The January contest will be the first leg of the battle for the GOP presidential nomination between Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and others.
The Iowa GOP announced Saturday that it will hold its first-in-the-nation Republican presidential caucus on January 15, 2024, kicking off the party’s bid for the White House slightly earlier than recent nominating fights., Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann said the party is “committed to maintaining Iowa’s cherished first-in-the-nation caucuses, and look forward to holding a historic caucus in the coming months and defeating Joe Biden come November 2024.
Since the Iowa caucuses are party-run, the state GOP’s decision has no bearing on the Democratic contest in Iowa. The Democratic National Committee’s decision to shuffle its primary calendar means Iowa Democrats are set to lose their first-in-the-nation status, following long-running party concerns about the state's diversity and issues with the vote count in 2020.
Kaufmann, who spoke to reporters about the caucuses Saturday afternoon on a Zoom call, blamed President Joe Biden for jeopardizing Iowa's first-in-the-nation status and said that"Biden thumbed his nose at Iowa Democrats and Iowans."
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