It’s 4:38 Friday afternoon leading into the Fourth of July weekend, Washingtonians are fleeing for higher ground or sea level spots on the sand — and Kevin Kiger is glued to the phone in his downtown office, plotting ways to make the District of Columbia the setting for the new Democratic caucus that would take place before the New Hampshire primary.

“We have a good shot,” Kiger tells me. The Democratic National Committee has asked for formal applications from states. “We’re up against 10 others.”

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