The Latest Breaking News from Iowa

Members of Congress from other states resisted President Biden's proposal that the first 2024 presidential primary be in South Carolina.

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The Democratic National Committee is expected to make some big decisions in the next few days about the presidential nomination calendar. It seems likely that the party will seek to demote Iowa from its role as the first state to select a presidential nominee.

South Carolina is set to replace Iowa as the first primary state, per multiple reports.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden offered the strongest indication yet that Democrats will ditch Iowa as the kick-off to their presidential nominating process, saying the party should favor more diverse states and abandon time-intensive caucuses that he says freeze out working class voters.

Biden has proposed elevating South Carolina to the first spot, moving the swing states of Georgia and Michigan up to the early slate, and putting Iowa back in the pack.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is recommending the Democratic National Committee place Michigan among the earliest states to cast votes for the 2024 presidential nominating contest, according to U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell.

President Joe Biden says Democrats should move past “restrictive” caucuses and embrace diversity in the order of its presidential nominating calendar, dealing a major blow to Iowa’s decades-long status as the leadoff spot in the process

WASHINGTON — The White House is recommending the Democratic National Committee select Michigan to replace Iowa at the start of the 2024 presidential nominating contest, Politico reported Thursday.

MINNEAPOLIS — Leading Democratic-Labor-Farmer elected officials are trying to sweeten Minnesota's pitch as it competes with other states for an early Midwestern spot in the 2024 presidential primary.

Thank you for your service, Iowa and New Hampshire. But it's time to end the prominent, influential perch you two small rural states have long enjoyed in winnowing the list of presidential contenders.