The Democratic Party adopted a 2028 presidential primary calendar that moves Iowa and New Hampshire later and prioritizes more diverse states earlier in the process.

The available evidence supports the claim and indicates that the decision had moved beyond a proposal stage by August 15, 2026.

• The finalized calendar begins with South Carolina, followed by Nevada, and includes New Mexico, Michigan, and Virginia among the early contests. These states were selected in part to better reflect the Democratic coalition, including Black and Latino voters and organized labor.
• Iowa was removed from the early-state lineup, while New Hampshire was moved later in the sequence. The reports describe New Hampshire as remaining in the calendar but no longer occupying one of the traditional first positions.
• The New York Times, POLITICO, NBC News, NBC4 Washington, USA Today, and the CNN report carried by LocalNews8.com all describe the calendar as finalized or approved. This later reporting supersedes the ABC News report from approximately three weeks earlier, which described the calendar as expected to be recommended rather than finally adopted.
• The wording that the Democratic Party adopted the calendar is a reasonable summary, although the sources more precisely describe approval or finalization by Democratic National Committee decision-makers or a party committee. The evidence provided does not establish that every Democratic Party organization or state party separately approved the calendar.