{"id":1967676,"date":"2023-07-08T20:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T00:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-republicans-set-date-for-2024-caucus-for-presidential-nomination\/"},"modified":"2023-07-08T20:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T00:08:15","slug":"iowa-republicans-set-date-for-2024-caucus-for-presidential-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-republicans-set-date-for-2024-caucus-for-presidential-nomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa GOP schedules 2024 Caucus for Presidential Nomination."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-republicans-set-date-for-2024-caucus-for-presidential-nomination%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=1967676&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--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0708\/d67b7869-4134-4584-aa6d-d5fd97ce7119\/audio.mp3?length=3575565&#038;duration=298\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The first-in-the-nation GOP caucus has officially been scheduled after Iowa Republicans gathered Saturday to vote unanimously on the date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Republican Party of Iowa is proud to announce that we will officially hold our 2024 First-in-the-Nation Caucus on January 15, 2024,\u201d<\/strong> Jeff Kaufmann, chair of the Republican Party of Iowa, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Like in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-defamation-trial-scheduled-to-begin-as-gop-primary-caucuses-kick-off\/\" title=\"Trump's defamation trial starts as GOP primary caucuses begin.\">past primary cycles<\/a>, the Iowa caucus will be the first Republican presidential primary caucus in the nation, often described as the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-republicans-set-date-for-2024-caucus-for-presidential-nomination\/\" title=\"Iowa GOP schedules 2024 Caucus for Presidential Nomination.\">major electoral test<\/a> for White House contenders.<\/p>\n<p>Early contest states play a crucial role in selecting the nominee since candidates who struggle with fundraising or popularity tend to drop out before campaigning in other states. These states also receive a lot of media attention and become centers for policy debates.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Dallek, a professor of political history at George Washington University, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/do-iowa-caucus-winners-become-president-history-shows-mixed-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told PBS<\/a> during the 2020 election cycle that the Iowa Republican caucuses effectively serve as \u201creferendums on who is the most socially conservative candidate\u201d in the Republican field.<\/p>\n<h2>GOP \u2018Committed\u2019 Amid Democrat Shakeup<\/h2>\n<p>It comes as the national Democratic Party in February 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/democrats-approve-bidens-plan-making-south-carolina-the-first-2024-primary-state_5034204.html\">approved changes<\/a> to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-defends-new-hampshire-first-in-nation-primary-status\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. supports New Hampshire's primary status.\">presidential primary calendar<\/a> for 2024, knocking Iowa Democrats off their first-in-the-nation perch. Instead, South Carolina has replaced Iowa in the leadoff spot.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa Democrats have proposed changes to the caucus process, allowing them to conduct their presidential preference vote by mail.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Democrat plan, which was endorsed by President Joe Biden, South Carolina will hold its primary on Feb. 3, 2024. This will be followed by Nevada and New Hampshire on Feb. 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democratic Party looks like America and so does this proposal,\u201d Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Jaime Harrison, a South Carolinian, said at the time. The change \u201ccontinues to make us stronger and elevates the backbone of our party,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kaufmann, who spoke to reporters by teleconference on Saturday about the caucuses, blamed Mr. Biden for jeopardizing Iowa\u2019s first-in-the-nation status, saying that \u201cBiden thumbed his nose at Iowa Democrats and Iowans.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-intersection-ref\" data-activity-map=\"recommended-article-body-recommended\">\n<p>\u201cAfter our state legislature and governor took needed action earlier this year to preempt Iowa Democrats\u2019 plans to derail the Iowa Caucus by running a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-gop-announces-date-for-2024-presidential-caucus\/\" title=\"Iowa GOP sets date for 2024 presidential caucus.\">de facto primary election<\/a> instead, we are also proud to affirm that Iowa will continue to honor our half-century-old promises to the other carveout states,\u201d Mr. Kaufmann said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div data-activity-map=\"recommended-article-body-recommended\">\n<p>\u201cWe remain committed to maintaining Iowa\u2019s cherished First-in-the-Nation Caucuses,\u201d he continued, adding that Iowa Republicans are looking forward to \u201cholding a historic caucus in the coming months and defeating Joe<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GOP caucus, the first in the nation, has been set for January 15, 2024, after Iowa Republicans unanimously voted on the date. Jeff Kaufmann, chair of the Republican Party of Iowa, proudly announced the official scheduling of the 2024 First-in-the-Nation Caucus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":1967677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/1967676","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\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1967677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}