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DNC officials discuss demoting Iowa and changing early-voting state mix in presidential nominating calendars
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Democratic Party officials charged with setting the presidential nominating calendar argued Friday for major changes that would move more diverse and competitive states earlier in the process and would favor primaries over caucuses.
Such changes would likely upend Iowa's long-standing status as the first state to vote.
The party's Rules and Bylaws Committee, which sets the presidential nominating calendar, met Thursday and Friday during the Democratic National Committee's annual winter meeting in Washington. The committee is deciding whether Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina -- the four states that have begun every contest since 2008 -- will remain at the front of the nominating process.
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