"For over 100 years, New Hampshire has represented the purest form of democracy in the presidential nominating process, and we will fight to protect it.”

New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan, regarding the expected date for the 2024 presidential primary in January, defying the Democratic National Committee, which had urged the state to hold its primary after South Carolina. The South Carolina primary is currently planned for Feb. 3. (NPR — Nov. 15, 2023)