Julián Castro reignited a debate this week over Iowa and New Hampshire’s coveted place on the primary calendar
Julián Castro on Thursday doubled down on the notion that the first nominating states on the primary calendar should reflect the nation’s diversity, firing back at the state party chairs who defended Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status.
Still, Iowa’s Democratic and Republican state party chairs joined forces Thursday to defend Iowa’s role, writing in athat “Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status isn’t about party affiliation or identity politics” but rather “the uniqueness of retail politics, and its ability to get the future president to connect with Americans in a way few primaries can.”
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