2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary
January 23, 2024
33 delegates (23 pledged and 10 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention[lower-alpha 1]
 
Candidate Joe Biden
(write-in)		 Dean Phillips Marianne Williamson
Home state Delaware Minnesota California

The 2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary will be held on January 23, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election.

33 delegates to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) would have been allocated to presidential candidates.[3] However, none of the delegates will be binding,[1] as the DNC-approved calendar had placed the South Carolina primary first,[2] though New Hampshire has instead scheduled its primary first.[4]

Scheduling controversy

President Joe Biden sent a letter on December 1, 2022, to the "rule-making arm" of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), requesting that "diversity" should be emphasized in the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries, upending New Hampshire's tradition of being the first primary state.[5] A December 2022 vote by the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee the following day approved the change.[6]

On February 4, 2023, the DNC formally approved the new 2024 primary calendar, moving South Carolina to hold its race first on February 3, followed by Nevada and New Hampshire on February 6. One member of the Rules and Bylaws Committee who supported this new plan, Lee Saunders, further said it will give a better representation of the composition of the country.[7]

Members of the New Hampshire Democratic Party opposed the move, noted that moving their primary to comply with the new calendar would require changing New Hampshire state law mandating them to hold the first primary in the country.[8] This was unlikely to happen since the state's legislature is controlled by Republicans, who are "unwilling" to change it.[7] New Hampshire Republican governor Chris Sununu also criticized the DNC's plan as an "absolute joke ... It's just based on a personal preference of a candidate".[9]

The DNC originally gave New Hampshire until June to change their primary dates,[2] then extended this deadline to September. But Politico reported that "there was little reason to expect a friendly resolution",[10] since Republican New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan has the sole power to set the state's presidential primary date, in accordance with the aforementioned New Hampshire law.[11] Scanlan announced the January 23 primary date on November 15.[12]

The DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee affirmed on January 6, 2024, that the primary is unsanctioned.[1] John Formella, the New Hampshire Attorney General, sent a "cease and desist" letter to the DNC in response. The state party again committed to voting in alignment with the state law mandating that its primary be held first.[13]

Candidates

Incumbent President Joe Biden announced his bid for a second term on April 25, 2023.[14] However, Biden's team indicated that he would not appear on the New Hampshire primary ballot if the state defies the DNC's calendar and schedules its race before South Carolina's.[15] In October 2023, the manager for the Biden campaign, Julie Chávez Rodriguez, confirmed in a letter to the chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party Raymond Buckley that Biden would not appear on the primary ballot in order to comply with the DNC's calendar.[16] Pro-Biden New Hampshire Democrats, including Kathy Sullivan (the former chairwoman of the state Democratic party) and former Representatives Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter, launched a formal write-in campaign on October 30.[17]

Official candidates on the ballot

The following candidates have officially filed by the end of the filing deadline on October 27, 2023.[18] In order to make the ballot, candidates had to pay a $1,000 filing fee.[19]

Declined

Failed to make ballot

Endorsements

Joe Biden
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Former
State executive officials
Former
State legislators
Former
Local officials
    Former
    Party officials
    Dean Phillips
    State representatives
    Marianne Williamson
    State representatives
    Party officials

    Polling

    Poll source Date(s)
    administered    		 Sample
    size[lower-alpha 2]    		 Margin
    of error    		 Joe Biden
    (write-in)    		 Robert F.
    Kennedy Jr.    		 Dean
    Phillips    		 Marianne
    Williamson    		 Other Undecided
    Emerson College/WHDH January 8–10, 2024 590 (LV) ± 4.0% 49% – 16% 5% 3% 27%
    University of New Hampshire/CNN January 4–8, 2024 643 (LV) ± 3.9% 69% – 7% 6% 11% 7%
    Suffolk University / USA Today January 3–7, 2024 318 (LV) ± 3.1% 64% – 6% 2% 28%
    American Research Group December 27 – January 4, 2024 600 (LV) – 58% – 21% 5% 2% 14%
    NHJournal/co-efficient December 18–20, 2023 1,016 (LV) ± 3.1% 38% 1% (write-in) 7% 7% 8% 39%
    American Research Group December 14–20, 2023 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 51% – 17% 6% 3% 23%
    Saint Anselm College Survey Center December 18–19, 2023 ? (LV) ± 4.8% 50% – 10% 7% 4% 29%
    University of New Hampshire/CNN November 10–14, 2023 674 (LV) ± 3.5% 65% – 10% 9% 5% 10%
    Emerson College/WHDH November 10–13, 2023 917 (RV) ± 3.3% 27%[lower-alpha 3] – 15% 10% 5% 44%
    October 27, 2023 Phillips declares his candidacy
    October 9, 2023 Kennedy withdraws from the primaries
    University of New Hampshire/CNN September 14–18, 2023 801 (LV) ± 3.2% 78% 9% – 6% 3% 4%
    Emerson College August 9–11, 2023 354 (LV) – 65% 12% – 4% 19%
    University of New Hampshire July 13–17, 2023 743 (LV) – 70% 10% – 4% 6% 10%
    American Pulse Research & Polling July 5–11, 2023 354 (LV) – 80% 11% – – – 9%
    Saint Anselm College Survey Center June 21–23, 2023 419 (RV) ± 3.0% 68% 9% – 8% – 16%

    Hypothetical polling

    Hypothetical polling
    Poll source Date(s)
    administered    		 Sample
    size[lower-alpha 2]    		 Margin
    of error    		 Stacey
    Abrams    		 Joe
    Biden    		 Cory
    Booker    		 Pete
    Buttigieg    		 Hillary
    Clinton    		 Kamala
    Harris    		 Amy
    Klobuchar    		 Gavin
    Newsom    		 Alexandria
    Ocasio-Cortez    		 Bernie
    Sanders    		 Elizabeth
    Warren    		 Other Undecided
    University of New Hampshire Apr 13–17, 2023 700 (LV) – 1% 25% – 9% 1% 2% 4% 3% 4% 17% 8% 19%[lower-alpha 4] 7%
    Saint Anselm College Mar 28–30, 2023 556 (RV) ± 4.1% – 34% – 18% 1% 4% – 4% – 11% – 29%[lower-alpha 5] –
    Emerson College Mar 3–5, 2023 390 (LV) ± 4.9% – 29% – 14% – 11% 7% 1% – 17% 11% 6%[lower-alpha 6] 4%
    co/efficient Jan 25–26, 2023 486 (LV) ± 4.45% – 37% – – – – – – – – – 46% 17%
    – 25% – 16% – 5% – – 3% – – 15%[lower-alpha 7] 36%
    University of New Hampshire Jan 19–23, 2023 346 (LV) ± 5.3% – 19% – 23% 0% 2% 5% 1% 6% 15% 18% 3% 4%
    University of New Hampshire Jul 21–25, 2022 430 (LV) ± 4.7% 3% 16% 2% 17% 3% 6% 9% 10% 5% 8% 10% 6%[lower-alpha 8] 6%
    University of New Hampshire Apr 16–20, 2021 787 (A) – – 64% – – – – – – – – – 18%[lower-alpha 9] 17%
    Saint Anselm College Mar 4–6, 2021 418 (LV) – – – – – – 45% – – – – – 26%[lower-alpha 10] 30%

    Results

    New Hampshire Democratic primary, January 23, 2024
    Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
    Pledged Unpledged Total
    Joe Biden (Write-In)
    Marianne Williamson
    Dean Phillips
    Terrisa Bukovinac
    Vermin Supreme
    Paperboy Prince
    President R. Boddie
    Eban Cambridge
    Gabriel Cornejo
    Mark Stewart Greenstein
    Tom Koos
    Paul V. LaCava
    Star Locke
    Frankie Lozada
    Stephen P. Lyons
    Raymond Michael Moroz
    Derek Nadeau
    Jason Michael Palmer
    Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato
    Donald Picard
    Richard Rist
    John Vail
    Other Write-In
    Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
    Total: 100.00% 33 10 23
    Source: "Democratic Cumulative Filing as of 10/27/2023" (PDF). New Hampshire Secretary of State. Retrieved December 7, 2023.

    See also

    Notes

    1. ↑ New Hampshire's delegates will not be awarded through this unofficial primary.[1] The early date violates the DNC-approved calendar, which confirmed South Carolina as the first primary state.[2]
    2. 1 2 Key:
      A – all adults
      RV – registered voters
      LV – likely voters
      V – unclear
    3. ↑ Biden was not initially prompted as an option.
    4. ↑ Michelle Obama with 10%; Robert F. Kennedy and Gretchen Whitmer with 2% each; Raphael Warnock, Mariann Williamson, Jared Polis, J.B Pritzker, and Josh Shapiro with 1% each
    5. ↑ Michelle Obama with 14%; Other with 7%; Gretchen Whitmer with 4%; Andrew Yang and Marianne Williamson with 2%.
    6. ↑ Gretchen Whitmer with 4%
    7. ↑ Michelle Obama with 15%
    8. ↑ "Other" with 4%; Chris Murphy and Gretchen Whitmer with 1%; Jared Polis, J.B. Pritzker, and Gina Raimondo with 0%
    9. ↑ 18% do not want Biden run in the 2024 presidential election
    10. ↑ "If Joe Biden decides not to run for re-election, someone else" with 26%

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    5. ↑ Miller, Zeke; Kinnard, Meg; Weissert, Will (December 1, 2022). "AP sources: Biden tells Dems he wants SC as 1st primary vote". Associated Press. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
    6. ↑ "DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Adopts Biden Calendar Proposal". Frontloading HQ. December 2, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
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