Democratic primary

The polling news out of New Hampshire is not encouraging for President Joe Biden, who had a weak performance in the Granite State primary in 2020 before going on to win the party nomination and presidency. Only 20% of New Hampshire residents want Biden to run for re-election in 2024, down from 29% in June, and just 31% of Democrats…

While she said she was leaving the race, Chang-Díaz insisted at an event in Jamaica Plain she wasn’t dropping out but “continuing the fight”

State Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz left the Massachusetts governor’s race on Thursday, though she said she would keep her name on the ballot for the Democratic primary. Chang-Díaz qualified for the ballot at the state Democratic convention but had consistently been trailing in the polls behind Attorney General Maura Healey. Massachusetts’ primary elections are set for Tuesday, Sept. 6. While...

The U.S. is pretty much the only country in the world that holds primary elections before the general one, and this system is a major reason American politics has become so dysfunctional, according to NBCLX political editor Noah Pransky. He breaks down why primaries disenfranchise voters and create more extreme candidates, and possible solutions to fix them.

Sonia Chang Diaz discusses her candidacy for Massachusetts governor.

Political consultant Scott Spradling has heard New Hampshire’s “first in the nation” status debated for decades, with critics saying the disproportionately white, college educated, affluent electorate does not reflect the diversity of the country. “And therefore, we need to have a conversation about having other people go first,” Spradling said. Though the next presidential primary is still three years...

The first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary has shaped presidential elections for decades, but there’s a new push to move it to a more diverse state.

Voters in Louisville pounded on doors demanding to be allowed to vote in a primary election on Tuesday. After a court injunction, the doors were opened and they were allowed to cast their ballots.

Joe Biden overwhelmingly won a Democratic presidential primary in Kansas conducted exclusively by mail balloting by the state party because of the coronavirus pandemic

Nearly two months after ending his presidential campaign, Mike Bloomberg is again deploying his massive personal fortune – this time to combat the coronavirus

Joe Biden has won the Alaska Democrats’ party-run presidential primary, beating Sen. Bernie Sanders days after Sanders suspended his campaign

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, spent nearly a billion dollars on his long-shot presidential bid, according to his campaign’s final financial disclosure report released Friday. Bloomberg spent $936,225,041.67 on the campaign, which lasted roughly three months. More than half of that total was spent in the month of February — roughly $470 million. He had…

The nation’s largest labor union has lined up behind Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, with the National Education Association on Saturday endorsing the former vice president for the Democratic nomination over his last remaining primary rival Bernie Sanders

Georgia election officials are postponing the state’s March 24 presidential primaries until May because of fears over the coronavirus

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told reporters that despite falling behind former Vice President Joe Biden in several state primaries on Tuesday, he intends to stay in the race to become the Democratic presidential nominee and is “looking forward’ to challenging Biden during Sunday’s debate.

The Democratic presidential primary is down to two major candidates, and it shows

Sen. Elizabeth Warren spoke to the media Thursday afternoon about her decision to drop out of the Democratic presidential race.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is dropping out of the race for president after not finishing above third place in any of the first 18 primary contests. 

Elizabeth Warren, who electrified progressives with her “plan for everything” and strong message of economic populism, dropped out the Democratic presidential race on Thursday after disappointing showings in the early-voting states and on Super Tuesday, a source familiar with the decision told NBC News.

Vice President Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday victory speech in Los Angeles was interrupted when two anti-dairy protesters rushed the stage, but were quickly shoved out by his wife Jill Biden and senior campaign advisor Symone Sanders.