LINCOLN- The Democratic National Committee rejected Nebraska’s bid to become one of the early states in the 2024 presidential nominating calendar.

The bid would have allowed Nebraska to be one of the first five states in the 2024 presidential primary lineup.

Nebraska and New York were nixed from the running, as was a group representing Democrats abroad, a total of 16 states remain in contention.

The news was disappointing, said Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska state party.

“We really made the case that a small state like Nebraska should be part of the first five presidential primary states,” Kleeb said. “We have a really strong mix of urban, suburban and rural. And that, while all states have rural communities, Nebraska’s rural communities are needed — those rural voters are needed — in order to win statewide.”

DNC officials reported the proposal from Nebraska Democrats called for a party-run primary that would be different from the existing state-run primary election. The memo said that could “create confusion by rendering the state-run process meaningless despite Democrats being on the ballot”.

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