Two New York state lawmakers announced legislation Wednesday aimed to move New York’s presidential primaries in 2028 to Super Tuesday, traditionally the biggest day nationwide for primary elections and caucuses before Election Day in November.

The argument behind the legislation, pushed by two Democrats – state Sen. James Skoufis and Assemblymember Landon Dais – is New York’s waning importance in the presidential nomination process in recent years. New York’s presidential primaries have been held in April for three of the last four cycles — with 2020 taking place during the state’s regular primaries in June due to the COVID-19 pandemic — long after Super Tuesday’s contests which are generally very determinative of who wins the nominations.

With the exception of 2016, the nominations were

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