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Democratic presidential contenders are already making strategic decisions about where to dedicate campaign resources, putting heavy focus on select states because of a compressed primary calendar and an unusually crowded field.
A cross-country sprint through 14 states to sort out winners and losers earlier than in past years. Democrats are making the first four states their top priority and also pouring resources into the 10 Super Tuesday states, including delegate-rich California and Texas.
While the new calendar is leading some of the 15-plus candidates to spend more time early in places like Texas and California, most see strong performances in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina as essential to their bids for the nomination to oppose President Donald Trump in 2020.
Senator Kamala Harris of California has made two trips each to Iowa and South Carolina, but she’s also visiting Texas and Georgia next week. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has gone four times to New Hampshire, home of the first primary on February 11, and will have visited five other early primary states by Tuesday.