Biden will not appear on the primary ballot in New Hampshire. Here’s why.

President Joe Biden would be the first sitting White Home occupant in historical past to not seem on the first poll of his social gathering in New Hampshire early subsequent yr. 

The president’s reelection marketing campaign knowledgeable New Hampshire Democrats Tuesday in a letter obtained by CBS Information from Biden marketing campaign officers that whereas he’d like to seem on the poll, Mr. Biden “is obligated as a Democratic candidate for President to adjust to the Delegate Choice Guidelines for the 2024 Democratic Nationwide Conference” set in movement earlier this yr.

In keeping with a major calendar first proposed by the president himself, South Carolina would be the first state to carry a major that awards delegates for the Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago subsequent yr. 

New Hampshire was pushed again additional within the social gathering’s calendar, however state regulation requires New Hampshire to host the nation’s first primaries. State Democrats could not persuade state legislators to reverse Granite State statute, however in addition they did not strive terribly laborious, since they disagreed with the DNC’s choice. Anybody who runs within the January Democratic major will not be awarded delegates by the DNC.

New Hampshire’s presidential candidate submitting deadline is Friday, and Republican presidential contenders have been touring to the State Capitol to file in individual and submit the $1,000 submitting price. Potential Biden major challengers — together with Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, who has not publicly dominated out a major bid after floating the concept amid his considerations with the president’s age — nonetheless have time.

However the Biden crew would not appear fearful.

Biden marketing campaign supervisor Julie Chavez Rodriguez wrote in her letter to New Hampshire Democrats, “The president appears ahead to having his title on New Hampshire’s common election poll because the nominee of the Democratic Celebration after formally securing the nomination on the 2024 Democratic Nationwide Conference the place he’ll tirelessly marketing campaign to earn each single vote within the Granite State subsequent November.”

New Hampshire state Democratic Celebration Chairman Raymond Buckley tweeted in response to the president’s choice, “The fact is that Joe Biden will win the NH FITN Main in January, win renomination in Chicago and will likely be re-elected subsequent November. NH voters know and belief Joe Biden that is why he’s main Trump in NH by double digits.”

Jacob Rosen contributed to this report.