2028 Democratic presidential primary calendar
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2028 Democratic hopeful's ally exposed for CCP ties
Yin's LinkedIn profile still includes the senior advisor title with Khanna's office.
Rep. Ro Khanna has been floated as a potential 2028 Democratic contender for president.
Yin called himself an Official Commerce Rep in the US for the Province of Fujian, China on his LinkedIn profile.
James Carville predicts 2028 Democratic reckoning
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez renewed her DSA membership after a seven-year lapse.
The DSA confirmed that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoined the organization in August 2026.
James Carville said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has more talent than most of the people on the left put together.
“Let me assure you that Democratic voters are not going to nominate the DSA or anybody close to the DSA. The Democrats have never nominated the most liberal candidate, and they're not [going to] do it in 2028,”
Iowa Democrat says Kamala Harris should not run for president again
Rob Sand was a registered independent.
Kamala Harris sent a fundraising email on Mary Peltola's behalf that appeared to be unsolicited by the candidate.
Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump.
“I don’t tend to like the party politics stuff. I think that we have a fundamentally broken two-choice political system. I don’t think that either the Democratic or the Republican parties are solving enough problems or deserve special legal privileges in order to force us to pick between the lesser of two evils. My inclination is that I want it to be shaken up.”
Poll: Most Democrats in early 2028 primary states oppose aid to Israel
Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic Party's nomination for a US Senate seat in Michigan.
Hamid Bendaas is a spokesperson for the IMEU Policy Project.
Respondents across all six states showed support for imposing sanctions on Israel and enforcing the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Unfortunately, the current leadership as it stands in the Democratic Party has been people who have a very status quo view about the US-Israel relationship. And so, what ultimately needs to happen is the party just needs a new leader who actually reflects its voters.”
Newsom ally taunts Buttigieg over South Carolina visit
South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Christale Spain declared that "the South is not the past, it is the future."
Aida Ross is a representative of Pete Buttigieg.
Matt Whitlock is a Republican strategist who wrote on X about Newsom and Buttigieg staffers jostling to catch up to AOC in the 2028 Dem primaries.
Pete Buttigieg visits South Carolina amid White House run consideration
Buttigieg spoke at a policy conference on Saturday morning before traveling to Claflin University in Orangeburg.
Buttigieg said he is focused on 2026.
Jaime Harrison is a former Democratic National Committee chair and former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman.
Democratic National Committee Narrows 2028 Convention Shortlist to Three Cities
“inspiring celebration of our party’s future nominee.”
South Carolina to hold first 2028 Democratic primary
The South Carolina Democratic primary is scheduled for Jan. 22, 2028.
More than 60% of South Carolina's Democratic primary electorate is African American.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear spoke at a South Carolina Democratic Party event earlier in 2026.
“The candidate that wants to help South Carolina Democrats break the Republican supermajority of the State House. The candidate that wants to help Dr. Anna Andrews become the next junior senator from South Carolina. The candidate that wants to help elect the next Democratic governor in South Carolina,”
AOC says she has not ruled out 2028 run for president or Senate
Ocasio-Cortez posted videos on Instagram administering the first injections in the egg-freezing process on Saturday.
Ocasio-Cortez said she is humbled by the tremendous amount of support out there.
Ocasio-Cortez said she decided to publicly share her egg-freezing decision to normalize the process for working women across the country.
DNC committee sets South Carolina to vote first in 2028 Democratic primaries
The DNC rules committee voted to keep South Carolina as the first Democratic presidential nominating contest in 2028.
The rules committee's recommendation is set to be presented to the full DNC at its summer meeting next month.
Then-President Joe Biden pushed the DNC to reshuffle the primary calendar for his re-election year, moving South Carolina to the front of the line after it provided the key result for his 2020 primary campaign.