Saturday, October 01, 2005
NH and Iowa to share primary status with other states.
Democrats agree to add contests to early presidential calendar
Democrats trying to change their party's presidential primary for 2008 agreed Saturday to allow at least two other states to join
That expansion, debated before a commission considering changes in the primary calendar, is intended to provide more racial and geographic diversity to an opening process now dominated by
The additional states, expected to be named later, were likely to include a smaller state from the South and a smaller state from the Southwest or West.
full article @ boston.com
