IT APPEARS IOWA DEMOCRATS WILL FACE SANCTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL PARTY IF THEY SCHEDULE THEIR CAUCUSES AS THE FIRST VOTING EVENT IN THE 2028 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S CAUCUSES HAD BEEN FIRST-IN-THE-NATION FOR DECADES, BUT CODING ISSUES DELAYED THE RELEASE OF 2020 IOWA CAUCUS RESULTS FOR THREE DAYS — AND THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE FORBID THE PARTY FROM HOSTING THE LEAD-OFF EVENT IN 2024.
THE PARTY’S RULES AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE FRIDAY PICKED SIX OTHER STATES TO HOLD EARLY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES IN 2028, WITH MICHIGAN REPRESENTING THE MIDWEST IN THAT GROUP.
MICHIGAN SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW (STAB-EH-NOW) IS A MEMBER OF THE PANEL THAT MADE THE DECISION.
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SHE LATER RAISED HER VOICE TO SAY: “DON’T ANYBODY USE THE LANGUAGE ‘FIRST IN THE COUNTRY’ NOW. THERE ARE GOING TO BE SIX STATES THAT ARE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE SEGMENT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THIS STORY.”
THE SIX STATES WILL NOT VOTE ON THE SAME DAY THOUGH, AND PARTY LEADERS DECIDED SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS WILL VOTE FIRST.
OTHER STATES IN THE EARLY VOTING BLOCK ARE NEVADA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHICH HAS A STATE LAW REQUIRING ITS PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY TO BE HELD BEFORE ALL OTHERS.
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE WILL VOTE IN AUGUST TO SET ITS 2028 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CALENDAR.
MEANWHILE, THE IOWA REPUBLICAN PARTY IS AGAIN POISED TO HOST CAUCUSES IN 2028 THAT WILL BE THE FIRST VOTING TEST FOR G-O-P PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
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