Weak. Feckless. Rolled.
Our Democrats got steamrolled by their own party.
National Democrats called New Hampshire too white to vote first. Shaheen, Hassan, Pappas and Buckley responded with a strongly worded letter. It was worth four votes.
We're going first anyway.
They folded. You don't have to.
Add your name to the Granite Staters who will not let Washington pick our place in line.
What They Actually Did
They complained loudly once the vote was safely lost, and not one of them broke with the party that did it.
“This committee's vote does not change the realities governing New Hampshire's primary, which are beyond the control of… our state party.”
Raymond Buckley · Chairman, NH Democratic Party
“Today's vote shows that many party insiders have learned nothing from 2024.”
Raymond Buckley · Chairman, NH Democratic Party
That is a party chairman telling you decisions about your election get made somewhere else, by people he answers to. Before the vote, Chris Pappas declined to comment at all. If they will not fight their own party over New Hampshire's own election, what will they fight over?
4
Votes their objection was worth at the DNC.
0
NH Democrats who broke with the national party over it.
2nd
Time Democrats have done this to New Hampshire. 2024 was the first.
They sent a letter. We're sending a message.
New Hampshire votes first in 2028 regardless. Add your name.
Sources
Joint statement of Sens. Shaheen and Hassan and Reps. Pappas and Goodlander, July 24, 2026. Statements of NHDP Chairman Raymond Buckley. Pre-vote comment declined by Rep. Pappas, per New Hampshire Journal. Reporting: Boston Globe, InDepthNH, NHPR.