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Article: New Hampshire Primary Could Move to 2007
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- August 1, 2006
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CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire might schedule its presidential primary in late 2007 if the Democratic Party moves ahead with plans to add a caucus to the early nominating calendar, the state's secretary of state said Tuesday.
William Gardner said he hopes he won't have to take that step, but he expects even more challenges to New Hampshire's tradition of holding the nation's earliest presidential primary.
A Democratic National Committee panel voted last month to let Nevada hold nominating caucuses in January 2008, between Iowa's traditional leadoff caucuses and New Hampshire's primary.
If the Nevada plan goes forward, New Hampshire law will require Gardner to decide whether the Nevada ...