Iowa Democrats look to leverage midterm wins to restore first-in-the-nation caucus

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Fresh off sweeping midterm victories, Iowa Democrats are pressing the Democratic National Committee to restore the state’s coveted first-in-the-nation position on the party’s presidential nominating calendar in 2028.

“I call upon the DNC to take a hard look at their calendar and restore Iowa to [the] early-vote window,” former elected Iowa Democrat Charlie Comfort told the Washington Examiner. “The DNC should think long and hard about what ceding the state to Republicans for the Iowa caucus will do after the historic gains we had in the great state of Iowa last night.”

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