshire on February 8, New Mexico on February 15, Michigan on February 22 and Virginia on February 29. The calendar removes Iowa from the early lineup.
In choosing to include Nevada and New Mexico in the early contests, the party has frontloaded the calendar with states that have large contingents of Latino voters, a group that President Donald Trump made inroads with during the 2024 presidential election.
