On the Trail: Defending N.H.’s first in the nation primary Concord city worker Ed Bisson sets up the voting booths at Ward 8 at the Bektash Shrine Center on Pembroke Road in Concord on Friday morning, September 4, 2020 in anticipation of Tuesday's primary voting. GEOFF FORESTER Published: 12/24/2020 10:56:56 AM The 2020 presidential election isn’t completely over until a joint session of Congress on Jan. 5 formally certifies the Electoral College results, but the fight over the Democratic nominating calendar in the 2024 presidential cycle is already underway. As it happens every four years, New Hampshire will have to defend its century-old tradition as the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state.