Republicans are on track to launch their 2024 presidential primary in Iowa after a key panel advanced a proposed calendar preserving the caucuses as the first contest on the party’s nominating calendar.

During a Republican National Committee business meeting, the national GOP’s Presidential Nominating Process Committee voted to make no changes to the order of voting in presidential primaries among the key early primary and caucus states. This proposal was sent to the RNC Rules Committee, where it will be considered later this year. But Jeff Kaufmann, chairman of the Iowa Republican Party and the RNC Presidential Nominating Process Committee, does not expect opposition.