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IOWA HOPEFUL TO RETAIN 1ST IN NATION GOP CAUCUS STATUS

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IOWA REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS SAY THERE HAVE BEEN CLEAR SIGNALS THIS WEEK THAT THEIR IOWA CAUCUSES WILL BE FIRST-IN-THE-NATION AGAIN IN 2028.

IOWA G-O-P CHAIRMAN JEFF KAUFMANN WAS CHOSEN TO DELIVER THE NOMINATING SPEECH FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND IOWA ATTORNEY GENERAL BRENNA BIRD WAS CHOSEN TO PRESIDE OVER THE V-P’S NOMINATION AT THE PARTY’S NATIONAL CONVENTION.

BOBBY KAUFMANN, THE SON OF THE STATE PARTY’S CHAIRMAN, IS A SENIOR ADVISOR TO TRUMP’S REELECTION CAMPAIGN.

HE1 OC….BACKING FOR 2028 :17

STEVE SCHEFFLER — IOWA’S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN — SAYS NATIONAL PARTY RULES APPROVED LAST WEEK KEEP THE IOWA CAUCUSES FIRST, FOLLOWED BY NEW HAMPSHIRE’S PRIMARY.

HE2 OC….TAKE US OUT :06

NEARLY 30 PERCENT OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE NEW THIS YEAR, SO SCHEFLER SAYS HE AND OTHER IOWA G-O-P LEADERS WILL BE MEETING WITH THEM TO TOUT THE CAUCUSES.

HE3 OC….OTHER DIRECTION :12

GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SAYS HAVING THE IOWA REPUBLICAN PARTY’S CHAIRMAN AND ATTORNEY GENERAL BRENNA BIRD IN PROMINENT SPEAKING ROLES THIS WEEK IS A GOOD INDICATOR IOWA’S CAUCUSES WILL REMAIN FIRST.

HE4 OC….FRONT AND CENTER :08

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE KICKED THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S CAUCUSES OUT OF THE LEAD-OFF POSITION IN 2024.

SOME IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS HAVE SAID THEY INTEND TO TRY TO GET THEIR CAUCUSES BACK IN THE FIRST VOTING SLOT FOR THE 2028 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

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