Politics | presidential election Iowa Dems Will Caucus Jan. 3 Join state GOP on January 3; New Hampshire still undecided By Lucas Laursen Posted Oct 29, 2007 7:08 AM CDT Copied Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a town hall meeting at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Indianola, Iowa, on Friday, Oct. 12, 2007.(AP Photo/Kevin Sanders) (Associated Press) Iowa Democrats voted yesterday to move their caucuses up from Jan. 14 to Jan. 3, following state Republicans who picked the date earlier this month in an effort to counter pressure from states trying to elbow in on their traditional early-primary status. Campaign officials welcomed the announcement, saying they “build backwards from the caucus date” in their planning. New Hampshire, traditionally second, is still in play. The NH secretary of state has said only that the primary would be no later than Jan. 8; while states hesitate to hold primaries before the election year, it could still be moved as early as December 11. Michigan and Florida set the jockeying in motion when they broke party rules by moving their primaries ahead of February 5. Read These Next In the early morning hours in East Hollywood, chaos. CEO resigns after appearance on Kiss Cam. ICE pulls crew members off Great Lakes cruise ships. Number of missing in Texas floods revised in a good way. Report an error