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2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary

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The 2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary was held on January 23, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. The January New Hampshire primary was not sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The DNC-approved 2024 calendar placed the South Carolina primary first, but New Hampshire state law mandates them to hold the first primary in the country, and a "bipartisan group of state politicians", including the chairs of the Democratic and the Republican parties, announced that the state would preserve this status. Thus, the DNC initially stripped all 33 of the state's delegates that would have been allocated to the Democratic National Convention. The delegates will be allowed to be seated at the convention following the holding of a party-backed firehouse primary on April 27.

2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary
2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary - Wikidata
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No delegates to the Democratic National Convention
 
Candidate Joe Biden
(write-in) 		Dean Phillips
Home state Delaware Minnesota
Popular vote 79,100 24,377
Percentage 63.8% 19.7%
2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary
2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary - Wikidata
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24 delegates to the Democratic National Convention
 
Candidate Joe Biden
Home state Delaware

Although running for a second term, incumbent President Joe Biden declined to appear on the January New Hampshire ballot to comply with the DNC. His supporters nevertheless carried out a successful write-in campaign on his behalf that he did not endorse, winning over 60% of the vote. Philips also won a significant number of votes.

Controversies

Scheduling

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. A December 2022 vote by the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee the following day approved the change.

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.

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. This was unlikely to happen since the state's legislature is controlled by Republicans, who are "unwilling" to change it. Republican New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu also criticized the DNC's plan as an "absolute joke ... It's just based on a personal preference of a candidate".

The DNC originally gave New Hampshire until June to change their primary dates, then extended this deadline to September. But Politico reported that "there was little reason to expect a friendly resolution", 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. Scanlan announced the January 23 primary date on November 15, criticizing the DNC and stating that "using racial diversity as a cudgel and an attempt to rearrange the presidential nominating calendar is an ugly precedent".

The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee affirmed on January 6, 2024, that the primary is unsanctioned and non-binding, and is therefore "meaningless". Republican New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella sent a "cease and desist" letter to the DNC in response, accusing the DNC of voter suppression. The New Hampshire Democratic Party again committed to voting in alignment with the state law mandating that its primary be held first. The state party may still send their delegation to the Democratic National Convention anyway, hoping the DNC will reverse course similar to what happened in 2008 when Florida and Michigan held their primaries earlier than the calendar allowed; after initially ruling both states would be stripped of all their delegates, it was decided to only penalize half of their delegates. DNC chair Jaime Harrison indicated on the night of the South Carolina primary that he would work towards seating the New Hampshire delegates, though the decision is ultimately in the hands of the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the DNC.

The party ran a firehouse primary on April 27 to gain back their 24 delegates in which 24 delegates voted and Biden was the only candidate on the ballot. All delegates will be allowed to be seated at the national convention following a vote by the DNC's "rulemaking arm" on April 30.

AI robocall

NBC News reported on January 22, 2024, that the New Hampshire attorney general's office was investigating AI-generated robocalls seemingly from Biden which encouraged voters to skip voting on the day of the primary. Phillips was critical of the calls and called for more regulation in the AI sector. Aaron Jacobs, a spokesman for the Biden write-in campaign, indicated that the matter was referred to the police. Formella announced on February 6 that the robocalls had been traced to Texas-based Life Corporation and Lingo Telecom, after investigation by the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force as well as the Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Bureau and other "state and federal agencies". Steve Kramer indicated on February 25 that he had commissioned the robocall. In mid-March, the League of Women Voters and several New Hampshire voters filed a lawsuit against Kramer, Lingo Telecom, and Life Corporation.

Candidates

Official candidates on the ballot

The following candidates officially filed by the end of the filing deadline on October 27, 2023. In order to be listed on the ballot, candidates paid a $1,000 filing fee.

Write-in campaigns

In addition to the candidates who made the ballot, several candidates ran write-in campaigns.

Incumbent President Joe Biden announced his bid for a second term on April 25, 2023. 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. 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. 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, concluding that it would only hurt the Biden campaign if he lost the state's unsanctioned primary by default.

In January 2024, voters promoting a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war launched a write-in campaign for "ceasefire". New Hampshire secretary of state David Scanlan has indicated that these "ceasefire" votes were tallied. Ultimately, "Ceasefire" received 1,497 votes, or 1.28%.

Cenk Uygur, who filed for the ballot but was disqualified due to not being a natural-born citizen, told supporters to write him in in an X post the day of the primary.[better source needed]

Despite not running in or campaigning in this primary, independent politicians Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Bernie Sanders each received notable numbers of write-in votes. Additionally, several candidates running in the concurrently held Republican primaries received sizable numbers of write-ins in the Democratic primary. In previous New Hampshire primaries, candidates of the opposite have received write-in votes from voters who missed the deadline to change their registration.

Endorsements

Joe Biden (write-in)
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Former
State executive officials
Former
State legislators
Former
Local officials
Former
Party officials
Dean Phillips
State legislators
Former
Newspapers
Marianne Williamson
State legislators
Former
Local officials
Party officials
Ceasefire (write-in)
State executive officials

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Joe Biden
(write-in) 		Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. 		Dean
Phillips 		Marianne
Williamson 		Other Undecided
Emerson College/WHDH January 18–20, 2024 467 (LV) ± 4.5% 61% – 16% 5% 2% 16%
American Research Group January 18–20, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 54% – 32% 3% 4% 7%
University of New Hampshire/CNN January 16–19, 2024 775 (LV) 63% – 10% 9% 11% 6%
American Research Group January 12–15, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 58% – 28% 3% 2% 9%
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% – 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 		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% 7%
Saint Anselm College Mar 28–30, 2023 556 (RV) ± 4.1% – 34% – 18% 1% 4% – 4% – 11% – 29% –
Emerson College Mar 3–5, 2023 390 (LV) ± 4.9% – 29% – 14% – 11% 7% 1% – 17% 11% 6% 4%
co/efficient Jan 25–26, 2023 486 (LV) ± 4.45% – 37% – – – – – – – – – 46% 17%
– 25% – 16% – 5% – – 3% – – 15% 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% 6%
University of New Hampshire Apr 16–20, 2021 787 (A) – – 64% – – – – – – – – – 18% 17%
Saint Anselm College Mar 4–6, 2021 418 (LV) – – – – – – 45% – – – – – 26% 30%

Results

This is Biden's first primary victory in the state (though he has been on the ballot in the state's Democratic primary three other times).

New Hampshire Democratic primary, January 23, 2024
Candidate Votes Percentage
Joe Biden (incumbent; write-in) 79,100 63.8%
Dean Phillips 24,377 19.7%
Marianne Williamson 5,016 4.0%
Nikki Haley (write-in) (Republican) 4,760 3.8%
Donald Trump (write-in) (Republican) 2,079 1.7%
Derek Nadeau 1,616 1.3%
"Ceasefire" (write-in) 1,512 1.2%
Vermin Supreme 912 0.7%
John Vail 685 0.6%
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (write-in) (Independent) 439 0.4%
Donald Picard 371 0.3%
Paperboy Prince 326 0.3%
Paul V. LaCava 176 0.1%
Jason Michael Palmer 142 0.1%
President R. Boddie 136 0.1%
Mark Stewart Greenstein 133 0.1%
Bernie Sanders (write-in) (Independent) 125 0.1%
Terrisa Bukovinac 101 <0.1%
Gabriel Cornejo 86 <0.1%
Stephen P. Lyons 80 <0.1%
Frankie Lozada 73 <0.1%
Tom Koos 71 <0.1%
Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato 68 <0.1%
Star Locke 59 <0.1%
Raymond Michael Moroz 52 <0.1%
Eban Cambridge 47 <0.1%
Chris Christie (write-in) (Republican) 41 <0.1%
Richard Rist 37 <0.1%
Ron DeSantis (write-in) (Republican) 33 <0.1%
Vivek Ramaswamy (write-in) (Republican) 2 <0.1%
Other write-ins 1,341 1.1%
Total: 123,996 100.00%
Source:

No delegates were awarded from the New Hampshire primary.

See also

Notes

References

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