The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee has begun the process to decide its 2028 nominating process, taking the first in a series of steps that will determine whether New Hampshire returns to its traditional spot at the front of the party’s presidential primary calendar.

The committee Monday voted unanimously to require any state hoping to win an early spot in its 2028 primary to submit a proposal by mid-January arguing for why it is best poised to help Democrats win back the White House.

Party leaders stressed they want what DNC Chairman Ken Martin called a "rigorous, effective, fair calendar and process” to select the party’s next presidential standard-bearer.

Martin noted that final decisions on the Democratic calendar are still a long way off. But the jockeyin

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