Iowa Republicans have set Martin Luther King Day for their nominating caucuses next year, putting the first votes of the 2024 election a little more than six months away.
The Iowa Republican Party’s state central committee voted unanimously to hold the caucuses on January’s federal holiday.
Iowa Republican Party Chairman Jeff Kaufmann said, “We see this as honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King in terms of having a caucus here,” also noting that committee members hadn’t considered the possibility of the contest falling on the federal holiday before arriving at the date.
