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IA Caucuses To Be Held MLK Day

Attendees hold letters that read "CAUCUS" during a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg in Iowa earlier this month.
Matt Rourke
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AP
Attendees hold letters that read "CAUCUS" during a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg in Iowa earlier this month.

Iowa Republicans say the party’s presidential nominating caucuses will be held Jan. 15, on the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. That announcement Saturday puts the first votes of the 2024 election a little more than six months away as the GOP tries to reclaim the White House. White House candidates have campaigned in Iowa since last winter, but there has been some uncertainty about the date for the caucuses that have by tradition kicked off the Republican selection process for a nominee. What’s changed is the Democratic National Committee’s election calendar, dropping Iowa as its first contest.