{"id":1437330,"date":"2022-04-14T09:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1437330"},"modified":"2022-04-14T09:29:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:29:54","slug":"iowa-democrats-stripped-of-first-in-the-nation-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-democrats-stripped-of-first-in-the-nation-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Democrats Stripped Of \u2018First In The Nation\u2019 Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fiowa-democrats-stripped-of-first-in-the-nation-status%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1437330&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A panel of Democratic National Committee (DNC) members voted to remove Iowa\u2019s \u201cfirst-in-the-nation\u201d status Wednesday, eliminating the guarantee that the state will be first in the presidential nominating calendar.<\/p>\n<p>The DNC\u2019s plan also removes New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina from the beginning of the calendar in a bid to promote diversity, general election competitiveness and \u201cfeasibility\u201d of holding an early contest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/elections\/presidential\/caucus\/2022\/04\/13\/iowa-democratic-caucus-dnc-calendar-could-lose-first-nation-2024-elections\/9498398002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Des Moines Register. The four states have to apply by May 6 and complete their applications by June 3 if they want to have the status reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa and New Hampshire have held the first two spots since 1972.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIowa will absolutely be applying to be in the early window and we will look forward to enthusiastically making our case,\u201d Iowa Democratic Party Chair Ross Wilburn said in a statement, according to the outlet. \u201cThe Iowa Democratic Party will also be engaging with numerous stakeholders all over Iowa to explore substantive changes to the caucuses that would make them more straightforward, transparent and accessible, addressing concerns that some members of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee have expressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7410041\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7410041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OTTUMWA, IOWA \u2013 JANUARY 28: Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg answers questions from the media following a town hall event at the Ottumwa Family YMCA January 28, 2020 in Ottumwa, Iowa. Iowa holds the first-in-the-nation caucuses on February 3. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The change will not impact the Republican caucuses. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/11\/iowa-nevada-new-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Nevada Bill Would Knock\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Iowa<\/span> From Being The First Presidential Primary State)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some members of the DNC have voiced opposition to Iowa keeping its \u201cfirst-in-the-nation\u201d status, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will say it right now, caucus states are going to be a hard sell for me,\u201d Mo Elleithee, a committee member, said Wednesday, the outlet reported. \u201cI will say it right now, states that don\u2019t offer some form of diversity are going to be a hard sell for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe status quo is not an option,\u201d committee member Lee Saunders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/03\/11\/dnc-democrats-resolve-diversify-presidential-nominating-calendar-iowa-first-caucus-2024\/6996178001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> at a March meeting.\u00a0\u201cThat status quo is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michigan and New Jersey have reportedly voiced interest in campaigning for the spots.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell said Iowa\u2019s caucus in 2020 was a \u201cdisaster\u201d in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/04\/13\/1092339976\/democrats-are-considering-big-changes-to-the-primary-process-ahead-of-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a> with NPR, and argued for Michigan to take Iowa\u2019s place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a state that reflects the great diversity of our country. We have urban areas, we have rural areas. We have manufacturing, we have farming. We have rich, different cultures, all types of backgrounds,\u201d Dingell told NPR before the committee\u2019s Wednesday vote.<\/p>\n<p>In New Jersey, state party Chair LeRoy Jones also sees an opportunity for his state.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey has \u201ca collaboration of population, of diversity, of tourism, of transportation ease. I think that has particular value added to the process,\u201d he told NPR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A panel of Democratic National Committee (DNC) members voted to remove Iowa\u2019s \u201cfirst-in-the-nation\u201d status Wednesday, eliminating the guarantee that the state will be first in the presidential nominating calendar.The DNC\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":488,"featured_media":1888536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1437330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1437330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1888536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1437330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1437330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1437330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}