Raymond Buckley On Why It's Okay That New Hampshire Hosts The First Primary

Hannah Uebele is a producer for Under the Radar with Callie Crossley and previously worked as associate producer for Boston Public Radio. She graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in English and Environmental Studies. She's a proud Delawarean but has found herself saying "wicked" more and more often, so the Bostonian metamorphosis is well underway.Contact: hannah_uebele@wgbh.org

February 10, 2020

Updated August 07, 2023

Raymond Buckley, chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, joined Boston Public Radio on Sunday in Manchester, N.H. He addressed criticism that New Hampshire commonly receives for not being diverse enough of a state to hold the first primary election in the nation.

"The reality is, it's four early states. We added South Carolina and Nevada specifically for that purpose, that all four regions of the country would be heard," he said. "A significant Latino community exists in Nevada and in South Carolina. In fact, the majority of people who participate in the Democratic primary are African-American."

Nevada's caucus will be held on Feb. 22 and the South Carolina primary will be on Feb. 29.