Friday, July 24, 2026

"DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Proposes Early States for 2028 Democratic Presidential Nominating Calendar"

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DNC press release : Committee members highlighted the calendar’s ability to battle-test the field of candidates with a rigorous, fair, and e...

At FHQ Plus: The coming 2028 primary calendar vote from the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee

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Over at FHQ Plus... The Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) of the Democratic National Committee opened up the first of two days of meetings on...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

At FHQ Plus: Leftovers: 2028 delegate allocation in the Republican presidential nomination process

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Over at FHQ Plus... In researching the recent post on the Republican early calendar rules for 2028 , FHQ ran across a couple of items that, ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

"South Carolina and Nevada Fight to Kick Off Democrats’ 2028 Presidential Calendar"

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Shane Goldmacher at The New York Times has the latest on the two frontrunners for the Democrats' top primary calendar spot for 2028 : ...

Are they or aren't they? Not so fast on those 2028 DNC calendar rules.

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Yesterday FHQ put reporting from the Associated Press that Democrats could  vote  later this week on which states will fill out the party...
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

At FHQ Plus: Is the early 2028 Republican presidential primary calendar set?

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Over at FHQ Plus... The early 2028 calendar: Democratic change, Republican stability The running assumption with respect to the 2028 preside...
Monday, July 20, 2026

"Democrats could take preliminary vote on their 2028 presidential primary calendar later this week"

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Meg Kinnard and Joey Cappelletti at The Associated Press share the latest on the Democrats' efforts to nail down the early states for 20...
Friday, July 10, 2026

"Would You Let New Mexico Pick the President?"

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Jesús Rodríguez at The New Yorker on the Democrats' efforts to settle on a lead-off state for 2028 : "Democrats are deciding what k...

At FHQ Plus: The die appears cast for ranked choice voting in the 2028 presidential nomination races

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Over at FHQ Plus... Ranked choice voting? Again? Come on, FHQ. Didn’t you already write — at length — about Democrats and RCV not all that l...
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

At FHQ Plus: Democrats devise their own super penalty for primary calendar violations

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Over at FHQ Plus... June 25, 2026. Yes, it is a date like any other, but in FHQ’s estimation, it is a date worth marking on your, ahem, cale...