Overview
- The applicants are Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
- The DNC intends to select four to five early contests by choosing one state from each region — East, Midwest, South, West.
- The Rules and Bylaws Committee will convene later this month in Puerto Rico to begin narrowing the field, then hear formal state presentations in the spring before targeting a late‑summer plan.
- Michigan emphasizes demographic diversity and swing‑state value, citing a 2023 law that moved its primary earlier and its inclusion in the 2024 early lineup.
- New Hampshire submitted a detailed bid to reclaim first‑primary status, while southern contenders face legal constraints, with North Carolina and Tennessee requiring Republican legislatures, Georgia dependent on future statewide results, and South Carolina able to set its own date.