Twelve state parties spent two days this week asking a Democratic National Committee panel to let them vote early in the 2028 presidential primary. Their pitches, whether intentional or not, added up to a single answer to a harder question: Which voters does the party have to win back? Three groups came up again and again. Latinos. Rural and working-class voters. The South. The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee met in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday, and spent Friday continuing the process of drafting the rules that govern delegate selection. Among their tasks is deciding the order in which states vote. Early states draw candidates, money, and attention, and they can shape who becomes the eventual nominee. The committee has said it will choose at least one state from each of four regions, with an optional fifth, and judge applicants on what it calls rigorousness, efficiency, and fairness....