2008 New Hampshire Democratic primary on January 8 , 2008 was the first primary in the United States in 2008 . Its purpose was to determine the number of delegates from New Hampshire that would represent a certain candidate at the National Convention . In a primary , members of a political party — in this case , the Democratic Party — will select the candidates to a subsequent election . Since 1920 , New Hampshire has always hosted the first primaries in the entire nation . The Democratic Party 's primary occurred on the same day as the Republican primary
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