Michigan Democrats Want To Be First In 2024 Presidential Cycle: Report

MICHIGAN — State Democrats want their national party to make Michigan the first presidential nominating contest in 2024, according to a Washington Post report.

The state's top Democrats, including Representative Debbie Dingell from Dearborn have discussed putting a bid together later this spring, the report said.

Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina usually dominate the early primary and caucus schedule before the first Tuesday in March. But Iowa and New Hampshire have drawn sharp criticism for not being racially diverse enough to start the Democratic nomination process.

"First of all, we are purple. The issues we are facing reflect the diversity of what the country is facing, from rural areas to urban areas, manufacturing areas to farming areas," Dingell told the Washington Post. "We are a mini-America."

Democrat party leaders were expected to make a decision later this month on whether to allow another state to cast early ballots before the first Tuesday in March. Leaders will determine the state's electorates diversity and its general-election competitiveness, the report said.

Michigan was a true swing state the past few presidential election cycles, when President Biden won the state by less than three percentage points in 2020, and former President Donald Trump narrowly won the state by less than a quarter of a percentage point in 2016.

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