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Florida scrambles 2012 GOP election calendar

By Susan Ferrechio

Published September 30, 2011 4:00am ET

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Florida scrambles 2012 GOP election calendar — Florida officials on Friday followed through with plans to move the state’s Republican presidential primary up to Jan. 31, setting off a scramble by four other states to hold their nominating elections and caucuses before that. The move upends the 2012 primary calendar for four states the Republican Party designated as the first to vote […]

Florida officials on Friday followed through with plans to move the state’s Republican presidential primary up to Jan. 31, setting off a scramble by four other states to hold their nominating elections and caucuses before that.

The move upends the 2012 primary calendar for four states the Republican Party designated as the first to vote – Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada – which now must move their contests forward from February to early January.

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