The voters in early presidential nominating states are used to seeing contenders months or even years before most of the country.

Democrats' political jockeying for the 2028 presidential contest appears to be playing out earlier, with more frequency and with less pretense than ever before.

Our regional news roundtable guests tell us the latest from New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and the Cape and Islands.

New Hampshire Democrat Chris Pappas pushes back against Republican attempts to associate him with NYC mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, emphasizing his bipartisan record.

Five Democrats and two Republicans are already vying in the race for the seat left open by Chris Pappas's decision to run for U.S. Senate.

South Carolina, Iowa, and New Hampshire are the key early voting states that Republicans and Democrats are eyeing ahead of the 2028 election.

Supporters of the bill argued a partisan ballot system would “provide additional information on the school district elections to the voters, which should increase voter awareness and voter turnout.” Ayotte disagreed.

The legislation would give local governments the option of allowing candidates for nonpartisan local school boards and committees to run on party lines.

The R.I. law passed just before the US Senate removed a provision from the “Big Beautiful Bill” that would have prevented states from regulating AI for 10 years.