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The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee voted Friday to recommend that South Carolina should hold the nation's first 2028 presidential nominating contest.
The Democratic National Committee approved a 2028 presidential primary calendar placing South Carolina first, followed by Nevada, with early contests also set for New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan and Virginia. The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee recommended the change Friday, and Democrats adopted it in a vote later the same day. The reordering aims to give Black and Latino voters greater early influence.
NYTimes – US The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee voted Friday to recommend that South Carolina should hold the nation's first 2028 presidential nominating contest.
The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee voted Friday to recommend that South Carolina should hold the nation's first 2028 presidential nominating contest.
NPR – Politics DNC move aims to better represent views of party’s racially diverse voter base ahead of next presidential cycle Democrats moved to keep South Carolina as the first state to vote in their party’s 2028 presidential primary process, while moving up several other states, in an effort to better represent the views of the party’s racially diverse voter base. At a meeting in Washington DC of the Democratic National Committ…
NYTimes – US The state, along with several others still being chosen, appears set to play an important role in determining the party’s next presidential nominee.
NPR – US A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan national, during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. He was in serious but stable condition with a bullet still in his back, according to his lawyer. The shooting prompted anti-ICE protests and calls from local officials for a transparent investigation.
NYTimes – US Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney asked the judge in her Massachusetts murder trial to question holdout juror Michael Desronvil and review his cellphone records, alleging he used a phone during deliberations and was untruthful on a jury questionnaire. The juror's insistence on guilt produced a mistrial.
NYTimes – US A Mississippi grand jury unanimously found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing and declined to indict anyone in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, whose cause of death was consistent with drowning. Wells was found dead on Horn Island after boating there with friends on July 4. His family is calling for further investigation.
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