Iowa Republicans have bumped up their party's presidential caucuses to January 3rd, citing the pressure to maintain the state's relevance in an increasingly front-loaded primary election calendar. The state Democrats, however, have yet to follow suit, choosing instead to wait until other early nominating states have settled their schedules.

Meanwhile, New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner is maintaining that the state is "faced with the possibility" of bumping up its primary to December. The Iowa GOP set its caucus date based upon the assumption that the NH primary would be held on January 8th.