New Hampshire is determined to stay at the head of the primary pack for the 2028 presidential campaign

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This week, Democrats began the manoeuvring in the potentially months-long process of selecting the order for the 2028 caucuses and primaries.

Hardly anyone noticed, but the jockeying for the 2028 U.S. presidential campaign intensified this week.

There were no rallies here in New Hampshire, the state that, for more than a century, has held the first presidential primary. No canvassing. No television advertisements. No quiet strategy sessions.

But big stakes nonetheless as the United States undertakes its early preparations for what comes after Donald Trump ’s second term.

That’s because Democrats, in their summertime meetings 2,300 kilometres away in Minneapolis, began the manoeuvring in the potentially months-long process of selecting the order for the 2028 caucuses and p