DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republicans announced Saturday that the party’s presidential nominating caucuses will be held Jan. 15, on the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., putting the first votes of the 2024 election a little more than six months away as the GOP tries to reclaim the White House. What's changed is the Democratic National Committee’s election calendar, dropping Iowa as its first contest. Caucuses, unlike primary elections, are contests planned, financed and carried out by the parties, not state election officials. Iowa Democrats had been waiting for the GOP to set a date as they try to adjust to new DNC rules on their primary order. Last month, South Carolina Republicans adopted Feb. 24 as the date for the traditional first Southern primary, leaving plenty of time for Nevada to schedule its Republican caucuses without crowding New Hampshire.

Source: Huffington Post July 09, 2023 19:22 UTC