DNC panel recommends South Carolina hold the 1st presidential primary in 2028

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• ▪South Carolina Democratic Party chair Christale Spain stated that South Carolina contains a major Black community, and that the state's early contest gives Democrats a reliable sense of how Black voters are feeling.
• ▪"Since the early 2000s, South Carolina has been the first in the South contest, and our party's most reliable read on Black voter sentiment, the group that this party most depends on," Spain said.

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• ▪ DNC panel advances South Carolina as first state in the 2028 primary calendar — Washington Examiner
• ▪ Dem panel taps South Carolina to hold first 2028 presidential primary — Axios
• ▪ DNC committee sets up South Carolina to vote first in Democrats’ 2028 presidential primaries — NBC News — Top

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