Nobody knows if Iowa and New Hampshire will regain their prized place atop the official Democratic presidential primary calendar in 2028 after both states were deposed from the start of the nominating process before the last campaign.
That hasn’t stopped the party’s next crop of potential candidates from going to them anyway.
Since the year began, many of the Democrats widely seen as potential top presidential candidates, including Pete Buttigieg, J.B. Pritzker and Amy Klobuchar, have made repeated visits to Iowa and New Hampshire, renewing a campaign ritual in the two states that was until recently embraced by White House aspirants. Next weekend, Sen. Ruben Gallego is set to become the latest Democrat to make a high-profile appearance amid rising speculation, visiting the Iowa State Fair before heading to New Hampshire later this month.