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Article: New Hampshire sets early primary date
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- November 22, 2007
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire set its earliest-ever
presidential primary on Wednesday, deciding on Jan. 8 and claiming
its traditional spot as the nation's first in a nomination season
pushed almost to New Year's Day of the election year.
The decision ends months of speculation, including the
possibility that the state might actually move its primary into
December to keep its spot at the head of the line. Iowa, which
chooses delegates with a caucus system, begins five days earlier on
Jan. 3.
New Hampshire primaries often have shaped presidential contests -
sometimes dramatically - for nearly a century. Next year's early
date, less than seven weeks from now, resulted from states around ...